Dealing with Allergies, Colds and Sore Throats as a Singer Sometimes it seems like we singers are somewhat of a magnet to allergies, colds or sore throats, right? Well, don’t worry, because we’re not. We are often times just more aware of those things happening to us, because we use our voice to a greater…
How To Find The Best Key For Your Voice Per Song6 Steps To Sing Songs From the Lowest To Highest Note Easily Objective: to find a key suitable for your vocal instrument, where you can comfortably sing all parts of the song, from the lowest to the highest note, and sound your best, while capturing…
Singers’ Frustration There is a reason why a singer is called a front man or woman. It doesn’t matter who was the founder of the band, who is the director of the play or how cool is the guitar player. Even if it’s your turn to sing, all eyes are on you. Whether it’s the…
Is That Really a High Note? Reformulating Your Thoughts Around a Song This video is designed to give you a couple easy tips to reformulate your mind around the notes in a song. You CAN sing those high notes, because chances are they’re not really high at all, just the highest notes in that particular…
Improve Your Vocals with Video You can evaluate yourself singing in a very educational way, if you video yourself and take notes. This can go a long way to helping you learn to appreciate the sound of your own voice, as most of us usually don’t like to, but it also will help you to…
Songwriting 101 This recent interview discusses the process and method behind writing a song. Join professional songwriter and producer at Throga Records, Johnny Cummings, and student Carson Venne, as they deconstruct their latest piece. To contact Johnny regarding private online lessons, visit ThrogaRecords.com AUTHOR: RICHARD FINK IV
Three Reasons to Record Yourself Singing Regularly 1. It can help you improve faster. Recording yourself allows you to stand in the observer role and REALLY hear yourself. If you do this daily or even a few times each week, you’ll be surprised by just how much you are able to hear, evaluate, and correct…
Pardon Me While I Work On My Tension Yes, you read that right. Tension. If you have been doing some basic research on vocal technique, watched some videos or maybe read the book Throga: 7 Dimensions of singing, you have encountered this word: Tension. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines tension as: An inner striving, unrest, or…
Moving While We Sing – Should We Do It or Not? The ability to sing and to move to a rhythmic beat or stimulus emerges during early development1. It has also been suggested that motor synchronization (moving) to auditory rhythms (beat) may have emerged during evolution as a by-product of vocal learning. Singing and dancing…
What Can I Eat Before Singing? Nutrition plays a big role in singing, because our body itself is the instrument. And you may have been told to avoid certain foods before singing. But, why is that? In this article, I’ll mention a few foods (and drinks) that you should avoid for a certain period before…