Let’s Start Singing!

Let’s Start Singing!

Let’s start at the very beginning… …a very good place to start.  Sorry…a little Sound of Music reference there.  When it comes to singing, however, whether we are just beginning to sing or starting over, we need to first understand the...

What is (good) Singing?

“How was the concert last night?” “Terrible!  Her recordings sound so much better than she sounds live!” or… “I love her voice!  She has such a beautiful tone.  I wish I could sing like that!” or… “He has a nice...

Going All In?

When I ask this question, “Are you going all in?”, a lot of you would answer with an emphatic “Yes! Of course I am!”  You may be taking voice lessons.  You may practice on occasion or even perform with regularity.  But I’m going to ask it...

My Misfortune Is Your Gain

When someone is beginning to learn how to sing or coming back to singing after a number of years, there are so many moving parts that it can quickly become overwhelming and cause even the most driven of singers to become faint at heart and confused.  When a new...

10 Reasons Why You Need Vocal Training

So many people out there have amazing singing voices, but if they never take the time to hone their vocal skills and learn vocal technique, they are one of the millions of wanna-be singers who are limited to singing in their bedroom, shower or car and potentially...

a little progress at a time

My goal over the past month has been to chronicle the steps I’m taking to get my online courses off the ground.  Each day I work on my online courses, I’m writing down what it is I’m doing, how I’m feeling, what I’m getting stuck on and...

Committing to Mastery

If someone would have told me years ago that practicing every day would make me an incredible singer, I would have never believed them.  Something in my mind would have said, “Oh…that might work for someone who has a lot of talent or money or time, but not...
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Consistent Doing = Consistent Progress

I don’t want to brag :), but I am SO happy with my progress on my business this week!  First of all, I took the leap, and I’ve been taking not one, but two online courses simultaneously: Courses that Convert by Amy Porterfield – a step by step...

rough day

Hi Friends!  I have to admit to you today that I am down-trodden x 10 today!  I knew it was going to come this week.  After all, I have never had Premenstrual Syndrome, but rather…POST-menstrual Syndrome.  Is that TMI?  Well, sorry if it is, but it’s true....
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Posture vs. Body Alignment

So which is it? Is it posture or body alignment? I’d like to think it is a mixture of both.  But for the sake of this post, I’ll talk mainly about body alignment.  Posture, for me, always brings up visions of a military officer.  It makes me immediately...