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Have you achieved vocal freedom? Sally Morgan When you sing do you feel almost nothing but vibration – and the emotion of the lyrics? Are you in awe of how you sang that phrase or high note without any effort at all? Do you think your singing is ‘too easy’? If you answer is ‘No,’ then you are in the right place because these questions come from my students in statements: “Wow! Tha...

As a voice teacher who has developed a cutting edge contemporary vocal technique I battle the old habits and myths about good singing. The idea of ‘placement’ is one of the techniques that has been taught for 100′s of years that it frankly counterproductive in good singing. Traditional voice lessons usually include “Placement” where a singer ‘places’ the ...

As a voice teacher, I’m asked by men about falsetto: what is it and how to work on it. I filmed a male student during his voice lessons over a period of time while we were exploring his falsetto voice. Falsetto is that high, light voice used mainly by men and some women. Falsetto is an essential tool for a great singer to have. This video series covers What is Falsetto, How to Work on False...

As a voice teacher I’m constantly hearing about fear of high notes. How students so desperately want to be able to sing them easily and without the fear. One of the beauties of my vocal technique, Sing Like You Speak, is basing all vocalization in speech where you have no fear of pitch – high or low. To demonstrate, I created a series of videos on YouTube. There are 5 videos – e...

Florence Henderson epitomizes celebrity, charm and grace. Yes, Florence Henderson, Mrs. Brady of the 70′s TV Show The Brady Bunch. Some of you may not be familiar with her body of work. I certainly wasn’t aware of the breadth of her work before the National Association of Teachers of Singing Gala Conference. Florence Henderson and Sally Morgan Ms. Henderson spoke to a pretty tough cr...

Diaphragmatic breathing is a singers best friend. Diaphragmatic breathing, if done right, is your key to all the shades of vocal ability: power, delicacy, sustaining long notes, easy high notes and much more. Diaphragmatic breathing begins with your inhale. If you take singing lessons, you know there are different theories about how to inhale. Through the nose, through the mouth and the nose, thr...

“That can’t be how to sing. It’s too easy!!!” That’s the comment I hear most often from my students. Then the student feels so vulnerable. It’s scary. “If I don’t have to continue struggling to get the sound right, what happens now?” “You become an artist,” is my answer. You can’t be listening to the music, lyrics and the creative impulse if you are worrying about your vo...

How to Sing with Power and Freedom is a series of videos on YouTube that will help you, well, learn how to sing with power and freedom! Enjoy! Subscribe to the SingLikeYouSpeak video channel to receive emails every time there’s a new training video for you. Are you serious about your singing? Want to have a career as a singer? Here’s more free videos for you to learn how to sing like...

Hello singers! We have a new series of YouTube videos to share with you – Powerful Singing Powerful Posture. Your mom was right. Posture matters. It matters a great deal to your singing. Posture is not something we usually think about as a factor in our vocal sound. I assure you – it’s essential. I’ve watched students go from sounding out of tune and shaky to sounding like...