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‘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...

Sing Like You Speak! With Sally Morgan Sally Morgan, creator Sing Like You Speak™ A Virtual Present for Every Budding Star! By: Laura Jones Sally Morgan, owner and instructor at Sing Like You Speak and one time local resident, gave 10-year-old Hunter, my singing enthusiast, the past month to take the online courses offered through her website including a private, Skype lesson with Morgan hers...

Moymoy Palaboy is a Filipino comic and singing duo known for their uploaded lip sync videos in YouTube. The duo consists of the Obeso brothers, James Ronald (a.k.a. Moymoy) and Rodfil (a.k.a. Roadfill). They are now GMA Network contract artists. The brothers started to upload their lip synch videos via YouTube in 2007. In 2008, their videos and their YouTube profile garnered over 5 million hits an...

John Munnelly singer/songwriterSinger/songwriter (and my client) John Munnelly has written a song on the age-old shotgun question – Does my bum look big in this? Written from a man’s perspective with plenty of musical hook for the women to sing along. It’s a fun song – and it’s getting some nice industry attention! Does my bum look big in this?       ...