Comments on: 3 Signs Your Vocal Technique Needs Help

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 18:15:14 +0000

Great insight Judy! Firewater…!

By: Judy Rodman

Judy Rodman — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:06:18 +0000

So happy you enjoyed the read! As to postnasal drip… you might look at this post https://blog.judyrodman.com/2013/07/how-to-get-mucous-off-vocal-cords.html

By: Unknown

Unknown — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 19:25:39 +0000

Just, Your 3 steps to a better voice was a great read. I still fight too much postnasal drip I'm drinking more water now. Coffee was killing my voice I do a radio show and have for 40 years. Thanks Judy

By: Judy Rodman

Judy Rodman — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:43:34 +0000

Ron I truly love hearing how you see this; your excellent experience training and singing classically gives you a unique vantage point to look at my posts for contemporary vocalists; I am really thrilled you enjoy them! Thanks again for the kind comment.

By: Ron Calabrese

Ron Calabrese — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:10:15 +0000

Hi Judy. Every time you provide a blog covering technique I’m reminded of the problems I had when I first started singing lessons. So many singers don’t understand why their voice is working well one day and seems a confused mess the next. Unlike other musical instruments, a myriad of factors effect the vocal emission, including both physical and emotional variables. Woe is the tenor who has good natural high notes, but has no clue how he produces them. The first time he cracks on one, the next one brings a debilitating sense of terror. I know first hand, having produced some “ruptured ducks,” before learning why, from a good teacher.
None of your young students should ever be embarrassed by missing an attack, cracking, producing an unclear note. It happened to every famous soprano, tenor, or baritone in history. The legendary Enrico Caruso was a notorious “note cracker” early in his career, chronicled in all the books about him. Beverly Sills in an interview said she never worried about missing a note here and there, as long as she “communicated the music.”
Personally, my voice improved the most when I gave into my teacher’s advice to “never sing louder than beautiful.” He wanted me to produce perfectly clear vowels, with no clutter. It’s easier said than done, but if you concentrate on clear uncluttered vowels, miraculously you pass through the passagio without an abrupt change in vocal position. To this day, that’s how I vocalize and it works, even at age 76!
Your students are certainly blessed to have a teacher who has sung in various styles and has experienced all the vocal sensations, some of which are impossible to communicate, without real experience!