The Inner Singer Podcast

In this episode I discuss the "mystery" in a song.

All good songs have a mystery...

Hint - it's in the lyric!

It's amazing to me how few people discover the mystery in a lyric...

Even if it's a song the singer wrote!

I can't tell you how many times a singer/songwriter has said to me, "Wow, I didn't realize it meant that!", or, "I had no idea I was writing that!".

If you want to go to the next level in your singing - do this!

I know that's bold, however, I've seen this small step take singers to the next level for years!

Listen to this episode, but more importantly - do this!

The magic is in the mystery!

Enjoy. (-:

In this episode I offer my take on the subject of how often to practice.

There's a lot that goes into this and I've gotten this question often for the past 25 years! "How much should I practice?"

There is no "pat" answer, however, in this episode I do my best to give you some very clear guidelines and principles to go by.

Ultimately, you will determine the answer yourself when you have all the information.

Here, I do my best to provide that for you.

Enjoy!

In this episode I answer a great question from a listener that has many levels to it.

What happens when our success at singing begins to make our friends or family act differently towards us?

When those who should be excited and supportive are actually angry and bitter toward us. Or, simply begin to avoid or ignore us.

Even if you've never experienced this I recommend you listen to this podcast as it goes way deeper than this question and will probably have something you can really relate to and take from this.

The important thing is - what is causing this and how do we deal with it.

The answer may surprise you and can be applied in many instances - even if this question doe not pertain to you.

Enjoy. (-:

In this episode I share some of my process as I answer a listener's question regarding over committing with singing for approval and acceptance.

I'm sure many of us can identify with the essence of this and we all want acceptance and approval, right?

The cost for this can be great - especially if we're looking in the wrong place.

I don't want to spoil it for you as you'll want to listen to this one. (-:

Enjoy!

This is probably the most personal episode I've recorded and by far the longest!

So personal that I questioned actually releasing it.

If you have ever self sabotaged then I hope this will resonate with you.

In this episode I offer you what I do and some tools to help shift out of the pattern of self sabotage.

Also, some ideas on where this whole thing may come from - and why.

I hope you get something out of this one.

Thanks, and let me know...

Listen now. (-:

It's not so much what you do as how you do it when it comes to singing.

Warming up is no different.

There are many exercises (some I'll share in this show) that will work well for warming up your voice, however, the most important thing I've found is not what you do but how you feel when you do it!

In this episode I offer some ideas on how you can get into a very receptive and fun place where warming up is faster, easier and better!

When I sing from this place it's always better and I get warmed up much faster!

Listen and enjoy!

Remember, it's not so much what you do, but how you do it and how you feel when you do it!

Do you ever give yourself time to sing - just to sing?

Do you ever allow yourself the luxury of singing with absolutely no attachment to how you sound?

I mean really sing for the pure fun and joy of making sound and expressing yourself.

Have you ever been in a "world" where you are accepted just as you are?

More importantly, that you accept yourself as you are and as you sound?

Can you create that for yourself?

Or are you always in the "real" world where you have to sound a certain way and meet criteria and conditions that are imposed on you or that you impose on yourself?

Can you imagine what it's like to sing as a child with absolutely NO concern for how you sound? Where how you sound has NO meaning.

I don't mean you're trying to feel like that, I mean have you actually experienced that?

It's not easy when the stakes are high for your singing - is it?

Is it even possible?

I believe it is. (-:

Listen and enjoy!

In this episode I admit what a whiner I was about my voice and a big mistake I made when I was learning how to sing.

If you're making this mistake or feeling the same way I did, it will definitely slow your progress!

I'm pretty "In your face" in this episode so I hope I don't offend anyone. (-:

Time for some real honesty and self reflection. Always a good thing.

This is an important episode for singers even if it "ruffles some feathers".

Listen and enjoy!

In this episode I look at why learning something new - like a new way of singing a note or pronouncing a word or getting into your high notes - is challenging and sometimes takes time.

This is a great episode for understanding how to shift something once we learn it incorrectly.

Hint - It's not about unlearning!

It's about how the brain learns and wants to hang on to what it's learned. (-:

And what happens to the old way once we do learn something new!

Listen and enjoy!

What key should this song be in for my voice?

A question I've had a thousand times over the years.

Do you feel bad if you can't sing a song in a particular key?

What if you need to change it from the original singers key?

The correct key FOR YOU will unlock your voice to be what IT wants to be.

Not necessarily what YOU want it to be.

Your voice will ALWAYS teach you if you listen.

I loved this episode as it brought clarity to me regarding a topic I've been addressing for years.

It took it much deeper than I'd ever thought about.

Listen and enjoy!