Articulating voiced consonants from the wrong place can kill your high notes! Enunciating these sounds tightly is a very common limiter of vocal range resonance. So, let’s talk about why and what we can do about it. High notes require the vocal apparatus to stretch and thin the vocal folds, and need a relaxed open… Read More » about Are Voiced Consonants Killing Your High Notes?
Genre, Style
Choose Your Vocal Genre Strategically! (Vocal Style for Your Goals)
Choosing the vocal style you should sing can be difficult if you are a new singer and have no idea what genre you should try. It’s also difficult if you’re a veteran singer who can sing just about any style you want, and are confused about what style is best for you. In this blogpost,… Read More » about Choose Your Vocal Genre Strategically! (Vocal Style for Your Goals)
Interview With Salem Jones – Empress of Rock
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, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon, Podbean, most other podcast apps PLEASE REVIEW at ratethispodcast.com/atv One Soul Thrust – aka 1ST – is a pure rock band based in western… Read More » about Interview With Salem Jones – Empress of Rock
The Raspy Voice… Cool Sound or Voice Killer?
Yours truly adding a little rasp at BB Kings, Nashville 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, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon, Podbean, most other podcast apps PLEASE REVIEW at ratethispodcast.com/atv Cool Rasp: The raspy voice has been a signature sound for some singers… Read More » about The Raspy Voice… Cool Sound or Voice Killer?
How Great Voices Make Strategic Use Of Space
How boring would space be without the defining stars, clouds and holes? Same goes for the voice! Continuous, uninterrupted, un-marked sound is just… noise. The holes… what’s not there… and the separating marks can define and give meaning to what is there. Oh yes… great singing and speaking make great use of space! Listen and… Read More » about How Great Voices Make Strategic Use Of Space
Trading Lessons With Mark Thress – Contemporary vs Classical Voice
Turning vocal insight over with Mark – always pure joy! 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 As I listened to my new friend introduce himself and his work… Read More » about Trading Lessons With Mark Thress – Contemporary vs Classical Voice
How Dissonance Moves Music, Voice and Life Forward
. …wait, that’s not right!… 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 Dissonance. Sounds bad, right? Like when we sing a harmony note that’s not in the chord, or press an elbow into… Read More » about How Dissonance Moves Music, Voice and Life Forward
How To Get More Feeling In Your Singing
Express yourself! 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 Singing without feeling is like coloring without crayons. Your performance is similarly invisible. The response, if any, to your performance could best be described… Read More » about How To Get More Feeling In Your Singing
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
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