Tools Archives - Judy Rodman https://judyrodman.com/category/tools/ Vocal Coach • Singer • Speaker • Songwriter • Studio Producer • Podcaster Thu, 13 Nov 2025 21:25:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://judyrodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JRV-Logo-white-w-text-siteicon-c-150x150.png Tools Archives - Judy Rodman https://judyrodman.com/category/tools/ 32 32 Gift Suggestions for Singers, Songwriters, Speakers and Musicians – UPDATED 2024 https://judyrodman.com/gift-suggestions-for-singers-2/ https://judyrodman.com/gift-suggestions-for-singers-2/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:00:00 +0000 Do you have singers, speakers, writers and/or musicians on your gift list? Here are some suggestions, updated for 2024, to give them what they REALLY want! Please note: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the... Read More » about Gift Suggestions for Singers, Songwriters, Speakers and Musicians – UPDATED 2024

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]]> https://judyrodman.com/gift-suggestions-for-singers-2/feed/ 11 Singers & Musicians: Get Fit, Not Hurt! (Angela McCuiston Interview) https://judyrodman.com/singers-musicians-get-fit-not-hurt/ https://judyrodman.com/singers-musicians-get-fit-not-hurt/#comments Mon, 22 May 2023 23:02:00 +0000 Getting physically injured can temporarily stop or permanently end a music career. My guest Angela McCuiston, founder of ‘Music Strong’, has developed a specialty career in fitness training and rehabilitation exercises for music makers of all kinds. Listen to this interview to hear Angela and I discuss some vital fitness strategies that can improve muscle... Read More » about Singers & Musicians: Get Fit, Not Hurt! (Angela McCuiston Interview)

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]]> https://judyrodman.com/singers-musicians-get-fit-not-hurt/feed/ 1 In-Ear Monitors: Don’t Use Just One! (Updated) https://judyrodman.com/in-ear-monitors-dont-use-just-one/ https://judyrodman.com/in-ear-monitors-dont-use-just-one/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2021 20:00:00 +0000 https://judyrodman.com/in-ear-monitors-dont-use-just-one-updated/   I use custom ear molds with Sensaphonics ears and the Shure PSM 900 Wireless System.  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   Anyone who has ever performed live... Read More » about In-Ear Monitors: Don’t Use Just One! (Updated)

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]]> https://judyrodman.com/in-ear-monitors-dont-use-just-one/feed/ 10 How to Practice Your Voice Without Irritating the Neighbors – UPDATED https://judyrodman.com/how-to-practice-your-voice-without/ https://judyrodman.com/how-to-practice-your-voice-without/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2021 23:00:00 +0000 https://judyrodman.com/how-to-practice-your-voice-without-irritating-the-neighbors-updated-2021/ Singers sometimes need to do vocal warmups and practice songs in hotel rooms, houses shared by others or on postage stamp lots, artist dressing rooms, public bathrooms, between-set-alleys, band buses, a back corner of the venue itself. How can you do this without annoying neighbors or giving away the sound of your not-yet-warmed-up-voice? Here are some... Read More » about How to Practice Your Voice Without Irritating the Neighbors – UPDATED

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]]> https://judyrodman.com/how-to-practice-your-voice-without/feed/ 9 2 MILLION VIEWS for All Things Vocal!! https://judyrodman.com/2-million-views-for-all-things-vocal/ https://judyrodman.com/2-million-views-for-all-things-vocal/#respond Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:41:00 +0000 https://judyrodman.com/2-million-views-for-all-things-vocal/ Overnight breaking news:  All Things Vocal just hit 2 million views in my Blogger stats and I am so thrilled and grateful!! Great that I can brag about it of course, but more grateful that this means people find it helpful to their voices! Enjoy our crazy video celebration, and I hope you join in,... Read More » about 2 MILLION VIEWS for All Things Vocal!!

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]]> https://judyrodman.com/2-million-views-for-all-things-vocal/feed/ 0 Online Vocal Lessons… Pros and Cons [updated 2024] https://judyrodman.com/online-vocal-lessons-pros-and-cons/ https://judyrodman.com/online-vocal-lessons-pros-and-cons/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2017 21:34:00 +0000 https://judyrodman.com/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]

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]]> https://judyrodman.com/online-vocal-lessons-pros-and-cons/feed/ 8 St. Patrick’s Day and the Voice https://judyrodman.com/st-patricks-day-and-voice/ https://judyrodman.com/st-patricks-day-and-voice/#respond Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:39:00 +0000 https://judyrodman.com/st-patricks-day-and-the-voice/ Tis the season for pots of gold, green bear and lucky charms! St. Patrick’s Day has traditionally been a day for drinking oneself silly because of the exception the Catholic Church in Ireland makes in its Lent drinking prohibition for that one day. Yelling out-of-tune anthems from alcohol-dried/numb vocal cords sounds like a great way... Read More » about St. Patrick’s Day and the Voice

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]]> https://judyrodman.com/st-patricks-day-and-voice/feed/ 0 How Much Is a Million? Celebrating All Things Vocal Blog https://judyrodman.com/how-much-is-million-celebrating-all/ https://judyrodman.com/how-much-is-million-celebrating-all/#respond Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:52:00 +0000 https://judyrodman.com/how-much-is-a-million-celebrating-all-things-vocal-blog/ Thank you all for joining me here… you have viewed this blog over a million times!  I hope you keep reading and sharing… let me know if you have a subject or question concerning the voice that you’d like me to post about. It takes a village (of readers) to inspire this blog! Meanwhile, celebrate... Read More » about How Much Is a Million? Celebrating All Things Vocal Blog

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]]> https://judyrodman.com/how-much-is-million-celebrating-all/feed/ 0 New Year’s Resolutions For Your Voice – What, Why, How to Make Them Real https://judyrodman.com/new-years-resolutions-for-your-voice/ https://judyrodman.com/new-years-resolutions-for-your-voice/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2015 21:04:00 +0000 https://judyrodman.com/new-years-resolutions-for-your-voice-what-why-how-to-make-them-real/ How true it is! The idea of making New Year’s Resolutions is a strange tradition that mostly becomes a to-do list that doesn’t get done. Michael Hyatt suggests if we turn the idea of a resolution into a goal we are much more likely to act on it. I’d go farther and say every goal... Read More » about New Year’s Resolutions For Your Voice – What, Why, How to Make Them Real

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]]> https://judyrodman.com/new-years-resolutions-for-your-voice/feed/ 2 How Singing Is Like Kefir https://judyrodman.com/how-singing-is-like-kefir/ https://judyrodman.com/how-singing-is-like-kefir/#respond Sun, 26 Jul 2015 18:18:00 +0000 https://judyrodman.com/how-singing-is-like-kefir/ Homemade Milk and Water Kefir, great for bodies that sing! I have recently begun a science project which is now perpetually brewing two of the most healthful drinks in the world on my kitchen counter! It’s not only holistically good for your voice, I find that making it bears many similarities to singing. Let me... Read More » about How Singing Is Like Kefir

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