Breathing Technique for Singing – „Take a deep breath“
„Take a deep breath“ is an often misused vocal direction to imply that in order to sing for a longer phrase you just need to have more air in the lungs.
Gift Ideas for Singers
Singers are tricky to buy for. You no longer need CD’s, concerts are out, when will they get to perform live again? Who knows. Here are my Top Christmas Gift Ideas for the singers close to you.
How to sing from your diaphragm
Firstly, I am almost certain that you have heard of this elusive membrane. Secondly, I am sure that you have checked out a couple of „How to sing“ YouTube videos where they talked all about it. How wonderful that you are here, btw so that we can really dive into the nitty gritty of what the hell they are banging on about.
5 Reasons To Warm Up Your Voice
Singing is quite like sport in a lot of respects. We use our muscles for complex movements, we push ourselves to our limits, we train, make quick decisions & require stamina & fitness to perform. Just like with sport we also need to warm-up our voices. Here are some reasons why, & how you can maximise your warm-up.
Benefits of Online Singing Lessons
We have kind of been thrown into this whole online thing haven’t we. We haven’t been allowed to sing properly in public for months, & we still can’t sing without standing behind a plexi-glass wall. We have been more or less forced to start singing online. But it has been a real eye opener for a lot of people. I am personally a huge advocate for the benefits online singing lessons, having started learning with Dave Stroud back in 2010!!! (yes that was when NZ Still didn’t have unlimited internet capacity) Here are a couple of reasons why I am still advocating for online learning, because it just works.
Vocal Fold Injury & Recovery
Losing your voice is possibly the worst thing that could happen to any singer / voice professional, but it happened to me. I have taught voice / singing for over 10 years in 4 countries and have a number of degrees and diplomas to my name. I would say I know enough about voice use and how to take care of my own. But I, like a lot of my singing students, ignored all the signs that something wasn’t quite right.