How do you know if you need vocal training? To help you decide, I put the following questions together: Breath – can you get enough breath in; can you control that breath when it is directed at your vocal cords? Open throat – Do you EVER experience throat tightness resulting in a feeling of vocal… Read More » about Vocal training – Who needs it?
Vocal Technique
Vocal importance of Spinal position and movement
The position and movement of the spine makes an enormous difference in the breath support and breath control issues of a vocalist, as well as resulting tone, pitch, range and degree of vocal strain. The position of the spine: If a habit of slouching or being a guarded postural stance (chest closed in) is changed… Read More » about Vocal importance of Spinal position and movement
Voice lessons… How many should you take?
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?
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
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