wide green road

Episode 177 – What Do You Want?

These days, it's all too easy to be negative. We end up focusing on the impacts of the pandemic and what we don't want from our future. In this episode, John
pure talent myth

Episode 166 – The Myth of Pure Talent

We often like to think of our musical heroes as being more than human, imbued with supernatural talent. This belief is unfair to both our heroes and ourselves, as it ignores
accepting your voice

Episode 160 – Accepting Your Voice

Body acceptance is a growing trend, freeing us from attempting to fit into narrowly defined concepts of attractiveness. Yet this often doesn't happen with the voice. Singers struggle to make their
intimidation

Episode 158 – Dealing with Intimidation

"The results a person obtains are inversely proportionate to the degree to which he is intimidated." - Robert Ringer Being a singer is to face constant intimidation, real or imagined. The fear of criticism
brute force learning

Episode 157 – Brute Force Learning

Brute force learning is a concept taken from computing. The idea is to approach a problem or area of learning from multiple angles. With singing, it can be highly beneficial to
within and without

Episode 156 – Within and Without

The poet, David Whyte, has a beautiful poem entitled, The Bell and the Blackbird. The verse speaks of the pull to deep inner work and the contrasting pull to take
power of clarity

Episode 148 – The Power of Clarity

Without a clear vision of why we sing and where we want to go, it can be all too easy to wander off the path of daily vocal improvement. In this