So you decide to take voice lessons . How many should you take? The short answer: as many as it takes to get you where you want to be. The longer answer: it depends: If you are looking for a vocal assessment as to how you are singing right now: One. At this assessment lesson… Read More » about Voice lessons… How many should you take?
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Singing and Eating Disorders – Part Two
Jenni and me This is the second of two posts on eating disorders and the voice. We’ll continue where we left off with the story of Judy and her student, Jenni Schaefer… Judy… Little by little, as Jenni got help, she got stronger. However, voice lessons became even harder. She developed a diaphragmatic spasm of… Read More » about Singing and Eating Disorders – Part Two
Singing and Eating Disorders – Part One
Jenni Schaefer and me This is the first of two posts on eating disorders and the voice. You can now listen to the audio version of these posts on All Things Vocal Podcast. Eating disorders are now epidemic. Singers and others in the entertainment business with its requisite media exposure are, I believe, especially vulnerable… Read More » about Singing and Eating Disorders – Part One
Singing in extreme heat
Here in Nashville it was 100 degrees today. I was withering in the heat under a tree on the sidelines, watching my son Peter race around the asphalt in his “Crit 3” bike race. It had to have been 115 on that road track (whew!) Anyway, I began to think about how important it is… Read More » about Singing in extreme heat
The changing adolescent male voice
There is a rite of passage adolescent boys must travel called the “voice change”. It’s a strange and sometimes embarrassing time for them. What should they do vocally during this awkward time? I believe, and have witnessed in my young male students, that unstrained singing and wise vocal training through puberty can help boys develop… Read More » about The changing adolescent male voice
Keep the Critic out of the Vocal Booth!
When you are in the vocal booth in the process of recording, there is a part of you that you must keep out: Your inner critique. This is the part of you that says things like: I’m flat on that note… no, I’m sharp… I’m not feeling it right now I got this track in… Read More » about Keep the Critic out of the Vocal Booth!
Vocal Impact: The Paradox of Power
A publisher of music instruction once told me that my Power, Path & Performance vocal training course should be re-named. He had a problem with the word “power, which he interpreted as pushing the voice too hard, over-blowing the vocal cords. That word makes some voice teachers see red. I understand. It’s a paradox. Let… Read More » about Vocal Impact: The Paradox of Power
Welcome to my new “All Things Vocal” Blog!
Hi there… You are now looking at my brand new blog! I will be posting several times a week here on “All Things Vocal”, just like on my old blog at http://judyrodman.blogspot.com/. That blog will remain up; it’s full of vocal information you may wish to go back and read there. Besides writing articles for… Read More » about Welcome to my new “All Things Vocal” Blog!