There are many successful ways to breathe while singing. The choice can be a personal thing. My preference is NOT diaphragmatic. The difference is important to know. Read More...
Do You Hold Back the Air While Singing?
This expression, “hold back the air”, can be a source of confusion for beginning singers. What does it mean? Do we or don’t we hold back air while singing? Read More...
7 Breathing for Singing Myths that Slow Your Rate of Improvement
There is a lot of confusion surrounding the best breathing techniques for singing and how the diaphragm works. This article helps to clear things up. Read More...
Singing Practice | Daughter by Pearl Jam
My recent singing practice video is a cover of Daughter by Pearl Jam. I always share some of what I’m working on in these new singing practice videos. Read More...
How to Learn How to Use the Straw Phonation in Water Device
Different than a demonstration, I go deeper into how you use this tool as you’re learning all the best vocal techniques step by step in your training. Read More...
3 Demos of the Best Daily Vocal Exercise
In addition to the demos I show how I build a strategy for each of the exercises and workouts I do in my training. It might seem overwhelming at first, but it’s easy after a while. Read More...
Sing Better Faster and the 10-Speed Bike Analogy
This is one of my favorite vocal analogies so far. It helps to clear up all then non-sensical language that has accumulated over the centuries in vocal studies. Read More...
Why SOVT Exercises Train Vowels Better Than Open Mouth Vowel Exercises
Never one to shy from controversy, I’m promoting the radical idea that vowels improve faster with SOVT exercises than with open-mouth vowel exercises. Read More...
My Daily Vocal Training Workout to Sing Better Faster
This is my exact vocal training workout I use to sing better each day. I go into great detail as to the scales I use, the order I use them in, and more. Read More...
My 5 Favorite SOVT Exercises for Vocal Training
As you may be learning, I’m enamored with SOVT Exercises and now use them for nearly 100% of my in-home training. In this post I go into greater detail. Read More...