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...]

Tech Challenges, Singing & Teamwork

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I have to admit it, I'm human. Yup, and today that simply means that tech problems with software programs have been messing with my mind for a couple of weeks now. Let me break this down for you. Imagine running all these programs at once in an effort to give you and other people around the world the best of what I have to empower your voice and theirs. … [Read more...]

Your Singing Tongue (Mindset) – Part 2

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Your Singing Tongue Mindset I have never heard anyone mention this phrase, singing tongue mindset, so I am coining it here to give you a powerful tool for learning to sing better and improve your life in general. If you have not read Your Singing Tongue - Part 1, do that now and then come back here because I want to take you as fast as I can into this must-have mindset for better singing. So what is the singing tongue mindset? I like to break things down into smaller parts and use … [Read more...]

Nervous Singing – Nervous Shaking

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...]

Singing Voice Mindsets

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There's no question about it. Your mindset about your singing voice, your singing tongue or your speaking voice, for that matter, is definitely going to influence how you communicate, whether it is through singing or speaking. There are a number of mindsets that control your voice and here is one of them: What you were told as a child about your voice will either help or hinder you. Learn to identify what happened during your formative years, whether it was good or bad, by … [Read more...]