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My Singing Through Life Book

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I'm excited to let you all know that I have written a book about singing through life that has been published! Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, Michael Silversher, calls it the "Kahil Gibran Prophet for singers." Filled with 100 whimsical sayings about how your inner world of singing directly impacts your outer world of singing through life. A singing mindset lesson approach that no singer, voice teacher, choir director, cantor or performing artist should be without. It is … [Read more...]

Your Singing Voice Curve

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What in the world is a singing voice curve and why is it important to you? In order to answer those two questions, I have to tell you a true story about the painting you see to your right and a recent voice lesson I gave over Skype. You may or may not know that I am an abstract painter, writer, performer and composer, as well as a voice teacher, so from time to time, I will sit down and look at a photo (or landscape or some other tangible object) and allow the shapes and colors in it to … [Read more...]

Singing in Shower Notes

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I got an email from a really focused singer in New York. He has been asking questions, making comments and staying completely intent on freeing his voice for a long time and I truly appreciate the way he is discovering the secrets to singing. He called my "Believe in the Shower Quick Tip" the "famous shower scene," which made me laugh, but it also got me to thinking. The truth is this: making that video to help you free your voice was a great way for me to overcome my own obstacles and … [Read more...]

Inside Voice Outside Voice

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Is Your Inside Voice All In Your Head? You hear it all the time.  It's that inside voice that tells you you are no good or at least not good enough. Other people have told you too, and guess what, you probably believed them.  In fact, the inside voice that tells you that you are not good enough probably started with someone - a trusted adult (parent/teacher/relative) or peer (friend/sibling/classmate) - telling you early in life that your voice was no good, at least not for singing. The … [Read more...]

Nervous Singing – Nervous Shaking

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Nervous About Singing?

A few days ago, Jo asked me a question about what to do about getting nervous when singing in front of people so I'm answering with this article about the 3 major things that can help you overcome it. But first....I have a story to tell. Being anxious about singing is....OMG, so real, so painful, so....ok, now I am going to faint. No, seriously, I'm going to tell you a true story about how I fainted the first time I sang for a college recital when I was taking voice lessons and learning … [Read more...]