One of my greatest joys, but at times, also one of my greatest frustrations, is being a voice teacher. Why, you may ask? Isn’t it the most wonderful job to help people literally find and develop their singing voice? Doesn’t it feel great to build their singing skills and especially their confidence— not only for…
After another exhausting day of teaching lessons at the college and for my private singing studio, I’ve been pondering how many times I had to give the same instruction, over and over, to almost every student, male or female. What is the one thing that so many singers struggle with— but don’t even know is…
As faithful readers of this blog know, it’s been a while since I’ve been moved to add anything to this project. Between the pandemic and all its stressful effects, the demands of teaching voice online for both a college and my private studio, and the complexities of taking care of my family— whew!!! That’s more…
I’m ba-ack! I hope you all got a lot out of last week’s post: Improve Your Singing Diction Now! (Part One) If you’ve been practicing the techniques I outlined in that article, you should already be experiencing freer, better singing, and much clearer enunciation of your song lyrics. Yay! If you haven’t had a chance…
Have you ever listened to a song on the radio over and over, and still couldn’t understand all the words? Did you go to a live performance and think, “okay, now for sure I’ll hear the words this time?”— and still couldn’t make it out? Did you finally have to look up the words online…
Are you satisfied with the results you’re getting from your current singing practice or routine? Do you feel like the payoff is worth the time and effort you are putting in? Or, conversely, maybe you are NOT practicing much at all, and need a new guideline for vocal success to up your motivation. You can…
So— you’ve been hired to sing at a wedding, and the bride’s grandmother wants to hear her favorite love song from her native country. Or, you’ve joined a new choir, and you find out that they do all sort of songs in many languages besides English. Perhaps you just decided to be a voice major…
Hello! If you’re just joining me with this current post, you may want to go back and read Part One of this series: https://singingvoicesuccess.com/2018/07/08/sing-your-cake-and-eat-it-too-part-one/. But if you’ve already read Part One, you have hopefully been “tasting” the first layer of our vocal technique cake: singing your song only on “Ah”, with two fingertips stacked one…
Ever wonder why your voice feels and sounds terrific when you’re singing your vocal exercises, but then the minute you jump into singing your song, you feel tight and the voice sounds strained? One of the biggest mistakes I see singers make is that before singing a song, they warm up a little bit (or…
Can you believe that it’s almost July 4th?! Independence Day is just around the corner, and that makes it the perfect time to talk about our national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner”. Oh, Say, Can YOU sing the Star-Spangled Banner? Ask almost any singer about performing this song, and a look of fear, or…