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7 Benefits of Singing at Home: How to Encourage Your Child to Sing Are you looking for a fun and meaningful way to engage your children at home? Look no further than singing! Not only is it a fun and expressive activity for all ages, but it also offers numerous benefits for your children’s mental…
How to Make the Most Out of Your Voice Lesson Let’s face it. Voice lessons are an investment of your finances, time, and energy. Most importantly it’s an investment in the development of your vocal skills, singing, and performance, just to name a few areas. Being strategic in what you do before, during, and after…
The Right Time is NowNo Matter Your Age, Singing is for You! Are you someone of a certain age that has always wanted to sing? Or did you sing long ago and stopped because you gave up on your dreams? Perhaps life just ‘happened’ and before you knew it, years went by without you focusing…
Five Tips for Developing Confidence as a Singer A great way to develop confidence as a singer is to focus on the joy of singing and the practical steps one can take towards developing their singing potential. As we stay in this process, fears will naturally come up to be felt and released as we…
Expand Your Vocal Library Is your listening library of singers limited? Do you find yourself listening to the same recordings and artists over and over? You can supercharge your growth as a singer by listening regularly to a variety of singers. Expose yourself to new sounds and study recordings from singers that have an impact…
Dynamics in Singing From playing classical piano throughout the years, I’ve always been aware of the nuances of volume in music. In written music, dynamics gave me a framework to conceptualize the form and feeling of the piece. Likewise, in Classical singing, specific dynamic markings are indicated in the written score. In Contemporary singing, we…
Sing, But Don’t Oversing What is oversinging? The term oversinging is widely used, but can have many interpretations. Generally, these interpretations fall into two categories, which I will call ‘vocal oversinging’ and ‘stylistic oversinging.’ Vocal Oversinging produces a tone that is pressed, pinched, strained or constricted. In extreme cases, it sounds like it hurts (and…
Morning Pages: A Simple Habit That Can Support Your Creative Life The practice of Morning Pages from the classic bestselling book on creativity, “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron is simple: three full pages of longhand, stream-of-consciousness writing (without stopping) in an 8.5” x 11” notebook, done as soon as you wake up. Get whatever…
Healthy Speaking for Singers Whether a professional singer, aspiring professional, or hobbyist, as much as we all love to sing, on any given day, we usually talk much more! Even if we diligently develop our singing technique, inefficient speaking habits can impact the function of the voice. Here are a few tips to support healthy…
Using Drones to “Fine Tune” Your Intonation A musical drone does not play a melody of its own. Instead, its continuous note or chord serves as a support and focus for both the melody and harmony produced by another instrument or singer. This note or chord is typically based on the tonic note (1st scale…