Learning to sing isn’t just about hitting the right notes—it’s about building technique, confidence, and vocal health from the ground up.
In this section, you’ll find beginner-friendly articles that cover everything from finding your natural voice and improving tone to structuring your practice sessions.
Whether you’re just starting out or picking up where someone else left off, these guides will help you sing smarter—and stronger.
I’ve been contemplating “bite” in the upper registers recently, and in turn, other vocal qualities that singers develop and possess, in varying proportions. It’s increasingly striking to me how, while all separate qualities are developable as vocal skill, listening to similarly advanced singers demonstrates how the proportions of different qualities vary. You hear upper partial
Over the years of training hundreds of singers voices, I’ve noticed that lessons tend to follow similar structures depending on what that specific singer needs in that particular session. There’s different patterns that tend to appear, and while the exact shape and structure of each session will vary, I have noticed four broad categories of
A common theme has been cropping up with clients over the last few weeks – the topic of singing ballads. For the purpose of this article, I mean slower songs. Typically romantic, sad, tragic, etc. Upbeat songs are more popular Most people want to sing upbeat, fast or overtly intense songs. Hard rock, fast pop,
How to Move the Needle: Moving Past “Mediocre” A friend recently reached out to me with a goal for the next few years: they wanted to stop being “mediocre” at his music practice. They listed guitar, piano, drums, and singing. The realisation had hit them that music brought them such joy (I can relate!), and
I’ve written about vocal mechanics from a number of different angles, but here I want to hit a specific issue directly. The number of women who come to me wanting to “fix” their break or find more power is striking. Some arrive with issues around pitch or stamina, but for the vast majority, the primary
Why Men Struggle to Sing High Notes I’ve written about this topic from a number of different angles, but here I want to hit it directly. The number of men who come to me wanting to improve their range is striking. Yes, some arrive with issues around pitch, stamina, or general vocal weakness, but for
An astute question was asked by a singer recently. They noticed something in their own practice that prompted them to ask “do singers get bored of singing the same songs?“. The short (and imprecise) answer is “yes”, it’s very common. When you are working on the same songs to polish them to a high standard,
Today I want to talk about the three notes that every singer struggles with. A few caveats: Individual singers will typically only struggle with ONE of these at a time – Because if they are struggling with the first of these, they won’t be doing subsequent ones any justice at all. These notes are the
