Mastery - VoiceCouncil Magazine

Develop Your Own Vocal Style in 4 Steps

John Fluker has coached Jennifer Lopez and worked extensively with Gladys Knight as her musical director and accompanist.
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The Secrets to Staying on Pitch

Craig Antony Lees' vocal group has moved onto the finals of the BBC's Pitch Battle TV competition.
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Vocal Technique Advice from a Top Choir Director

Trey McLaughlin is choir director of The Sounds of Zamar, and a music leader who has hosted masterclasses at L’Opéra de Massy and 7X Festival in Poland.
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7 Actions To Push Your Singing to the Next Level

If you don’t have the time or money to have regular singing lessons, where do you start in structuring your vocal regime? - says Jenn Clempner.
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The Vocal Athlete Speaks Out: Myths And Voice Disorders

Be authentic to your art and be healthy in what you do -says Wendy LeBorgne.
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7 Solutions for Keyboard Singers

Singer-keyboardists face some unique challenges in performance - Chris Kennedy offers solutions.
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Why is a Vocal Warm-DOWN Important?

It's often said that one should warm down their voice after an intense singing rehearsal or workout. Speech-Language Pathologist Kristie Knickerbocker explains why.
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How to Stop the Throat Clearing Habit

How can I stop myself from throat-clearing obsessively right before I go on stage?
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10 Actions That Boost Confidence

So what is there to be done? How does a performer build their self esteem? This is only my opinion of course, but here is a list of practical things which can be done and which, I have come to believe through experience, work.
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Add The Element Of Surprise To Vocal Training

Knowledge sticks better if learning is underpinned by random variation –says Daniel Zangger Borch.
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The Theory Behind the Vocal Tone You Want

Great teachers across the world rely on the scientific understanding of the voice that researchers like Jo Estill and others forged -says Joan Lader.
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How to Sing in High Chest Voice

One of the most challenging vocal skills is the ability to take chest voice high and make it look easy -says Lisa Popeil.
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Add Color to Your Song with Vocal Registers

Should you always use chest voice on low notes and head voice on high notes? Lisa Popeil points to some intriguing possibilities.
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The Source of Many Singing / Vocal Problems?

Never think that your entire vocal instrument starts above the collar bone -says vocal rehabilitation specialist Dane Chalfin
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8 Golden Rules for High Intensity Vocals

Singing loud and bright at the top of your register can add an impressive edge to your performance. Make sure you have these rules in place –says David Combes.
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Don’t Get Lost in Vocal Terminology

It’s time to understand your Larynx a little better to release your desired sounds – says Dane Chalfin
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Using Twang in Your Singing

Adding a vocal “edge” to your voice can be exciting – and taking this into your higher range can be dramatic – says David Combes.
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Using a Breathy Tone in Your Singing

If you want to be heard, sing loud. But if you want people to listen, sing quietly. David Combes explores the aspirate onset – as an effect and a way into singing with a breathy tone.
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Using “Creak” or “Vocal Fry” in Your Singing

Britney Spears, Enrique Iglesias and many other artists sometimes use creak to achieve heightened vocal emotion and intimacy -says David Combes.
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How To ‘UP’ The Audience-Impact of Your Singing

The performers that last are motivated by one thing: they want their audience to have the greatest time ever -says Noreen Smith
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Stop Singing Rehearsal Sabotage!

Eric, I spend a lot of time focusing on the terrible things I am doing - how I can turn things around?
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How to Develop Your Song’s Back Story

Whether your song is a party song or a worship song or anything in between, the story behind it is the framework for all your musical decisions –says Tom Burke
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The Secret Behind Powerful Song Delivery

“Instead of asking yourself, ‘What will sound good?’ ask yourself, ‘What serves the story?’” says Burke.
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The Mixing Board in 30 Seconds

Ever felt bewildered by all of those buttons and knobs? Recording-Mix-Mastering & FOH Engineer Wes Maebe charts a way through the confusion.
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Top Solutions for Stage Fright

Here is your “emergency kit” to tackle performance anxiety - the very best wisdom from top performance coaches.
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Judith Owen on Singing

What does it take to sing, sing again – and never stop singing? Judith Owen reveals her singing DNA.
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I Want My Raspy Morning Voice to Stay!

What is happening in the morning with my cool, raspy sound , and is there a way to sustain this voice for performances?
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Breaking Down the Riffs

Hundreds of thousands of singers are learning to riff with Natalie Weiss’s YouTube series, Breaking Down the Riffs (BDTR).
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The Secrets to Singing Longevity

89-year-old performing singer Frank Holder shares the insights behind is vocal power.
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Reset Your Tired, Tense Voice

"Singers have been using narrowed vocal tract exercises for hundreds of years, because they automatically do good things to your voice" -says Kathy Alexander .
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