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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...

A friend of mine, Elaine, called me recently in a panic, said she desperately needed my help. I responded immediately, of course I will help you. What’s up? What can I do? Elaine was terrified because her oldest son wanted to go to college for… [SCREAM!!!]… Music. Even worse than that, vocal music. He’d been accepted into the music education program at Ithaca College in central NY – a f...

I have the privilege of living in the greatest city in the world – New York City. Any night in the week you can see and hear top performances: singers, actors, musicians. Performers that are in the news or performers you haven’t heard of for years. The latter was the case last night. The 92nd Street Y has a series, Lyrics and Lyricists. This show honored lyricists/script writers Betty ...

Time. Our most precious commodity. As a singer – a musician – practice is what we do. (Hopefully) Practice is the time when we make vocal technique a part of our brains and bodies. And you all know the more solid your technique the more fun and freedom you have with your singing. Practice is time well spent. Some singers can’t stop practicing and love every minute of it. Other s...

Singers who experience jaw tension – that’s probably most of us – not only have the physical pain association with jaw tension, but also the tension that is added to your voice that doesn’t sound all that cool. But what’s a singer to do? If you read my two previous blogs, you would have read about a meditative breathing exercise that I begins all of my students’...

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...

Facebook is becoming, for me, a place to learn about new faces in the music biz. This face you’d never see in a crowd and think, there goes a great singer. Hold on tight and listen to this! I loved the subtitle on this video when it was posted to my Facebook page which I will clean up: American Idol, eat your heart out! This is a singer. No glitz, no glam, no hairspray, just talent!!! ...