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 my teaching career,...

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 have been told that po...

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

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

Turns out American Idol is coming back to TV this year. Also, I’m music-directing a show and saw a lot of auditions. Both of these remind me of a discussion ...

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 them she’d done very ...

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 of all of the other p...

30 Vocal Tips in 30 Days No. 2 NEVER LEARN AT YOUR OWN EXPENSE If possible. I have to add “if possible” to that headline because it doesn’t always apply. ...

30 Vocal Tips in 30 Days No. 3 A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN In 1929 a number of Virginia Woolf’s essays were released as a book, called A Room of One’s Own. Her ar...

30 Vocal Tips in 30 Days No. 4 JUST SAY YES (Your Brain Can Hear You) We’re worriers by nature. Humans have a predilection to negativity; even light-hear...

30 Vocal Tips in 30 Days No. 5 HAVE FUN SINGING ALONE Back when the earth was cooling off (you know, before digital music) you had to play piano or guitar if...

30 Vocal Tips in 30 Days No. 8 LESS IS MORE Singing is a natural thing that everyone can do. If you’re pursuing being a better singer, then singing probab...

“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 any number of meaning...

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 life harder. That’s w...