Learning to breathe properly is vital to a centered voice. If you’ve already started the program, i.e. watched the spoken and sung tutorials, read the book, listened to the audio tracks and started practicing with the Vocal Exercises, this article might be helpful if you’re running out of breath when…
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Stage Fright: my own journey
It feels important to tell my own stage fright journey. I made Levels 1 and 2 in 2010 and it’s now 2026. Circling back I can see the arc of my own learning path. When I was in it, not so much, and now, very much so. Theres’s an old…
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Focusing the breath
Singing’s all about feeling, and expressing our feelings, and the breath is the “wings” of the song. The first, and last, things we do on this earth is breathe, and the breath connects us to the places of energy in our body we use to sing (the diaphragm, for example).…
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Focusing the note
Here’s a quick, easy way to think of focusing the note in the mouth: Imagine there’s a beam of energy going through the tongue, pulling it down, and that the air is coming up from the diaphragm, traveling over the top of the roof of the mouth and then hitting…
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Finding your pure note
It’s one thing to understand the mechanics of singing, and quite another to put everything together to create a clear, even tone. If you’re not sure if you’ve found it yet, or are still at a loss, let’s do a quick checklist to help you find that pure note. First…
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The Jaw – Do’s and Don’ts
The Jaw – Do’s and Don’ts As you practice, you might find tensing the jaw, especially as you sing higher and higher, is having a real effect on your tone. It can make it sound thin and strained. By now you’re hopefully practicing 10-20 minutes 4-5 times a week, and…
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The high notes
It might be an idea to read the article “the jaw – do’s and don’ts” before this one, since reaching the high notes with a relaxed jaw is key to reach a relaxed yet focused note. Once you have the knack of opening up the jaw when singing high (…