Remember those voiced consonants I warned you about in a previous post? Well, today I’m going to teach you how to USE them in a very strategic set of vocal warmup exercises. Done correctly, these exercises can help you erase your vocal break, add vocal resonance, loosen vocal tension, and widen your range without vocal… Read More » about Weird Vocal Exercises That Blend Head and Chest Registers
Vocal Exercises
A Great Vocal Exercise For Smoothing Vocal Glitches
Today’s post is a vocal exercise demonstration I’m doing for you on both my Youtube channel and my podcast. And yes, it’s weird… Quite often I find it’s the weird vocal exercise that works the best. My colleague vocal coach Mark Thress shared this scale with me (thank you, Mark!) and I ‘morphed it’ beyond… Read More » about A Great Vocal Exercise For Smoothing Vocal Glitches
What’s Wrong With Your Vocal Warm-up? 4 Possibilities – UPDATED 2021
Vocal exercises leave your throat feeling like this? STOP!! Listen & subscribe on iTunes … on Spotify … or anywhere else or… watch on Youtube. You had a sneaking suspicion that with a little work, your voice could be better than you’ve been settling for. So you decided to find some vocal exercises to improve your… Read More » about What’s Wrong With Your Vocal Warm-up? 4 Possibilities – UPDATED 2021
How to Practice Your Voice Without Irritating the Neighbors – UPDATED
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
Help for thin, weak, hooty, lifeless, nasal and edgy voices – updated 2021
Let’s get some color in there! 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, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon, Android apps PLEASE REVIEW at ratethispodcast.com/atv Vocal tone communicates the meaning of words carried on that tone. Having problems with the way the voice… Read More » about Help for thin, weak, hooty, lifeless, nasal and edgy voices – updated 2021
Using Toys To Teach The Lizard Brain In Vocal Lessons
Today’s post is a video in which I take a deep dive into some toys I use in vocal training. I introduce several things that can help you stop thinking so hard and just memorize sensations to put your body/mind/voice together in more efficient ways. These toys are not only instructive; they are FUN!… Read More » about Using Toys To Teach The Lizard Brain In Vocal Lessons
Introducing BALLOON Phonation Exercises
In this post, I’m going to introduce you to a brand new type of vocal exercise I’ve developed using a balloon, an alternative to the straw phonation exercises created by voice scientist Dr. Ingo Titze. Watch the embedded video demonstration featuring my friend Mark Thress. Watch Video: How Balloon Exercises Were Developed Vocal coach Mark… Read More » about Introducing BALLOON Phonation Exercises
Top 10 Vocal Issues a Vocal Coach Should Fix
‘I can fix ya…’ 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 We put so much responsibility on those two little bands of tissue in the middle of our necks! When they don’t do… Read More » about Top 10 Vocal Issues a Vocal Coach Should Fix
Singing Multiple Sets? Beware What You Do Between Shows!
photo by Pete Rodman If you have multiple long sets to perform, be careful to take care of your voice between sets! Here are some tips to keep vocal cords from swelling during your break. OH… and these tips work for you background vocalists and studio singers, too… anytime you need to sing for hours… Read More » about Singing Multiple Sets? Beware What You Do Between Shows!
Maybe You Should NOT Do Vocal Exercises
A bit of a rant here: I am really sad that so many people end up hurting their voices with vocal exercises. I’m even sadder because without good vocal warmups, I don’t believe a voice can be as good as it can otherwise be. It can also be more easily damaged, as vulnerable as any… Read More » about Maybe You Should NOT Do Vocal Exercises