How to use this program

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There are two levels to Singing from the Center.

Level 1:

41 tutorial videos that explain and demonstrate the technical aspects of learning to sing.

A host of supportive articles related to learning to sing and the singing process.

A manual that dives deeper into learning to sing.

Vocal coaching tracks, with sung examples. They work like an audio book for the manual (not verbatim but the same information)

Two vocal exercise downloads:

Daily exercises to practice with every day, or every other day to build range and vocal strength

Vocal exercises to build vocal control and dexterity

How it all works

The videos and articles are free; the manual, vocal coaching tracks and vocal exercises are available for download for a nominal fee.

Level 2:

13 videos and a host of supportive articles and meditations. Level 2 goes deeper, and was designed to help with issues when performing (stage fright, for example), visualizing the singing process as, essentially, an energetic one. If we have a clear idea of what’s going on energetically when we sing, and then learn to tap into that, it can greatly enhance our performance, and connect us with our intrinsic self.

Singing is, in essence, a felt experience. For example, we need to understand the technical issues, how to create a note etc, but actually singing that note and letting it sound great is a felt experience (I explain my journey in creating this Level in a number of the Level 2 articles). This is why the meditations were created. I describe a number of ways to use the vocal exercises with the meditations in the Level 2 articles.

I recognize this is highly esoteric and not for everyone, but if you’re willing to take a deep dive in this way, it could be very helpful (it helped my own students enormously, which is how this Level came about:)

All of Level 2 is free.

Beginners vs. Experienced singers

If you’re a beginner, then watch the Level 1 videos, read the manual/listen to the vocal coaching. The more information you can soak up, the better.

Then start to practice with the Daily exercises. 10-20 minutes daily is ample at the beginning, try not to overdo it. The voice is a muscle, so you’re basically “working out” with it.

To this end always sing quietly at first. This helps you, quite literally, sing from your center. We all have a tendency to over-sing, to “get it right”. This simple technique gets past all of that. As you sing, gradually increase the volume to full voice. Use your intuition. Usually the first 5 minutes, at least, should be sung very quietly.

If you’re doing it right, you should gain vocal strength very quickly, but slower wins the race. If you try and force it, you’ll only create vocal problems down the line.

Once you feel you “get it”, or are getting it, and that your voice is stronger, start to practice a few of the Vocal exercises every day. Put 2-4 in at the end of your daily exercises.

At this point, read the article “Create your own Singing Lessons ” and start putting in a singing lesson once a week, or every two weeks. The process is explained step-by-step in this article (link below).

In your singling lessons, you’ll be working with singing songs and also improvising to a simple rhythm track. Both of these things can help with performance enormously.

With the song you choose, first of all find something very simple, then for the next song, make it a bit more challenging. In this way, you build dexterity as you progress (more high notes for example, deeper highs and lows of emotion etc). There are some karaoke sites for this suggested at the end of that article.

Keep building your repertoire until you have at least 10 different songs, ranging from ballad to up-tempo.

If you feel drawn to performing live, once you have your 10 songs you can try them out on an audience. Find the music online (sheetmusic.com is a good one) and if it’s a live band have the music ready. Often you can just share it with musicians on their phones.

However you choose to sing live (bedroom, living room, karaoke, family and friends, club, hall etc) there are articles and videos within this program to support your journey.

Once you feel you understand the technical stuff, have started to put it into practice, have practiced for 1-2 weeks, and started to create your own singing lessons, then watch the Level 2 videos (if you haven’t already done so), read the Level 2 articles, try the meditations, and see if that’s something you’d like to incorporate into your practice.

For experienced singers

If you’re a more experienced singer, then I suspect you came to the site because there’s something you need to work on – breathing/the high notes/jaw issues/stage fright etc.

Every teacher has their own way up the mountain, and this path is very specific, so it’s a step-by-step process. You might be self taught, or have studied with a teacher using different methods. But because of this (very particular) approach, I recommend you take the same route mentioned above.

There will likely be information you’ve already been taught, but I recommend you start at the beginning so the path is clear, and work your way forward, skimming through what you already know. You’ll then get all of the references and won’t need to circle back.

So to re-cap: Watch the Level 1 videos, read the manual/listen to the vocal coaching audio, download the Daily Exercises and Vocal coaching and start to practice. Once again, there are a number of articles to support you on your journey.

Then watch the Level 2 videos, listen to the meditations and read the Level 2 articles. This level, in essence, is designed to help you tap into an energetic way of being when you sing to help free up your performance, deal with stage fright and boost self confidence.

Related article:

Create your own singing lessons