Today's podcast is taken from a blogpost I wrote last week in response to a question about octave jumps.

John Grummit (jgsongs.com) joined the Worship Singers community and asked this question:

Hi Amy... just arrived here and the very first video I watched was the one which you introduce by saying "those pesky songs that jump an octave." I'm curious about your take on this as a vocal coach. Should us songwriters be writing/recording octave jumps into our songs for gathered worship?

In this podcast I share with you my response to John's question which takes you through 3 considerations for how to sing a song with an octave jump, and 2 considerations for christian songwriters who might be considering adding an octave jump to their material.

Here's some useful links I mentioned in the podcast:

Resound worship's 12 song challenge for songwriters: https://www.resoundworship.org/12songchallenge

Who You Say I Am tutorial video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-FC6vUoHks&t=1s

Worship Singers Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/872467644006814/

Blogpost: https://payhip.com/amyvoicecoach/blog/news/christian-songwriters-should-we-add-octave-jumps-to-our-worship-songs

Harmonics explained video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVNDU_4kzG0&t=8s