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Hormone Harmony: The invisible force voice pros need to understand
Most of us have dealt with the effects of hormones on our voices, either personally or vicariously. Why do hormones affect our voices? ...

Meredith Colby
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Singing in the Age of Evidence: Balancing Science and Art
When you can’t find an objective criterion to compute accuracy and are left with consensus, this is a clue that you are dealing with...

Meredith Colby
3 min read
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I Just Need To Learn How To Teach BELT
I'm privileged to work with voice teachers and vocal coaches. I teach an amazing, professional-level class for voice pros who want to...

Meredith Colby
4 min read
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The Power of Prediction: How Your Singing Brain Predicts
Your brain sings before you do. That’s essentially what my work, NeuroVocal for Popular Styles , is based on. Any motor action has to...

Meredith Colby
4 min read
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SINGING & THE BRAIN: NeuroVocal Explained
Your brain sings before you do. As singers, voice teachers, and vocal coaches, understanding how our brains work in relation to singing...

Meredith Colby
9 min read
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Free Download, Tech Edition
The Online Student's Wish List Are you taking lessons online? Are you giving lessons online? Did you know that there are some simple...

Meredith Colby
1 min read
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Voice Teacher vs. Vocal Coach: Which One Are You?
The choice of which moniker to use, Voice Teacher or Vocal Coach , is a personal choice. Most people think of themselves one way or the...

Meredith Colby
5 min read
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Time is Your Brain Container
Will you please copy this and put it somewhere you can see it? Like, tatoo it onto the back of your hand, for instance? You're not...

Meredith Colby
5 min read
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What's Your Teaching Personality?
The S-I-N-G Personality tool helps you understand how to best help each & every student You’ve seen personality charts. From your daily...

Meredith Colby
5 min read
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STUDENT RETENTION: The Do's and Don't's To Keep Them Coming Back
Here is something I know about you: You’re nice. You care about your students’ progress, and you care about them as people. As...

Meredith Colby
6 min read
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Gigs for Singers
What's Available, and What To Know Often when singers think of gigging, they only consider bars and music theater stages. But if you’re...

Meredith Colby
6 min read
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Pop Repertoire for Teens & Tweens
Our teen singers are just like we were when we were teens. They’re in love with certain artists. They’re moved by artists whose music...

Meredith Colby
4 min read
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What Am I? A Microphone Singer's Definition of Voice Types
This article references specific pitches. The labels assume that middle C is C4. The labels assume that octaves are from C to C; with C5...
meredith
6 min read
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You've Been Boondoggled: How Colleges Set Up Voice Majors for Pedagogical Failure
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/xjBBJRc/MakingThemStick This article is reprinted from the VASTA Voice, May 2018 Many graduates...
meredith
6 min read
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How To COLLECT! Getting Paid as an Indy Teacher
When I first jumped the day job ship to be a full-time musician, teaching during the week and gigging on the weekends, I was living...
meredith
4 min read
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