Hi everyone, Justin and I are eagerly laying down the tracks for some fun new discussions about singing! Here’s what’s coming:
If an exercise makes my singing better in some way, should I care about WHY it works? Everyone can certainly benefit from an exercise if they know WHEN it works.…
Hello singers, I just wanted to give a few quick tips about seeing a physician for a voice-related issue. This is not medical advice. This is advice on how to…
No pain, no gain. You have to want it more than anything. You need to have some serious drive to be an artist. You can’t just do this for fun.…
The metaphor of peeling the layers of an onion has been used a lot for teaching singing, especially in regard to reducing interfering tensions. For me this is truest when…
Specifically, what is a voice teacher for singers? A teacher of singing identifies and helps to solve vocal problems. They may or may not “teach you repertoire” as part of…
I think I might have finally put my finger on what bugs me about current auditions for musical theatre. I was watching a snippet of the NATS national finals today.…
There is a popular idea that performers are blustery extroverts, or that huge personalities make great performers. If you’ve ever done community theatre, you will have seen many of them.…
I began watching some of Michael Trimble’s videos on YouTube and learned early on that he advocates for the belly to move in during inhalation. This flies in the face…
For the first installment of this series let’s talk about the commonly used word “spin”. I refer to a sung sound that has vibrato and a sense of ease. We…
Teaching voice cannot be as objective as teaching piano, because the instrument is ourselves! This creates all kinds of psychological, physical, and acoustical differences among singers. Look out for this…
In the last year, many classical vocal performances have been offered online, both live and recorded. There have been potentially interesting new operas premiered, as well as old ones re-imagined…