Do you think you have an accent? Probably not. You are so used to the way you and the people around you speak, that you don’t think you do. It’s people from the Midwest / the East Coast / Spain / Brazil / Africa / you name it that have the accent. Check out this […]
Wondering about differences in technique between classical and popular singing? Here’s a specific real-life example. I’m a pop singer by nature. Yes, I still take voice lessons. In fact, among others, I take lessons from some of the other teachers at Performance High, Kristin Henry She is a more classically oriented teacher than I am […]
Sometimes people get confused about the difference between nasal resonance and singing with a nasal tone. You DO want some nasal resonance. Your sinuses are some of your vocal resonators. But you DON’T want to sound like you’re singing through your nose. Here’s a very quick tip to tell if you’re singing through your nose: […]
I worked all last month with an artist preparing for an industry showcase in L.A. At the end of the month, we did a dress rehearsal on a large stage, running the whole set straight through a few times. There were still some “mistakes” which kind of freaked him out at first, because he was […]
I was a web software developer for 12 years, both front-end and back-end systems. I do NOT miss debugging and troubleshooting. But my new electro-pop project is bringing back haunting echoes of the debugging and troubleshooting I used to do way back then. I’m going to share some of what’s going on inside the band, […]
It took longer than expected, but I just released the first track from my new electro-pop project. Here are some things I learned… or re-learned: Getting to the final mix always takes longer than you think. And this wasn’t even a “final” mix… this was just a pretty darn good […]
One more thought this week on where confidence comes from. I think this one is be the biggest key of all of them: Who ARE you? … Imagine you’re at a party where you don’t know very many people. As you have conversations with various strangers, do you try to be someone you’re not, to […]
More than one new student has contacted me this week describing issues of confidence on stage, so today I’ll talk about where confidence on stage comes from, and how to get it. I wish I could snap my fingers and help people feel confident. I’m sure they wish I could, too! And there are certainly […]
Do you wonder how you’re ever going to connect with the right people to help you find success in your music career? Does it seem like “industry people” are in a whole different world from you, and there’s no way to find them? There is more opportunity around you than you can even fathom. It […]
Expanding the ribcage gives you a bigger, and unpressurized tank of air to sing with – both of which are helpful. You don’t want the weight of your lifted shoulders being pulled down by gravity to put pressure on your vocal cords. Instead, you want to get a low breath of air, expanding your ribcage […]
