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Maintain Muscle Tone
Voice Muscle Maintenance What a year we’ve had together. 2016 has been awesome, busy but awesome! In my final video for the year I want to quickly reflect on the year that was and give you some handy tips for muscle maintenance and keeping your voice nice and healthy over the festive season. Research tells…
View PostHow to Set SMART Goals for Singing
SMART Goals for SINGING Each of us is on a journey of vocal development. Most journeys have a start and an end. But learning to sing is slightly different in that we never stop learning; we never arrive at a destination…mostly because our voice is biologically ageing and therefore constantly changing. So how can we…
View PostVoice Classification for Singers
Voice Classification for Singers Contemporary voice classification can help singers choose the right songs to sing! We all want to know who we are and what sets us apart as individual voices. Part of this discovery process is determining what voice classification you fall into. In contemporary singing ‘voice classification’ has limited use, but it…
View PostWhat Kind of Singing Voice Do I Have?
What Kind of Singing Voice Do I Have? Most singers want to know what kind of singing voice they have? I think each and every one of us has a primal drive to discover who we are and where we fit in the world. For singers, this search for significance is often played out in the question,…
View PostThe Difference between a Tenor and a Baritone
The Difference between the Tenor and Baritone voice. Tenor and Baritone. The aim of today’s video is to celebrate the biological differences between the tenor and baritone voice type. Of course, the same applies when comparing any two voice types. In fact, we’d even hear variances when comparing two voices of the same voice classification….
View PostWhen SINGING is more than just SINGING
As many of you know, I sign off each and every video by saying, “I’m Dr Dan, sing well!” Well, recently someone left this rhetorical statement on one of my videos, “Why don’t YOU sing well??? Sing something, for goodness’ sake!!!” Hmmm, I think this accusation deserves a video response. PLAYLIST 1: Watch Dr Dan…
View PostCan YouTube teach me HOW TO SING?
Can YouTube teach me HOW TO SING? We all do it! We all use YouTube as our go to platform when we want to learn how to do something. YouTube has taught me how to fix my dishwasher. It showed me how to replace a broken light in the tail gate of my car. And…
View PostMy voice hurts when I sing! Should I have it checked by an ENT?
My voice hurts when I sing! Should I have it checked by an ENT? We spend a lot of time here at Djarts talking about the importance of vocal health and the need for every singer to monitor the condition of their voice. But as the old song goes, it’s a fine line between pleasure and…
View PostLearn to SING from the DIAPHRAGM | Singing MYTH EXPOSED!
Learn to SING from the DIAPHRAGM | Singing MYTH EXPOSED! I don’t think there’s a singer alive who hasn’t been told to sing from the diaphragm! But what does that mean, and more importantly, is it an instruction you should even take any notice of? Have you ever been told to ‘sing from the diaphragm?’…
View PostImprove Your Vocal Stamina
How to IMPROVE Vocal Stamina Singing a three-minute song is one thing. But what about singing for a full hour set? Come to think of it, what about singing multiple sets over multiple nights? Maybe you need to improve vocal stamina! Today we are looking at Vocal Stamina. It sounds rather fancy, but it isn’t….
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