Best Practices
Free 3-Day Vocal Foundations Training Course
A short-but-packed free course to help you design a Daily Vocal Practice that’s customized to your Vision and Goals.
Best Practices
How to Develop The Skill of Listening, Another Best Practice for Singers
Listen… If you want to get the voice of your dreams, you need to move beyond only singing, although you should certainly do that and do it all the time! To gain an objective perspective of your voice, you must listen to yourself singing in both practice and performance situations. You must Read more…
Practice Inspiration
What’s your one thing?
Today’s tip is a rather motivational, helpful tidbit, prompted by a letter from a mastermind colleague of mine, Dr. Bruce Hoag. This will help you learn to think differently – more strategically, more fully, more creatively…better – when it comes to prioritizing and GETTING YOUR BEST VOICE.
Practicing
The Motivation Summit – Your Reflections
Are you attending the Motivation Summit I told you about? I hope so. That’s where more than 20 experts have come together to create an amazing collection of interviews and training that will inspire you for the rest of the year …and beyond. This page is for our A Higher Read more…
Aaron Copland
Ear-Training Exercises a la Mademoiselle
The more I learn about Nadia Boulanger, world-changer and massive influencer in music composition, the more interesting she gets, and the more I admire her.
Influences on Pedagogy
Who’s Taught You or Influenced Your Vocal Performance and Teaching?
I’ve been blessed to sing and/or study under a number of great singing teachers and directors. I share a number of my influences here. Please share yours, too.
KI Training
The Yellow Ribbon of Classroom FLOW
As part of my Kindermusik training for re-licensure after a 5 year hiatus from teaching KI, to discuss the topic of “flow” in the classroom we were asked to view and reflect upon a video of a young rhythmic gymnast doing a ribbon routine much like this one: In the Read more…
Music Theory
Music Terms Demystified: Vocal Passaggio
What Is It? Vocal Passaggio A Vocal Passaggio is a portion of a person’s vocal range in which the larynx must shift in order to accommodate “passage” to another vocal register. Why Is It? Some Background Info and More Explanation To Understand Passaggi, You Must First Understand Vocal Registers We call certain portions Read more…
Practicing
Share Your Practice Habits Here
To hone your instrument – voice, guitar, piano, bass, or whatever instrument you’re in the process of mastering – you must practice. How Are You Currently Making Time for Instrument Practice? In the comments below, please share how you currently do your instrument practice. Start with what instrument(s) you practice. Read more…
Articles
How to Know Whether You’re Tone Deaf – & What You Can Do About It
Do You Think You’re “Tone Deaf”? Many people come to me believing and claiming that they are tone deaf. On inquiry, however, it seems that tone deafness seems is actually more of a mystery to them. What they know is that they’re told by others that you’re “off pitch” you “can’t Read more…