Creating Habits Through Practice Hello Singers! Every musician knows the routine. Practice, practice, practice. The old saying is that practice makes perfect. WRONG. There is no perfect there is only excellence in singing. Practice = Progress. Practice = Permanent. Practice is the process of becoming aware of habits that do not support your voice, then […]
Singer Striptease
Sometimes when I teach a group singing class, 32-Bar Audition class, the singers in the class are fairly inexperienced. And yet, magic still happens. A young woman in class sang Sondheim’s Loving You. The first time through the song it wasn’t all the much fun to listen to. My instruction to her was to sing […]
3 Singing Myths That Hold Your Voice Hostage
Three Singing Myths That Hold You Back Believing these myths, these thoughts, you are doing the exact opposite of allowing the natural flow of singing! Wouldn’t you love it if you could think your way to vocal power and freedom? Actually, you can. You just need to get rid of your myths. A myth is a […]
Is Singing Louder Singing Better?
I’ve been training singers for more than 40 yrs and experience has taught me that one of the most destructive habits a singer can have is thinking, “I gotta’ sing LOUDER.” I can tell immediately by the force behind the sound that my student’s goal is to SING LOUD. After so many years of teaching […]
Singer-Songwriter’s Story: Where Do Songs Come From?
I’ve been reading a book full of stories that come from the Irish verbal tradition of storytelling. And if you know any true Irish, you know how they love their stories. The inspiration and some actual phrases in this article of mine are taken from one such story written down in Frank Delaney’s book Ireland. […]