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Singers, keep your voices healthy! Most of the music you hear on your iPod or the radio has been produced – highly produced – in a recording studio. When you hear the music, especially a singer’s voice, you are not hearing their true sound. You are listening to an electronically altered sound. If you try to imitate your favorite singer, you are really trying to imitate a sound th...

Imogen Heap is truly one of the best young singers on the scene. She is not only a ‘singer’, she’s also is an amazing musician. Yes, she sings and very well – without the aid of auto tune or any other tricks of the studio. She also is a songwriter and keyboard player. When I speak with groups of kids who want to go into the music business I ask them what they want from a c...

Great talent crosses all aspects of the arts. We don’t usually think of Steve Martin as a singer, but in the video he proves us wrong! He is definitely singing like he speaks. This is worth listening to for the fun and to hear good SingLikeYouSpeak™ technique. You too can learn to sing as simply and naturally as you speak on Don’t hesitate, don’t wait, join our online singers...

‘You need surgery on your vocal chords?’ Scariest diagnosis a singer can get. Not words you want to hear! The good news is that damage can, first of all, be prevented simply by using your voice in a healthy, natural way. Secondly, damage can be healed by the same methods, with a skilled vocal trainer guiding you. Please watch this video with some tips on how to stop doing damage to yo...

You know about stage fright. Sweaty palms, nausea, uncontrollable shaking of limbs, butterflies in the tummy and on and on. You probably know exactly how you will feel when it hits you. Basically, stage fright is adrenaline running wild through your mind and body causing all the symptoms mentioned above. One of my favorite sayings that I quote in my book on vocal technique is this: “The brain s...

Those of you who know me, know that I’m always telling my voice clients to just be themselves in performance. Who you are is what makes you totally unique. We don’t need another Rihanna – we already have one! This surprised me though… On Nora Jones facebook page she says, ‘I don’t try to sound like anyone but me anymore.’ When you try to imitate someone, ...

Have you seen this show? NBC’s “The Sing-Off” where the vocal groups competing for the grand prize are all singing, actually singing – and a cappella too! I love it! Other people must too because the show will be having a second season. A cappella means that there are no accompanying instruments – all voices. The groups make good use of drum beat sounds, low bass not...

My friend Jon Gordon has just finished mastering a financial parody by L. McDuff with vocals – astounding vocals – by Neal Coomer. ‘The mysterious investment-banker-turned-videographer, L. McDuff, recorded another of his financial world-oriented You Tube parodies, this time based on the Journey song “Don’t Stop Believing”. The song was recast as an overview of...

The American Music Awards were broadcast live on Sunday night. Hours of surprises for me. Here are a few that caught me off guard. Surprises: Kid Rock was amazing! Great voice, sang dead in tune with so much passion. He’s the real deal. Taylor Swift was sweet and kind a great songwriter and thanked her fans for ‘getting her.’ She’s adorable and likable, but she had real t...

High and low are just names for where you feel certain sounds vibrating in your body. You’ve heard of head and chest voice. Those 2 terms are locations of what we call resonance or sound vibration. The biggest block to singing higher is how you think about high notes. Your fear of high notes. If you think a pitch is high, then you begin to freak out about singing or strain to get to the note. T...