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.
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Singing Analogy | Vocal Inhibition and Driving with Your Brakes On
In this singing analogy we compare the sensation of singing to driving with the brakes on. When we sing, two things are happening at the same time.
Singing Analogies | Correct Singing and the Golf Swing
This is my second singing and golf analogy. In this analogy, I address the “less is more” aspect of both singing and golf.
Signing Analogies | Learning to Sing and Cyclops from X-Men
This analogy is dear to me because it well represents what I’ve gone through in my own vocal training as well as my desire to sing with a strong voice.
Singing Analogies | Singing and Learning to Golf
Learning to sing in the way that I do, and the way that I now teach it, reminds me so much of learning to golf when I was much younger.
Singing Analogies | Singing and the Air Compressed Car
I marvel at the magical process of converting air pressure into powerful sound waves that can travel a long distance to have an impact on the listener.
Singing Analogies | Singing and the Automobile Transmission
Something that comes up in the artist community, be it for painters, singers or dancers, is that some feel that training is “uncool”, or stifles creativity.
Singing Analogies | Singing High Notes and Drilling a Tunnel
When we want to learn how to sing high notes, we are sometimes told to start vocalizing very, very high in our range with our mouths open.
Singing Analogies | Singing High Notes and the Hot Air Balloon
One thing that comes up in our vocal training every day is the development of a fully connected voice. What does this mean?
Singing Analogy | Vocal Harmonics and Skipping a Stone on a Pond
When we sing a note, we don’t just create a tone at the exact frequency that we sing, other tones at specific higher frequencies are created as well.