Learning From Your Vocal Mistakes
Embrace Your Mistakes When I am working with a student I am always on the lookout to see if they are dismissing a vocal event. Dismissing an event is when attempting an
Singers – Don’t Look For Career Shortcuts
Embrace Your Struggles We always want our movie heroes to go through trials and tribulations – those events that make or break them. Luke Skywalker struggling in his training with Yoda,
7 Big Mistakes Voice Teachers Make
Are You Making These Mistakes? I often work with voice teachers to help them make better decisions when working with students. Today I want to look at some of the bigger
Is Your Speaking Voice Hurting Your Singing?
My Voice Is "Fry'd" I’ve seen it time and time again. I am called in to work with a singer who is experiencing vocal trouble only to discover the issue as
Voice Teachers: Do You Need Vocal Science?
Vocal Science: Is It Necessary? I was discussing the topic of vocal science with a well-known voice teacher when he suddenly stopped me and said, “John, I did not choose this
Singers: A Lesson From Poker
What Poker Can Teach Us Some people will argue the game poker is nothing more than gambling, while others say it is a game of skill. I believe poker is, in
How Great Singers Tune Vowels
Two Virtuoso Singers On Vowel Tuning Tuning vowels is the act of precisely adjusting for optimum resonance on every pitch. While it can be painstaking to learn to do correctly, it
Three Questions Every Voice Teacher Should Ask
What You Should Be Asking As a voice teacher I use three simple questions to help guide me in my quest to improve not only my students, but myself as well. WHAT?
Resonance Made Easy
Resonance: A Beginner's Guide Because the act of singing is so sensation based a number of confusing terms and instructions have arisen to describe what singers feel. Head voice, chest voice, middle