Jaw Mobility I talk a good bit about “dropping the jaw” while singing. This is a method of creating more space in your mouth so that the sound has more area to resonate, giving the voice a nice, warm tone. Keeping the jaw dropped and opening the mouth good and wide simply allows for better, ...…
What it Is, and What it Isn’t If you’ve followed my blogs, particularly the series on breath-management, you know that I talk a lot about posture in those posts, because posture and breath-management, to some degree, are two sides of the same coin. For that reason, my posture blog series will be shorter. So, if ...…
Breathing for Singing Vs. Breathing for Speech Whenever I talk about breathing for singing or working to develop a breath management system, the push back is always, “Why do I need to learn to breathe? I’m breathe to stay alive, so I’m pretty good at it.” Well, as you may have guessed, or already know, ...…
What Breathy Singing Is and How To Correct It I’m not against certain types of singing just because they aren’t technically correct, if they are done deliberately for stylistic purposes. That could be anything from screamy, hardcore vocals to jumping into falsetto to breathy vocals. Breathy vocals can be cool for a stylistic effect, here ...…
Well, I’m not. But maybe you’re wondering if you are. There are actually tests you can take online to see if you are or not. Tone deafness, or amusia (or dismelodia. It sounds like I’m making that one up, but it’s legit!), which is the technical name for it, is an inability to distinguish between ...…
