In my work with singers, I have identified two main types of singers and maybe a third that’s a bit of an offshoot from the second group. It’s two approaches to performing and to music and the singing itself. Identifying which of these groups that you were in even if it’s a combination can help you greatly on where singing fits into your life. This can help you to decide what kind of persona you want on stage, what types of music to sing, and even whether or not you really want to be a performing singer versus someone who does some other work involving the voice. This is a big one, so I suggest paying close attention and really digging in deep and seeing what type of performer you are.

Being humble and giving your absolute 100% all on stage are not contradictory. Many performers think that you have to have a big ego to be a big performer. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this episode I’m going to talk about the balance between being humble and being an intense performer who gives your audiences everything you have.

I recommend to all singers they perform every single week 1-2 times minimum. But how can you get all this performance practice and if you’re not a regular performer? Well this episode we will talk about that and get your mind rolling on a bunch of different options that you have and some pathways to success as a performer.

How do you become a singer? By doing singing every day. This is a special message to singers and to anyone who wants to become something and get success in life.

So many singers are “technique-averse.” They seem to be afraid that learning vocal techniques could make them sound weird or not like themselves. I Blame voice teachers partly, for making singers do strange things to get sound or to reach a note or break a transition. In this episode I will talk about why you need technique and how to supplement your learning so that you can learn “technique” without being worried that it will make you sound unlike yourself.

We are living in a unique world right now, but places are opening up and it’s time for us to bring our voices to the world. As singers, we now have a duty to uplift the world around us. It’s time to sing for free, to say yes to gigs that you may not even have said yes to before, to perform at places that don’t typically have performers. You don’t compromise your paid gigs but at the same time you will commit to these free gigs as if they were the most important to your career. Singers must sing. In this episode we will break down the professional requirements that singers need to have. We will talk about the benefits of performing every single week. This is our year, singers, so let’s do this for the world!

In this episode I’m going to show you how you can have an amazing audition and get ready for it in only five days. Even better is that if you follow this process you will have greater confidence going into your audition. It has worked with many performers including myself and I’m very excited to share it with you.

It’s time to sound like you. If you’ve been working on your voice for any length of time, there’s a good chance that you’ve lost some of your special unique qualities as a singer. There’s an equally good chance that you even developed some artificial sounds in your voice. Today we’re going to talk about some examples of how those artificial sounds can creep in the voice and some strategies to get rid of them. And my hope is that you will have some tools that will help you keep your unique sound.

Transition areas and brakes and flips to lighter voices Are things that many singers deal with. In this episode we’re going to talk about how to address those transition areas in a way that connects us back to our real voice that we are meant to sing with.

Many singers obsess about high notes. Some singers even think that higher is better and that they have to get higher and higher. In this episode we’re going to break down some of those myths about singing and talk about how we can develop our own voices and bring out the high notes within our own ranges in a way that is full and doesn’t involve tricks and strange flips and mutations. It’s an important subject to many singers and I hope you enjoy!