15-Minute Daily Vocal Gym Challenge Do you need a jumpstart or restart in developing consistency in your daily vocal gym (skill training)? Doing things in small bites consistently is a great way to build habits. If this is you, I invite you to take on this daily challenge: (1) 5 minute warm up (1)…
What Is Range and How Easy Is It to Find Yours? Generally speaking, your vocal range is the lowest note you can sing (slow vibration) to the highest note you can sing (fast vibration), and this requires your vocal folds to stretch and thin out, or not, according to the pitch you are trying to…
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…
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…
4 Ways Learning Piano Can Further Develop Your Singing and Musicianship Beyond daily vocal gym, singing, and performing, a fantastic way to further develop and refine one’s singing and overall musicianship is learning to play piano. Some will say that a guitar works just fine, and for some, it does. Singers will find, however, the…
Warm Up or Not to Warm Up? There I was googling away, when I came across an interesting article in regards to Jennifer Hudson and Ed Sheeran not vocally warming up before a show. This caught my eye as I had always just presumed everyone did. It’s true this article could have been out of…
How Can I Improve My Voice Quickly? Is a question I get asked a lot by singers and non-singers. The short and long answer is that improving your voice is not always ‘quick process’ but you can see ‘improvements quickly’ if you invest time and effort into understanding your voice. Singing songs alone is not…
6 Ways to Get In Daily Vocal Gym Training As singers, life can feel like a juggling act trying to fit all of the things we want and need to do into our waking hours. To reach full vocal potential, it is necessary to be consistent in training our voices. Many singers allot time to…
Health Benefits of Being in a Choir! What a joy it has been seeing my choir evolve. A year ago I remember my very first choir session, around 20 turned up, I was very nervous not fully knowing what to expect. People from all walks of life, ages, nationalities, all coming together for their love…
