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Over the weekend, NPR did a show about voice problems and the challenges that singers face. Since I work with people who use their voices a lot, professional singers and non-professional alike, I know how difficult it can be to keep things in perspective. Listen to NPR's show: The Surgery That Saves Silenced Voices** ** ©2011 NPR When we love to sing and when our living or our sense of pleasure or well-being depends on singing, it can feel like death to develop swollen vocal … [Read more...]
This is a short post to give a shout out to Ursula at UC Web Creations for the new site design! What she has done is make it easier for you to navigate the site so that you can learn more about singing lessons and how to improve your voice. And that makes it easier for me to help you faster! Yay for Ursula! Thanks! … [Read more...]
"Is there not an art, a music, and a stream of words that shalt be life, the acknowledged voice of life?" - William Wordsworth What's Up With Articulation and Diction? Basically, if you do not articulate your words well, people will not be able to understand what you are trying to communicate. If you learn to launch your vowels by exaggerating your consonants to be understood, you'll be able to project without pushing (pushing can cause hoarseness and other more serious … [Read more...]
I get asked a lot about how to sing with a vibrato, so I thought I would answer that question with some of my readers' questions and my answers that I've collected. Maybe I should do a video about this. What do you think? The more you let me know what you want, the better I can help you. Leave your comments, suggestions or questions in the comments box below this post. Q: "What is vibrato?" It's a natural process of a balance between breath support and vocal cord adduction (vocal … [Read more...]
I am encouraged by all of you who are visiting me here on my blog and want you to know that I will be doing a Blog Makeover in the next couple of months or so. That is because you deserve to be able to navigate my site more easily. I can help you more with your singing voices that way. And your singing mindsets. And your singing tongues. :wink: So, if you'd like to get updated as the makeover starts happening, just fill in your first name and email address on the right by the BIG GREEN … [Read more...]
People ask me this all the time: How do I sing falsetto? Or whistle range? How do I prevent my voice from cracking when I go from low voice to high voice or visa versa? P. Mario Marafioti once said, "The speaking voice is the real mold of the singing voice, in all its characteristics and dimensions; therefore, it must also be the factor for its different pitches." A famous European voice teacher from the nineteenth century named Lamperti said that "singing is speech a thousand times … [Read more...]
Ever Feel Like Your Voice Is Locked Up? I recently gave a couple of lessons to a wonderful woman named Susan. (No, that is not a picture of her!) She found me on my SingBabySing YouTube site and decided to contact me. It turns out that she started singing when she was 3 "all over the place" and at age 9-10 was chosen to sing opera in New York, but when she was a little bit older, she had some traumatic experiences that caused her to lose her voice. She went to a number of voice teachers … [Read more...]
Welcome to my Singing Mastermind blog, a place to find timely and timeless articles and tips about how to sing and use your voice to its fullest potential. Use the birdie buttons above to subscribe to my RSS and/or Twitter feeds to take full advantage of my updates and free resources. My goal is to bring you the best possible resources for your voice. I am extremely passionate about the singing voice and have made it my full time occupation to help you learn to use your voice to enhance … [Read more...]
