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On the last SingersKeyNotes.com webinar we were discussing how to reach your audience. How do you make the communication clear without being loud and obnoxious? Consonants. That’s the answer. Using your consonants to make your words very clear. Some singers say, ‘no way!’ to clear diction because they think it will make them sound affected or classical or uncool. Let me tell yo...

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...

Catch Me If You Can is a Tony Award-Winning musical now playing on Broadway. Personally, I hope it has the longest run of any show in history because it is everything a Broadway musical should be: great music, great singing, great dancing, fascinating plot line, and energy, energy, energy! Catch Me If You Can starts off with a blast of energy and never stops throughout the entire show. For those ...

Bill Cosby used to do a comedy routine about popular music. When he was a kid, his parents were always yelling at him to, ‘ Turn that crap down!’ Then when he became the parent of 5 children, he found himself always yelling, ‘Turn that crap down!’ It has occurred to me that I am now in the stage of life where a lot of popular music sounds like crap to me. I was just listen...

Summertime! For me summer as a kid was swimming and water skiing with lots of time for practicing singing. It was the best! Do you have a young singer in your family? One who is dying to learn to sing, to become a star? I have the perfect program for you. It’s inexpensive, educational, cutting edge vocal technique training that is accessible to everyone. SingLikeYouSpeak.com offers 3 option...

Jaw tension is the enemy of singing with freedom. But how do you let go when working on the computer tightens the jaw, and driving a car and dealing with everyday stress enters the jaw muscles and grips them hard? In my last blog I shared a technique to use when going to sleep at night. Say to yourself, ‘breathing in I release my jaw, breathing out I release my jaw.’ The Sing Like You ...

Jaw tension is one of the biggest evils perpetrated against vocal freedom. But jaw tension is a fact of 21st Century life, so what ‘s a singer to do? Let me tell you a short, true story. Many years ago when I was under a great deal of stress, I was experiencing daily headaches, pain and clicking in my jaw. I was miserable. Next trip to my dentist I asked if he had any suggestions to relieve ...

Those of you who are regular readers of this blog know that one theme that runs through is, JUST BE YOURSELF. Let your unique personality, voice and humor come through. You are constantly bombarded with loud music, loud advertisers, loud billboards all vying for your attention. How does a singing artist get your attention? Usually by doing something unique and new. You want your music to stand ou...

A few blogs ago I told you the story of my journey as a singer – from Disaster to Master. Seriously, that’s just how it happened. The next chapter of this singer’s story is about sharing all I have learned as a singer and singing teacher with as many people as possible. Technology offers a multitude of platforms to reach out to any and all who are yearning to take the lid off the...

The barriers to stardom are many. The tough part is that those most of those barriers are created by the potential star herself! It’s your thoughts – how you think about singing, performing, how others might judge your singing, fear of saying to the world, ‘I am a singer. Here’s what I have to say!’ That’s a big bold statement. An essential statement for a perf...