The Online Student's Wish List Are you taking lessons online? Are you giving lessons online? Did you know that there are some simple solutions to common challenges, and some great tools to make the most of online lessons. For instance: Controls for camera height Microphones Sound Lighting This download explains the why, and gives you links to affordable, good quality solutions. You can even send this to your student as-is! Your Studio Microphone Setup This download is for the

Did speech come from singing? We "sing" now; pitch is part of your dialect, we "sing a different song" to babies than to

The following is an excerpt from Money Notes: How to Sing High, Loud, Healthy, and Forever by Meredith Colby Chapter 4: This is Your Body, Singing This isn’t a biology book; it’s a singing method book. But I need to explain the basics of the way Neuro-Vocal Method works in your body. You have to understand it at least a little bit, or you won’t apply it effectively. I’m going to describe the biology and physiology with as much Regular Person language as possible. I promise I’

MTD is especially bad for singers. We’ll only notice it when our voices are “cold.” Once we’re warmed up it seems to go away. That makes it

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 little “sitting in” in her singing career. They were ok with that. This was new to her, but she’s brave, knows she can sing, and she was game. So she emailed the leader the two songs she was going to sing, and showed up looking pretty. Penny loves Stevie Wonder, she knows Signed, Sealed, Delivered by heart, and it was on

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 people in the room. There may be a live band to accompany you, or perhaps you’re singing to karaoke. Doesn’t matter. You’ve never sung here before. The more factors of your environment that are new to you, the more your nervous system is working against you. Baking Bread We’ve all had the experience of walking into a house