Being a singer is tough. You’re out there, literally public-facing, making eye contact and sharing your sound and your soul. Working with singers to get them to performance pitch is a fascinating job. Gillyanne and I tend to divide our time between two different types of input – stuff that feeds the singer’s inner cataloguer, […]
eZINE 83 – The One Minute Voice WarmUp The One Minute Voice WarmUp, our first app for healthy voice, has hit the Apple top 3 paid music apps list* and has been featured in the UK’s best-selling technology magazine Continue reading
eZINE 82 – Reddit, apps and workshops The last six months has been packed with new things for Vocal Process including Reddit, apps development and several workshops around the country. We sent out the last Continue reading
Dr Gillyanne Kayes and the “After Estill” speech On July 21st 2017 AOTOS (the Association of Teachers of Singing) invited Dr Gillyanne Kayes to give the Keynote speech – “After Estill: a conversation we need to have”. In the hour-long presentation Gillyanne talks about her own relationship with Jo Estill, the context of Jo’s original […]
What’s the difference between a singing lesson and a vocal coaching session? Is there a difference between a singing teacher and a vocal coach, and does it matter? Gillyanne and I are a singing teacher/vocal coach duo combination, and we have been team teaching for 20 years. We think there IS a difference, and that […]
What is belting? Belting is the “high” in contemporary singing. West End actors, Gospel divas, and Rock singers use belting to raise the performance temperature and give voice to the strongest emotions. It’s an exciting, dramatic, loud sound that is based on a chest voice vibration: the vocal folds are vibrating with a thick texture […]
eZINE 81 – A year of firsts 2016 has been a packed year with a new book, media appearances, television work, a new accreditation programme and a host of new events and resources. We’re taking a moment Continue reading
eZINE 80 – Vocal Process Accreditation When we started our eZINE we never thought we’d still be publishing at 80! In this special 80th edition we invite four graduates of the Vocal Process Accreditation programme to share their experience of Continue reading
eZINE 79 – Singers and Speakers In this 79th edition of the Vocal Process eZINE we unveil two new day courses, one for singers & speakers and one for singing teachers. Gillyanne reviews voice colleague Ineke Continue reading
Book Review Singing from the Inside Out – Exploring the Voice, the Singer and the Song. A Practical Guide for the Expressive Singers Ineke van Doorn “This rather lengthy title, which the author describes as ‘a mouthful’ nevertheless sets out the stall for the book’s remit and for Ineke’s own teaching philosophy. The three main […]