There are vocal functions that require excellent balance and flexibility that don’t involve lots of fast notes. These are the vocal equivalents of tight-rope walking, as opposed to trapeze. Slow…
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One of my teachers said “There’s nothing natural about classical singing.” What I came to understand about that statement was a relief to me. Classical singing is no more natural…
There is a lot of hypersensitive rhetoric in online discussion groups, and it has gotten worse over the years. Human beings were never meant to have so much stimulation. The…
One needn’t max out one’s voice in every single practice session. Some days it is good for the voice and the soul to sing lightly and easily. There is a…
Train the whole voice, regardless of the genre you specialize in.
The Human-sized Hamster Wheel from Adriano Mescia on Vimeo. I really struck a nerve on my personal Facebook page recently by posting that I was down to nine Facebook groups.…
You will get better at the specific singing tasks or repertoire that you repeat a lot. If these tasks work with your voice to make it stronger, more flexible, more…
An inquisitive and articulate colleague of mine recently brought up some great questions about how we frame our experiences. It was a pretty interesting angle. She asked this question: If…
In the forums, people are blaming Adele for ignoring healthy technique and ruining her voice. Folks, this is so not cool. People are acting as if she has a vocal…
Nobody sounds exactly the same at 75 as they did at 25. This is not bad, it just is. I heard Leontyne Price in a recital around 1982 where she…
If you teach, coach, or conduct singers, you probably inspire people to greater achievement and dedication to their art. What do you do to get inspiration and rejuvenation for yourself?…
There is no way around it; you must get to know your body well in order to sing well. You need to find out how to treat it as best…