My quest to find the solutions to my singing challenges began when I was a teenager. Mom and Dad got me voice lessons and I rarely took a break from studying for the next many years. Then in 2005 long after I left my teens behind, I realized that I had spent over $100,000 on voice […]
Singer Striptease
Sometimes when I teach a group singing class, 32-Bar Audition class, the singers in the class are fairly inexperienced. And yet, magic still happens. A young woman in class sang Sondheim’s Loving You. The first time through the song it wasn’t all the much fun to listen to. My instruction to her was to sing […]
3 Singing Myths That Hold Your Voice Hostage
Three Singing Myths That Hold You Back Believing these myths, these thoughts, you are doing the exact opposite of allowing the natural flow of singing! Wouldn’t you love it if you could think your way to vocal power and freedom? Actually, you can. You just need to get rid of your myths. A myth is a […]
Singing in the Groove on the Beat
Last week I had a student who was in the process of recording a scratch demo of an original song. Lydia – not her real name – came to her lesson with an mp3 of the demo for me to critique. Her comment – and I agreed – was that she was behind the beat. […]
Singing As A Rhythm Instrument
I have a voice student who was first a percussionist. However, his knowledge of drumming and feeling the beat has not yet translated into his singing. I found this very curious until I realized that he was not using his lyrics rhythmically. He was not saying the lyrics clearly and precisely nor was he saying […]