My bowed psaltery NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes , Google Play, TuneIn Radio, Android apps What I’m about to share with you is rather humbling, but I’ve come to believe the best teaching is informed by actual experience…. Read More » about Why the Message is Music’s Point of the Spear, and How To Miss It
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Excellence vs Perfectionism – post by Leah Grams Johnson
Leah – in an excellent place! NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes , Google Play, TuneIn Radio, Android apps My guest blogger today is Leah Grams Johnson, a Nashville transplant from northern California. She is… Read More » about Excellence vs Perfectionism – post by Leah Grams Johnson
Online Vocal Lessons… Pros and Cons [updated 2024]
I am updating this post during the Nashville snowstorm of early 2024. Lots of my students have gotten sick with one thing or another this winter. But because we meet for lessons exclusively online, most of us are NOT sick, and lessons are going very well! In this post I’ll help you understand how it… Read More » about Online Vocal Lessons… Pros and Cons [updated 2024]
This Is Why Your Voice is Trashed. Really. 10 things to Stop!
The words ‘trash’ and ‘voice’ don’t belong together! NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes , Google Play, TuneIn Radio, Android apps How does your voice feel today? Is it gunky? Limited? Tired? Trashed? Or does it feel Normal, Better… Read More » about This Is Why Your Voice is Trashed. Really. 10 things to Stop!
10 Lessons from the Beautiful Voice of Sara Bareilles
NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes, Google Play and Android podcast apps The voice of Sara Bareilles is quite beautiful and powerfully emotive. And also… I could be wrong… but her technique is so good… Read More » about 10 Lessons from the Beautiful Voice of Sara Bareilles
7 Songwriter Round Mistakes No One But Your Mama Will Love
A very special songwriter round in my life… Kevin Sharp, Jerry Foster, Jim McBride and me at what would be one of Kevin’s last. NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes, Google Play and Android podcast… Read More » about 7 Songwriter Round Mistakes No One But Your Mama Will Love
Why You Should NOT Sing From Your Diaphragm
This is the last place you want to sing from!! NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes, Google Play and Android podcast apps You hear this phrase a lot in vocal lesson circles… “Sing from… Read More » about Why You Should NOT Sing From Your Diaphragm
How To Conquer Adolescent Male Vocal Strain
Nope… It doesn’t have to feel OR sound like this! NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes, Google Play and Android podcast apps If you are a teenage boy, you’ve undoubtedly felt and/or heard the… Read More » about How To Conquer Adolescent Male Vocal Strain
Singing Scared – The Ironic Danger of Guarded Voice
Nope. Guarded stance won’t help. NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes, Google Play and Android podcast apps Fear can be a healthy thing. It can keep us inside when the mountain lion is in… Read More » about Singing Scared – The Ironic Danger of Guarded Voice
Lessons from The Remarkable Voice of Chris Stapleton
NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes, Google Play and Android podcast apps I recently wrote an article about Chris Stapleton for Voicecouncil Magazine. Since then, it became public that he had some vocal problems requiring… Read More » about Lessons from The Remarkable Voice of Chris Stapleton