Hello Everyone — Meet Laurel!

She takes private singing lessons with me and is in the Playground membership as well.

Laurel talks about doing it her own way and breaking through her barriers, her experience with private singing lessons on Zoom, and how rewarding it’s been for her.

What she doesn’t mention here is that […]

It’s pretty darn special!
Liz will tell you all about it…

When I was in a chorus, I was pretty consistently reluctant to leave the house to go to my Tuesday night rehearsals.

Now I’m in a band and I often feel exhausted by 6:30 which is when we rehearse, and don’t know how on […]

Hi Friends!

I recently heard a great expression:

“Doubt the Doubts”

It’s pretty self-explanatory but still, let’s ponder this for a bit…

We’re so quick to react to our self-doubts; if a doubt is planted by someone else […]

Hello Everyone — Meet Liz!

In this video she talks about her experience in the Fearless Singers Playground, my online membership program for beginning singers.
I love her passion!! ❤️

Enjoy!

Anyone else remember this from their childhood?

This was probably one of my first experiences of improvising within a structure.

They start with the first Mahna mahna, boop boopie doopie a few times — that’s “home”. Then the jazzy guy starts to make stuff up & go a little crazy, […]

Here’s a little video about one of the most important singing skills of all — recovering quickly from mistakes. (Also a great skill to help with life in general!)

It’s a skill you can learn!

You know how I get pretty silly during our sing-along warmups?

Singing or visualizing the 1-3-5 not only anchors us firmly in the key but also provides essential reference points as we embark on the journey of learning new songs. Questions like, “Where does this particular note in the song fall in the context of the 1-3-5?” become powerful tools for visualizing and […]

Practice Prompt: Leave your stuff around…

For a lot of us it’s “Out of Sight, Out of Mind” when it comes to practicing singing.

A great solution to this is to leave prompts in various places around your home….

• Lyric sheets […]

It’s good for your mindset as a singer (even if you’re just starting out), and it’s very important from a practical standpoint, to have easy access to your personalized toolkit.

Creating your own songbook is the perfect way to do this.

Although I know a lot of people use an […]