If you want to work at a high level in any aspect of the performing arts, you will encounter sexual energy. In so many men and women, I see a…
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Physical ease and a pleasing sound are not necessary for clear and effective spoken communication. Similarly, when using a microphone, singing can be minimally functional but artistically successful. The advent…
I often see teachers gnashing their teeth over picking repertoire for their students. Why do some teachers pick every song for every student for auditions and competitions? Teach the students…
Your vocal sound quality can give clues about what is good and bad in your technique. Most experienced singers and teachers can detect problems to some degree by listening carefully.…
For singing to begin, the vocal folds vibrate against each other. The sounds are amplified and changed as they pass through the vocal tract, out of the mouth (and/or sometimes…
When you are about to warm up – whether it’s for practice, rehearsing, or performing – start by making sounds with your voice. It doesn’t have to be a song,…
In an ideal technique of singing there is always a fixed relationship between the amount of tension assumed by the cricothyroids and the physical dimensions of the vocal folds. However,…
One of the challenging things about building a reliable vocal technique is that some parts of your body have to let go while other parts work hard. Get it backwards,…
Hey teachers, I’m talking to you, about your own voices! There is an old-fashioned phrase called “voice building” which can be useful for describing practicing. You build up the weaker…
Breathing with an idea of maximum vocal tract expansion got me into trouble when I was studying the flute long ago, and messed up singing even more. My throat was…
Hello everyone, I will be teaching in New York on September 28th. You can grab a time here: https://vocalability.com/schedule/ Thanks! – Brian
There are more people than ever with DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) degrees now. The degree was designed for teaching as a professor in a post-secondary institution. However, there are…
