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"I can help. Give it here" There is a type of experienced singing teacher, voice teacher or vocal coach who is extraordinarily dependable. If something [...]

"I notice the person before I notice the problem" Some people walk into a conversation and immediately hear the information. Others hear the emotional temperature: [...]

"When someone has a problem, I want it to make sense" There is a particular pleasure in watching confusion disappear from someone’s face. You know [...]

"Right. What are we actually going to do?" Some teachers are very good at sitting with uncertainty. Practical Problem-Solvers are usually not those teachers. Someone [...]

A singer comes to you with what they call singing problems. Maybe they can't belt. Or they're struggling with vibrato. Or they're running out of [...]

What Do Vocal Descriptions Actually Mean? Singing teachers use descriptive language constantly - Bright. Dark. Forward. Warm. Covered. Placed. Focused. Ringy. And most singers develop [...]

Why do singing teachers sometimes ask singers to do strange exercises? One of the questions that came up recently inside our Teacher Accreditation programme was [...]

Are We Looking At Evidence, Or Just Looking For Evidence? I recently came across a short video from Ken Arrington that introduced two words I'd never [...]

Your sensations are real. But they aren't always physiology. One of the trickiest things about teaching singing is that singers experience the voice from the [...]

Is subglottal pressure the enemy? One of the most persistent myths in singing teaching is that good singing should feel almost effortless all the time. [...]