» Stage 2 – Practice Guides

I love to practice! If I didn’t have to do other things like teaching and creating a membership website, I would practice all the time. Practice time is my time to get intimately acquainted with my instrument, to feel the subtle openings and vibrations, it’s my time to explore the power of my voice and the craft of communicating with my audience.

No progress without practice. Practice is the process of becoming aware of habits that do not support your voice, putting new, healthy habits in their place. Practice is essential to your singing.

• Month 1 – Lesson 1
• Month 1 – Lesson 2

• Month 2 – Lesson 1
• Month 2 – Lesson 2

• Month 3 – Lesson 1
• Month 3 – Lesson 2

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Lesson Focus: Focus on a simple opening inhale: drop the jaw and let the breath come in.

Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best. —Anonymous

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Lesson Focus: Focus on your speech: actually speak to someone about something on pitch!

It’s not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it’s what you put into the practice. — Eric Lindros

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Lesson Focus: Focus on speak on pitch.

Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect. —Vince Lombardi

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Lesson Focus: Simple inhale opening the ‘oh zone.’

Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired. —Martha Graham, Master of the Dance

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Lesson Focus: Speech – speaking on pitch.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication (vocal) skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people. —Jim Rohn

Be an observer of your vocal process. The more intimately you know your instrument, the simpler your discovery of good technique will be.

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