Protect and Improve Your Vocal Health for Long-Term Singing Success
Vocal health is essential for singers who want longevity, consistency, and freedom in their voice. This section offers expert guidance on preventing vocal strain, recovering from fatigue, and understanding how your technique affects the way your voice feels.
Whether you’re dealing with hoarseness, tightness, or recurring loss of range, these articles help you develop a sustainable, healthy singing practice grounded in real technique—not gimmicks.
Last time we looked at rock singers who, even post- 70 years old, and still rocking as hard as they did back in the day. This week, I thought it would be worth showing some singers that maybe aren’t faring so well with age. DISCLAIMER: We are all human, and all prone to mistakes. Every […]
Someone asked me this week which rock singers from the 70s/80s are still doing well vocally. Great question, and also a great talking point! There’s plenty of singers who sounded incredible back in their youth, who have no useable voice left now due to damage and abuse. I’m sure we can all think of some
I was chatting with a client this week about taking a rest day for your voice, i.e., days we don’t work on our voices or do singing of any kind. To be honest, I work on my voice near enough every day. I’m a practice-a-holic. But there is still HUGE power in taking days off
How DOES your voice change over time? As a vocal coach and singing teacher, I’ve taught well over a thousand voices over the years. Some of those voices I’ve taught for 12-15 years. As such, I’ve got a lot of first-hand experience of dealing not just with voices of all ages, but working with singers
I regularly have conversations with clients and singers about vocal robustness, i.e. being able to sing for long periods, and for sustained touring schedules. I’ve written numerous articles on the primary causes why people lose their voice on a regular basis, through overuse, misuse, and abuse. I’ve got a full listing of related articles at
If we ignore any political baggage that comes with the term “conservative“, the root of the phrase “vocal conservatism” is actually very easy to get: it means to conserve. To conserve means to maintain, to preserve, to keep hold of. And at least from a vocal perspective, I want to keep my voice. I don’t
In the last 2-3 months, I’ve worked with a number of clients online and spoken with a number of people who have had coronavirus/Covid-19 (either tested positive for, or strongly suspected to have had). While none of these cases have been hospitalised, all have experienced quite severe upper respiratory symptoms that have lingered for quite
I spend a lot of time working on voices. Often we are building them from the ground-up, teaching the instrument how to behave in a new way. And sometimes it can involve re-building a voice. This can be slow for voices that are more stubborn, have suffered from health issues, etc. The process can also
