Not being able to tell how you sound can be a big problem for beginning singers. You don’t want to sing loud because you’re not sure you’re singing the right notes, but without singing […]
This Easy Exercise Can Really Help You Sing Better
Even though it’s really simple, you’ll be integrating your visual, kinetic (movement), sensory, and auditory learning styles as you vocalize sounds that relate to the shapes on the page.
Sing the shapes in the picture in whatever way feels and sounds natural to you. […]
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This video-tip is extracted from my free “6 Fun & Easy Tips for ‘Non-Singers’ Who Wish They Could Sing” e-book, which you can get by clicking here.
Breathing and breath support are important for any singer. Our breath and […]
You’ve heard me talk about how magical these Fear of Singing Breakthrough Workshops are, but you still may not understand quite what happens when you attend. Although I always customize each workshop around whoever is in the room — their strengths, challenges, goals, etc., there are elements and activities that I include at almost […]
I was recently interviewed by life coach Liz Sumner, of Next Third Coaching, for her new Podcast, I Always Wanted to…” I was actually her inaugural interview because it was my story and work that gave her the inspiration to do this. So there’s an honor, […]
I wrote this article a while back for an early childhood magazine. Every single tip here applies to adults as well — so read on and be inspired. Do these activities for/with yourself and know that you are awakening and encouraging your own musical inner child.
In workshops and lessons, we do our best to create a judgement-free zone, where we can let go and really explore our voices, partly because it’s fun (and beginning singers need to find out that singing can be fun), and also because when you’re locked in by constant judgement […]
A great singing tip for beginner singers is to play with your voice — just make something up! Anything! The scary word for this is improvising. But, I promise, this is really easy.
This isn’t about “being creative,” or inventing things that you’d sing […]
In my last post I talked a little about the history of Clarksdale, Mississippi and it’s unique venues. So perhaps you know that Muddy Waters lived there, Robert Johnson had his famous crossroads moment with the Devil there, and that
I hadn’t, until last week. We were in Amarillo Texas listening to music in a coffee bar and after the set we chatted a little with the musicians. We told them our plans to travel from Amarillo, through Little Rock and on to Memphis, Knoxville, Nashville and Asheville […]
