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How to transform your voice
After some twenty years working with voices, I have come to an important realisation… I can’t teach anyone to sing. This is a curious thing to say, especially from someone
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How to Find a Great Singing Teacher
Almost anyone can call themselves a voice coach or singing teacher. It is a completely unregulated industry. Doctors, lawyers and tax accountants all require some sort of minimum qualifications
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Light singing can be powerful singing
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been studying the singing of the great RnB artists, Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye. Both these singers take a different approach to contemporary singing.
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Semi-Occluded Vocal Sounds and Exercises
Do you have a favorite technique for warming up your voice? Have you ever used exercises such as the lip-bubble or tongue trill? These are examples of sounds that we
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So You Want to Be a Star: Role Models
Which artists do you really admire and want to sing like? A student recently asked me, “how does Adam Lambert sing so amazingly? Is he a tenor or a bass?” and
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Your Larynx – simple voice anatomy for singers
Singers often know little about the anatomy of their instrument. This blog describes the larynx – commonly called voicebox – which houses your vocal folds, including its structure, muscles and
Breathing for singing
We all breathe every minute of our lives! It seems crazy that someone has to learn to breath all over again when they learn to sing. While it may share
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Posture for singers
When you learn any musical instrument, you need to learn how to hold it. This is the same for singers. If you want to sing well, then you must understand
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Muscle tension in singing: A three-step plan for release
Have you ever suffered from tense muscles or vocal constriction? Has your singing teacher ever told you to relax? If only it was that simple! I mean, it’s not like
