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Hello! Do you find it difficult to fill the house when you are doing a gig? Certainly the management demands that you bring in a certain number of people. What if there was a formula that would guarantee that every seat would be filled? I recently interviewed Smax Music – a warm and spiritual human being – about his music and how he packs the house for every single gig on my Singers ...

As a voice teacher I hear this all the time, “I know I need to take voice lessons to get the gigs, but if I don’t get the gigs I don’t have any money.” It’s a vicious cycle. I have a very special treat for you today that will break that nasty cycle. Take 40 min. to listen because it will change the way you sell your music, your CDs and yourself as a performer to an audience. The formula ...

As a voice teacher, this absolutely thrills me. As an educator who has witnessed kids’ lives turned to positive by being in the school musical, this brings tears to my eyes. As a parent/grandparent who wants more for my family than just readin’, writin’ and ‘rithmetic, I say YEAH! NBC’s “Smash”: Make a Musical has a new philanthropic program to give under...

Should music be created only for it’s beauty? Or does music have other ‘responsibilities’? To entertain, to stretching the listeners’ imagination, to challenge your hearing, to move you emotionally, to open your mind to new possibilities, to propose a new idea of beauty? Eckart Tolle writes in his amazing book, The Power of Now, “Because we live in a mind-dominat...

It’s always exciting to see theater, especially musical theater brought to the general public. Let’s face it, theater tickets are exorbitantly expensive. The average bear isn’t going to get to New York or London or any other metropolis with mega-watt theater performances. Angelica Houston Now Steven Spielberg is bringing us a TV series about the making of a Smash Hit Musical &#...

‘The Year When Rock Just Spun Its Wheels’ is an article from the NY Times by Jon Caramanica that is well worth reading. I’d like to add to that part of the problem with pop music is that it’s not about the music any more! It’s about hype and costumes and pyrotechnics and who knows what else, but it’s certainly not about the music. As a vocal trainer, I am frust...

Advances in Medicine Lead Stars to Surgery Adele , is the title of a NY Times article that tells you, ‘The rash of singers who have canceled concerts this fall to undergo throat surgery — Adele, Keith Urban, John Mayer — might suggest that touring takes a terrible toll on the vocal cords. Yet doctors who specialize on vocal issues point to something else to explain the cancellations: n...

Our last Singers Key Notes Webinar discussed breathing for singers. Here is a recording of the webinar for all to listen and learn. Click here to listen and learn. It\'s FREE! Please join us on August 9 at 7 pm ET for our next FREE webinar when we will talk about ‘placement vs vocal freedom.’ To sign up to join the webinar please go to All are welcome! ...

What fun! Last evening was the first Sing Like You Speak™ webinar. We had 10 singers join us for 45 minutes of questions and answers about all things vocal. People asked great questions and I actually had answers for them! If you were not able to join us, , to listen to a recording of this rockin’ session with singers from all over the world. Our next free webinar is Wednesday, July 27 a...

I am thrilled to announce the beginning of a weekly webinar series, Singers Key Notes. During this webinar participants and I will discuss all things vocal. Ask me any questions you have and I will answer to the best of my ability. [Note: my answer to 'What is the meaning of life?' is music.] You and I and all the others who come to the webinars will form a community. A community of musicians, sin...