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Learn to take your CHEST VOICE Higher
Chest Voice Many singers are keen to learn the skill of taking their chest voice higher. The term chest voice is used by many singers to describe those sung notes that, for the most part, are sung in the lower register. But for most singers, there’s a point at which the voice needs to change into…
View PostHow to Sing with a DISTORTED VOICE!
Distorted Voice You can learn to sing with a distorted voice safely. Try this singing exercise if you want to add rasp and grit to your voice for those genres requiring heavier vocals. Vocal effects for heavier genres are still a relatively under-researched area of vocal production. That’s not to say that no-one has investigated…
View PostSING SOFTLY and still be heard!
Soft Singing One of the hardest things to learn to do as a vocalist is soft singing. Fortunately, learning to sing softly can be made a little easier with the right knowledge and correct techniques. You see, all too often I hear young singers stressing and straining their voice to achieve maximum output. Sure, it…
View Post10 Singing Tips for Powerful Practice
Singing Practice 101 Learning to sing is a life-long journey requiring countless hours of singing practice 101; not only learning new songs but also technically developing the voice. And just like you I don’t want one single minute to be wasted when I step into my practice space. So, I’m always on the lookout for…
View PostVocal Compression Singing
Vocal Compression Will vocal compression destroy your voice? Is all that heavy voice use in Rock and Metal, for example, going to tear your voice to threads, or is there a safe way to use vocal compression, get the sounds that you want, remain stylistically relevant and still have a healthy voice at the end…
View PostVowel Modification for Singers
Vowel Modification Vowel modification is one of those interesting topics that doesn’t receive a whole lot of attention in the world of contemporary vocals because contemporary genres employ speech-like patterns, and so modifying the vowels can detract from the tonal and articulation qualities. In classical singing, however, vowel modification is definitely a thing, but of…
View PostClosing the Phonatory Gap
Phonatory Gap Phonatory gap. A fancy term deserving a simple explanation. Today we’ll look at the effects of the phonatory gap, and I’ll show you a couple of exercises that will help you to fix this all-too-common vocal fold posture. Essentially, when the vocal folds don’t fully adduct, that is close, along the full glottal…
View PostSinging Exercises for Beginners
Beginner Singing Exercises If you’re just starting to learn to sing, then this video is for you. Beginner singing exercises are a necessary part of your development, but they don’t need to be complex to get great results. In this video, I’m going to show you three beginner singing exercises that will get you started…
View PostSing LOW notes with more POWER
Sing Low Notes How do we develop our low notes? Well, before we get to some practical exercises that I know are going to really help you access your lower notes more easily, we first need to quickly identify those technical things that you need to master to create the right vocal environment for the…
View PostSinging Harmony 101
Singing Harmonies Not every singer provides the lead vocal. There are millions of singers using their voices to provide the OO’s and AH’s behind the melody line. Typically known as backing singers, these exceptionally talented individuals are often musical gifted in the art of singing harmonies. Now it is true that the study of harmonies…
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