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Welcome to the Slice of Singing blog! Thanks for stopping by. Today I’d like to share a video clip from a lesson with a private student. My student, besides the fact that he’s very cute, is a sensitive and talented singer/songwriter. In this voice lesson we are working on making the song more honest and real – to get more connection with the audience and to get my student submerg...

First of all, let’s take a look at practices 1-3 which I go into detail about in my previous blogs. #1 Everyone has a great voice inside. Everyone. It’s a gift. The human body is the most perfect of all musical instruments. When most people sing, they believe that it is an extra-ordianry task that only the stars know how to do. That’s a lie. Singing is as natural and simple as speaking ...

In my 2 previous posts, I shared practices 1 and 2 with you. Here’s a bit about each. #1 Everyone has a great voice inside. Everyone. It’s a gift. The human body is the most perfect of all musical instruments. When most people sing, they believe that it is an extra-ordianry task that only the stars know how to do. That’s a lie. Singing is as natural and simple as speaking when you have ...

I love working with singer/songwriters. As a voice teacher and a songwriter myself it’s a real thrill to guide a client to the vocal freedom that informs the songwriting process with new ideas and new choices. Today I taught one of those totally fulfilling lessons with a fairly new client. Matt, a pseudonym, has taken a couple of classes with me and then about 4 weeks ago he took the plunge int...

In this video we highlight the simplicity of inhaling. Have you forgotten that you have to inhale while you sing? Well let’s keep it simple. ...