Busting Singing Myths and Misconceptions with Evidence-Based Insight
There’s no shortage of bad advice in the world of singing. This section breaks down popular myths and misconceptions—like needing to “sing from your diaphragm” or avoid certain voice types. We then replaces them with clear, accurate explanations rooted in vocal science and real teaching experience. If you’re confused by conflicting advice online, this is where clarity begins.
Voice Projection – Why It’s Difficult and What You Can Do I often receive messages from people having issues with their ‘voice projection’. One common instance is people who require their voice to be strong for their work. This week, I thought I’d talk about one such case so you can understand what they were […]
3 Common Singing Myths (and Why They’re Wrong) In my work as a vocal coach, I often hear the same statements repeated by singers eager to improve. Some are valid goals—but others stem from widespread misconceptions. These singing myths often gain traction because they sound sensible on the surface, but when we dig deeper, we
If you were to go onto Youtube right now, and search for “vocal warmup routine“, you will find hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of videos. Many of these will contain similar exercises, but many of them will also contain conflicting advice. Such conflicts won’t be covered in this article. The top video on Youtube
Something I encounter a lot is the phenomenon of the vocal professional who ‘all of a sudden’ finds themselves having voice problems. Here’s what normally happens… At first, the issues are usually shrugged off. Errors are discounted as “just one of those gigs” to others, but inwardly they are a little apprehensive as to why
As a vocal coach, I hear a lot of very similar comments from singers and aspiring singers. In my many years of teaching singing, the most common self-assessment I hear from people discussing their own voice and who want to improve their singing, by far, is: “I think I’m doing a good job, I just
Many of my vocal coaching clients have had past vocal coaching with other singing teachers before ever starting singing lessons with me. But I’ve noticed over the years in my studio that there’s certain things that most singing teachers get WRONG about teaching voice. In terms of starting with other coaches, this is fairly normal.
Suffering from vocal health issues? You’re not the only one… Many singers – Sam Smith, Adele, and many more – are being plagued by serious vocal issues. It IS a serious problem, with the demands of touring and a perfectionist attitude (whether or not the technique is perfect or not) wreaking havoc on singers’ voices.
Things like ‘I can’t increase vocal range’ are just not true… To increase vocal range, you just need the right tools, it’s not something you’re stuck with. While we’re on this topic, let me tell you about some other misconceptions… Here’s another short and sweet post on some interesting points. This one is focusing on five
