The Death of Voice Lessons
Bad news – traditional vocal training doesn’t work. Ask most singers if they feel their career success reflects the amount of training they’ve had. I promise you – the majority will tell you one of two things. Either they’ve spent many years and tons of money on voice lessons and still don’t have a high level career, OR they’ve had some lessons here and there but never stuck with it because they weren’t getting the breakthroughs
Do THIS to Nail Your Next Audition
Did you know that the main difference between seasoned singers who build their careers to widespread acclaim and the ones who remain in ‘Struggleville’ has nothing to do with talent or technique? To grow your singing career fast and make a massive impact with your performances / recordings / auditions, you’ve got to understand this and get it right. I want to share with you what I’ve learned so you can have the freedom in your
The Fastest Tools For Change
Do you know what the fastest tools for change are? COVID might just be the best thing that ever happened to your singing if you let it. We’ve recently passed the one year mark of this pandemic. Just. Can’t. Handle. Join me for a discussion on what you can do with your singing and your mindset so that this last year of COVID doesn’t have to be a big fat fail. Leave a comment below
How to Nail It When It Counts
Do you ever feel like you practice so much to get exactly the sound you want? Then in a singing audition or performance when it counts and people are listening, it’s never as good – or even worse – you bomb? It’s never fun when it happens. And it’s not like you don’t practice, you do! It’s not like you don’t spend time, energy and money on your training, you do! Most importantly, it’s not
How to Perform with Greater Impact
Do you want to know the difference between the singers who succeed at a high level and the ones who don’t? You know, the ones who seem to always work? They always get the gig. They have no problem packing a venue, getting lots of people follow them on social media. And they really know how to nail a performance, enthrall an audience and how to perform with impact.… The truth is it has nothing
How to get RID of tension
It used to drive me nuts as a developing singer when my teachers would point out my jaw or neck singing tension when I sang. This resulted in the typical self-care advice. They would say “Go to yoga, get a massage or go get acupuncture”, all of which I would do. . . . And I would feel great. . . . And then I would come back to singing and be RIGHT back where
Do You Have What It Takes?
Let me guess! You’re out there hustling, auditioning, gigging and recording but not breaking into the big leagues despite your effort…. And you’re not sure what else you could possibly be doing to get there…..Does it make you question if you really have what it takes to be a singer? Take a moment to pause and see how you are feeling. Does frustration come up? You KNOW you have this voice, this talent, this potential…
#1 Shift To Go From Good to Great
Do you ever feel frustrated because you have all this training and you aren’t seeing the results of it switch your level from good to great singing that you want in your career? Or does it ever drive you crazy because you KNOW you have a pro sound in you because you’ve heard it, but you’re never really sure when it’s gonna show up, and when it does, you have no idea why because it
How To Deliver When It Counts
Let me guess, you are exhausted? Are you not sure which direction to go to grow a singing career? Did you know what main difference between seasoned singers who build their careers to widespread acclaim and the ones who remain in ‘Struggleville’? Surprisingly, it has nothing to do with talent or technique! To grow a singing career fast and make a massive impact with your performances, recordings, and auditions you have got to understand this
More Important Than Breath Support
Yeah, you need great breath support, but what will kill your sound even if you have the best support is when I hear singers say “it’s not that bad”. Because “It’s not that bad” is a death sentence. And hear me out before you think this is some scare tactic….. There are some real mindset blocks to work through here. We’ve all been in the phase of “well, it’s not that bad”. My auditions aren’t
The Question You Need To Ask To Get Where You Want To Go
When we’re looking for answers on ANYTHING and we’re feeling stuck because it seems we’re just hearing the same advice, the same methods – the same “answers” – over and over again that don’t help us. . . . . .Then it means we’re asking the wrong question! I would guess that most of you have been feeling stuck asking the same “wrong” question for years and don’t even know it’s what’s been keeping you
Why Traditional Training is Failing You
Here’s a TRUTH BOMB for you: Your singing has been unwittingly set up for failure. . . and you don’t even know it. I KNOW you dream about a day when you have finally built a big, sustainable singing career. A day when you give consistently impactful performances that win auditions, sell out tours and make award winning albums… WITHOUT burning yourself out, resorting to industry fads or having to be someone you’re not just
Want Your Big Break in Months, Not Years?
This is what my studio is all about. . . . . . . .Cause you can work on your technique forever, you can invest in producers/marketing/young-artist-programs, you can move cities, do social media campaigns, network till you’re blue in the face. . . . And NONE of that matters if you aren’t making an impact with your voice when it counts. Ask Grace Theisen and Jilian Linklater (both recent grads of The Intensive) what
WRITE YOUR OWN RULES – On Singing and the Unconventional Life
Are you a multi-passionate creative who’s been told that in order to be successful, “you have to choose” one path over the other? Well, I’m just calling bullsh**t on that! How do I know it’s just complete B.S.?? Because I work with singers everyday who are more successful because they DIDN’T choose. Let me tell you about my singer Jules Schroeder for a second because she is an incredible example of how being a multi-passionate person can be
Why Straw Singing is Total B.S.
By now you’ve probably heard about Straw Singing – all these YouTube voice teachers and IG singing influencers posting videos about how it will save your voice. Some are even selling $75 “special” singing straws!! (don’t get me started). Now, working with straw exercises can be helpful to alleviate tension and vocal fatigue. . . .BUT. . . .the reason why I think it’s complete BS and why I’m not hopping on the Straw Singing bandwagon is because it’s