If you are interested in creating music teaching resources - This podcast is for you. My dearest friend and faithful colleague, Mim Adams dropped into the FULL VOICE office, and we talked about our adventures researching, creating, publishing and marketing the FULL VOICE resources. It has been a LONG journey(almost 20 years), but we have enjoyed the challenges all along the way. We hope to inspire those of you who are interested in developing your educational materials. For a detailed list of all the products listed in this podcast please visit https://www.thefullvoice.com/fvpodcasts/

Nikki talks to Australian composer Glyn Lehmann about his modern, pop-infused music for young singers. Children around the world have enjoyed singing his music and he shares his inspiration in composing for young voices. This podcast features clips of his catchy songs from his library of great music. Visit www.thefullvoice.com/fvpodcasts/58songlibrary for links to all the great resources listed in this podcast

Songs Featured in this podcast (with permission from the composer)

The Children of the World

I am the Earth

Feed Your Imagination

The Seed

The Dance

Sing for You

Vocal onset is a big topic in most voice studios - but how do you explore this with young singers? We came up with a kid-friendly vocalise that uses glottal, aspirate and balanced onset sounds. "Singing Owls" is now available on our website and makes it fun for your kiddos discovering the sounds they make when they sing. Visit our website to get your copy of this free download www.thefullvoice.com/freeresources

The dedicated team from My Music Staff are helping savvy music teachers run their teaching business online. Nikki talks with Dan and Dasa from My Music Staff and discovers how the company got their start five years ago (spoiler alert: Dan's wife is a voice teacher - What!!)and the new features the team is working on now.

Vocal exploration exercises are whole body activities that encourage students to use their voice in fun and creative ways. Often reserved for the youngest singers, vocal exploration exercises can be the first step in helping young singers sing in tune. But did you know, sirens, animal sounds, tongue twisters, and vocal expression lines can help singers of all ages and provide teachers incredible insight about the students in your studios? Visit our website for more information and free teaching resources www.thefullvoice.com

Full Voice resources are now available worldwide on Amazon

Special Guest, Brian Lee discusses his new book, Sane Singing: A Guide to Vocal Progress. His book is “about self-advocacy - taking control of the course of your vocal life.” It is also a brilliant check-in for voice teachers about how challenging it can be for voice students trying to become a better singer.

The Halloween Season is here! (And so is our new FREEBIE Friday download!) Using the scary themes from Halloween can be a fun time in the private teaching studio. Singing minor triads and arpeggios or exploring a chromatic scale is far more engaging with a ghostly “Oooo” or “Eeeee”. Have some fun with your singers of all ages this month. Don't forget to get your FREEBIE FRIDAY DOWNLOAD www.thefullvoice.com/freeresources

Helping young music students to understand the language of music requires a system or method. There are many different music systems including movable DO (tonic sol-fa), fixed DO (solfege), numbers and note names. Which one is the best one for you? Which one is the best system for your students?

Professional Singing Teacher, Rachel Goldenberg, and Physiotherapist, Jessica DeMars are working together with a one of a kind program called Breathe, Sing, Move. This combination of a singing class and physiotherapy session assists patients with mild to moderate respiratory disease increase respiratory muscle strength, improve speech quality, reduce breathlessness and enhance the quality of life. Just one of the many great benefits of learning to sing! For more information about this program and my inspired guests - visit https://www.thefullvoice.com/fvpodcasts/

In podcast #50 we finish the discussion about vocalization tools and we bring back great clips from season one and season two. We also close out season two with a preview about some of the great interviews and topics that we will be exploring in the FULL VOICE Podcast - Season Three. (Starting September 2018)www.thefullvoice.com/fvpodcasts

Special returning guests in this podcast:

Shannon Coates - The Vocal Instrument 101

Sara Campbell - Sara's Music Studio

Amanda Broadfoot - Making Light Productions

Christin Coffee Rondeau - Sanddollar Music