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Tip for How to Sing Louder

Here's a mini-tip about how to increase your vocal volume when you sing or speak . #singlouder #vocalvolume #increaseyourvolume...

WHO IS MARNI NIXON?

Who is Marni Nixon? You've heard her voice in so many songs! She was the voice of Natalie Wood on the WEST SIDE STORY soundtrack., She...

MELISMA - What is it?

I found a lovely article about the meaning of the word "melisma" and how it connects to vocal freestyling. Enjoy!...

Take Mindful Breaths for a Better Vocal Performance

Here's a quick singing tip about breathing in a song. But if you're performing a classical song or exam piece, please pay attention to...

Study Bruno Mars to Learn about Singing & Performing!

Can we get a shout out for what an exceptional singer Bruno Mars is? He is all about the music and the very definition of a musical...

New Country Single from Lindsay Adamson

Lindsay Adamson has a fantastic new country rock ballad she just released called "GET YOU BACK"! It's so cool. I love the chorus and keep...

Mission Statement for Singing Students

Here is a Mission Statement I created for singing students with a few words of my advice for navigating a career as a singer. Notice that...

New Rock Vocals from French Band LA JARRY

Benoit Pourtau is the lead singer of the progressive rock band LA JARRY, based in Orleans, France. Although Benoit and his brother...

Vocal Tips from Famous Pop Singers!

There's some interesting stuff to read here! #taylorswift #popvocaltips #vocaltips #meghantrainor #katyperry #rihanna #delinedion #adele...

Doug Marcaida Quotes Sondheim Lyrics

Kali marshal arts master and TV Host of The History Channel's "Forged in Fire" , DOUG MARCAIDA talks about how music touches his soul. ...

Kathy's HOME BASE Vocal Exercise

I hope that your singing teacher gives you exercises to practice, and that you schedule times to sing. Try to memorize the exercises so...

Bird Singing Music Transcription!

This is an amazing video and musical transcription of the song this bird is singing! It was created by Alexander Liebermann...

Pop Filter or Wind Screen for Home Recording Mics?

Plosives can pop and distort words when you're recording. FYI, a plosive is a speech sound. The basic plosives in English are t, k, and p...

Meme about why we sing...

I like this meme because it's an interesting way to think about singing. We sing for all sorts of different reasons. I think of songs as...

Singing Exercise: Warm-Up with these Arpeggios!

Singing is a great way to improve your speaking voice #voiceimprovement ! Vocal practice #vocalpractice is directly proportionate to...

Barbra Streisand: New release extended version of "Funny Girl"

For you Streisand fans, #barbrastreisand #streisand here's something I've never heard before! A new release of an extended version of...

Musical Colour Scales for the Spiritually - Minded.

This is an academic paper I found on the internet about the history of colour scales. People have been trying to assign certain colours...

Great Article about Vibrato

https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/achieve-flawless-vibrato-7725/

About Vocal Strain...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/vocal-strain-adele-celine-dion-shakira-michael-buble-1.4506016

Music as a Language

This way of teaching has been my EXACT philosophy for over two decades.