Performance Skills

The Secret to Finding Practice Time

Practicing. The thing that makes most singers feel guilty, because most of us don’t do it enough. Or at all. The Rule I have, for much of...

Pop Singing Will Ruin Your Voice

There’s a moment in my presentation to singers and voice teachers, in my Neuro-Vocal seminars, that I have to ask: How many of you...

First You Have to Get the Gig (Part 2 of 2)

Leading up to my free White Paper, How to Make an Unforgettable Impression on Stage, today’s VoCalling subject will be, well, that. Not...

First You Have to Get the Gig (part 1)

Leading up to my free White Paper, How to Make an Unforgettable Impression on Stage, today’s VoCalling subject will be, well, that. Not...

Why Horrible Singers Audition for American Idol

This may not always be the reason, but it explains a lot. May, 2017 Turns out American Idol is coming back to TV this year. Also, I’m...

Why You Couldn't Find Your Starting Note

The Audition Penny auditioned for a band. The audition was at a gig. She was told to show up and sit in for a couple of songs. She told...

Why You Messed Up the Performance You Were Rockin’ at Home

The Situation You’re performing or auditioning in a space that’s new to you. You’ve never been there before, you may not recognize some...

The Answer to the Question, "Can Anybody Sing"? Vol. 1

“Can anybody sing”? is a question I’ve been asked many times. I now know there’s always a question behind that question and it can have...

3 Tips to Make Your Life Easier

Once you get a little long in the tooth, you tend to be able to see the things that “work” in life, as opposed to the things that make...