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Practicing: How vs. How Much
"Practice makes Perfect." "You are what you repeatedly do." While there is some truth within both of these popular adages, we would argue that Practice makes Permanent, and how WELL you repeatedly do something is the more interesting factor. Singers who wish to...
Gig Guide
Getting your first gig may seem like a difficult task, but if you look closely enough in your area, it can be a lot simpler than you may think. Perhaps just asking the owner of a restaurant that you regularly frequent, or emailing a couple of businesses in the area...
Musical Foundations
If you're like most parents, you only want what is best for your child, including feeling driven to do whatever you can to help them reach their dreams. With singing, however, it's not uncommon for eager-to-help parents to make less than optimal decisions if they...
Emotional Baggage
As singers, we are both musicians and actors. We have a responsibility both to the music itself, and also to the lyrics and emotional truth of the story each song sets out to tell. While singers are generally expressive people naturally, putting your feelings on...
Warming Up
Because the anatomy of our voices is effectively invisible to us, it can be easy to dismiss as some mysterious thing that just sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Of course, the reality of keeping your singing voice in optimal shape is that caring for the vocal...
Benefits of Recording Yourself
Most people hate hearing their voice on tape. Even a voicemail playing back to them sounds "weird" and uncomfortable. But for singers, this is an important distaste to overcome. If you can't listen to yourself as other people hear you, how can you truly understand...
What is Your Diaphragm?
So many singers begin lessons with the idea you should "breath from your diaphragm"... but very few can actually answer what their diaphragm IS (or for that matter, where it is). Let's level up your knowledge! All breathing is diphragmatic breathing. You cannot inhale...
Who to Trust with Your Voice
Choosing a teacher or studio to work with can be a big, important, and very personal decision for a vocalist. In a world where the study of singing has been around for generations, but where actual scientific study of the voice has only emerged in the last 20 years or...
Lifelong Singing
Singing is a great joy to carry through your entire life. However, there are some important considerations to keep in mind at all stages of life– from early childhood singing straight through the aging voice– in order to maintain vocal health, comfort, and...
Alignment
If you're struggling with the difficulty of singing something you've always wanted to master, we've got good news! Singing well is not about trying harder. Instead, singing well is 100% about working smarter and finding ease and freedom. After seeing high level...
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