How To Set And SMASH Your Singing Goals
Knowing how to set and smash your singing goals is an essential skill for every singer that is serious about their vocal development.
Love Your Voice
I’m jumping on board this love themed occasion and using Valentines Day as a timely reminder to LOVE your voice. How to love your voice There are three ways you can show your voice you love it. 1. Treat your voice with kindness Learn to listen to your voice, how to look after it and […]
How To Improve Your Voice In 2023
Are you looking to find out how to improve your voice in 2023? Here is my ultimate guide to a better singing voice. This is something that I use in my coaching programs and I call it my Singing Confidence Roadmap. I want to share these tips with you to make things as easy as […]
What To Focus On In 2022 To Become A Better Singer
With a New Year just around the corner, now is a great time to lock in what to focus on in 2022 to become a better singer. While you may have a tonne of vocal and performance goals (which is awesome!), there is often one small but mighty element that is missing. It’s also the […]
How to Develop Vocal Agility
One of the most requested singing technique questions I get as a vocal coach is how to develop vocal agility. I’ve never really enjoyed singing songs that had vocal melismas, trills, runs or riffs. In fact, I would avoid them like the plague because……I COULDN’T sing them! I used to say, I prefer to just sing the […]
How To Improve Vocal Stamina
One of the requests I receive most often from singers is how to improve vocal stamina aka how to get gig fit. Not all the singers I work with are gigging regularly, however, I coach them all as if they are about to head off on tour for 300 days of the year! When it […]
Letting Go & Staying in Control
“Letting go & staying in control” was the title of a module on Advanced Breath Management in the Voice Technique 101 class I took through Berklee Online. (POST UPDATED 9/3/20) I decided to focus on learning about vocal technique when I started teaching singing about seven years ago. It was driven by a need to […]
Can Anyone Sing?
As a vocal coach to emerging artists, “Can anyone sing?” is a question I get asked often by those who aren’t in the professional music game. Regardless of whether you are singing for fun in the shower, learning a song for a one off special occasion or you are performing regularly, the fundamentals of singing […]
How Your Voice Makes Sound – Breath Management
Understanding how your voice makes sound, starting with breath management, can boost your confidence in your vocal ability and your creative choices. Before I work with a new coaching client, I ask them questions to figure out what they’re wanting to focus on plus a few wellbeing questions. I also ask them, “what is your […]
Studio Singing 101
If you want to record great vocals in a studio or at home, here are my top studio singing 101 tips for successful and fun recording sessions! The biggest challenge can be learning to translate the energy of a live performance into the more sterile environment of a vocal booth or studio where there are […]
Your vocal secret weapon
If you could do one thing to improve your voice in every way, speaking voice mindfulness would be your vocal secret weapon! What is speaking voice mindfulness? It’s the understanding that the same mechanism that you sing with, you speak with as well. We generally speak a lot more than we sing each day. So […]
How To Warm Up Your Body Before Singing
Do you know how to warm up your body before singing? Stretching your body will help release tension, allowing you to sing with ease. (Updated 22nd December 2022) Why warm up your body before singing? Did you know that your vocal folds are about the size of your pinky fingernail? Crazy right? SO SMALL, yet […]
Request – My Baby Just Cares For Me – Nina Simone cover
I’ve been putting out the request for requests on Instagram & this weeks song is going out to Mark Saltzman who suggested another fave song of mine to sing for fun & it absolutely was, “jazz” notes & all… Any other requests out there? If you want to learn more about vocal technique, join my […]
Request – I’ll Be Waiting Adele Cover
So last week I put out a request for requests on Instagram & as it turned out the lovely @hdiddynz requested a fave song of mine to sing for fun & it REALLY was, strange singing facials included. I had a blast! Thanks so much Heather. This ones for you. Any other requests out there? […]
Developing Your Signature Sound – Part 2 – Musicality
Developing your signature sound involves a few key factors & today we look at developing your musicality, by challenging yourself to embrace & try on different genres. This post is part 2 in a 4 part series, (you can find part 1 here – developing your signature sound – vocal ability & nuance). I believe […]
Developing Your Vocal Tone
Singing is such a complex process that we sometimes take for granted that it has so many moving parts – like anything our body does naturally, over time we forget the work that happens when our brain triggers these small intricate movements that end up creating something amazing – like producing sounds & words. One […]
Want To Sing Better? Start Managing Your Breath
When I first started singing, breath management wasn’t even a consideration (I used to smoke a pack a day when I was younger for goodness sake!) & really paid no attention to the anatomy or technique involved in singing. Natural ability & self-study through practice can lay a foundation for your voice but over time, […]
So This Is What You Want!
I recently asked my Big Notes Get Votes family to put their thoughts/wants/desires into a Singing Survey so I could create the content that, well YOU want! I got some amazing insights & as always, what I think you want more info on is not necessarily want you want to know about! The singing journey is […]
Vocal Independence Day
I started my first proper business ten years ago to the day. With two vocal pals of mine, we were ready to break out from under our existing management & do things our own way. We called ourselves D.I.V.A. It stood for Deliciously Inspired Vocal Artists. We sang the national anthem at a Silver Ferns […]