Dive into real-world reflections and behind‑the‑scenes learnings from voice teaching sessions. This section reveals practical tips, technique breakthroughs, rehearsal strategies, and common challenges singers face—straight from the studio. Whether you’re preparing for a first lesson, overcoming a vocal hurdle, or curious about coaching methods, these insights give you a clear, expert lens on singing lessons in action.
Prompted by a discussion on Twitter with some worship leaders, I wanted to put together a short primer on WHY it’s so common for worship leaders to lose their voices, and how to avoid that… as well as making songs easier to sing for the congregation. Here are the top 3 tips to follow if […]
How to practice singing? It’s been a while since I did a series, so here is a 3 parter to help you understand how to better work on your voice. Every student I teach asks me how to practice singing, and which songs they should work on… and it seems quite straightforward a question, and
Want to make it as a singer? Many students say they want to “make it as a singer” “Make it as a singer” “Make it as a singer” “Make it as a singer” Just saying it over and over won’t make it happen. Do you know HOW to make it as a singer? Would you
Other than being a busy vocal coach teaching artists out to get more fans, I’m also someone who regularly gets called to do various types of gigs on various instruments, being good to excellent at a wide variety of different styles of music has been of huge importance to getting call-backs. However, a learning experience
A number of students ask me about ‘vocal consistency’, how one day their voice feels great and they can do anything with it… and the next it feels horrible and it won’t even string a couple of words together… how can we develop a voice that is relatively consistent one day to the next? There
Following on from my last post on songwriting, I wanted to share another more songwriting tips that have really hit home over the summer: “Write about anything, whether nothing or nonsense” …Say what? Writer’s block? When I got to a certain stage in my songwriting, I always wrote about something. It always had meaning, no
So, how many of you play guitar? Whether you play guitar or have ever seen a guitarist play, you will likely have come across something called a ‘capo’. What this nifty gadget does is make it possible to shift songs from one key to another, without having to change what the fingers would be doing.
As a full-time vocal coach, I take singing pretty seriously. At my Nottingham vocal coaching studio I have a huge range of microphones for myself and clients. But I need to have a reliable workhorse microphone to hand whenever I need one – enter the Rode M1. If you’re looking to pick one up, here’s
