Dive into the mechanics of vocal production—from vocal fold vibration and resonance to acoustic formants and register shifts.
This section demystifies how your voice works using clear, accessible explanations. These are all rooted in science and teaching experience.
Whether you’re exploring vocal registers, or learning how sound is shaped in your body, these articles blend theory and practice to help you sing smarter.
I want to talk to you today about singing with simplicity. I was chatting with another vocal coach this week about what fires them up, musically and vocally speaking. This coach (female) is massively into RnB, soul, etc. THAT’S their bag. People should be going to them, not necessarily to polish their technique on a […]
Or a sore throat? Or other vocal issues? Laryngitis is an inflammation of the larynx, usually caused by a viral infection, but sometimes has a bacterial source. The vocal cords are typically swollen and irritated, leading to hoarseness, partial or even complete voice loss depending on the severity of the laryngitis. It typically takes around
So, let’s talk about Formants in Singing… While I’ve taken a break from coaching and working on my own voice in general over the Christmas holiday (boy was that a good rest!), I’ve been doing quite a bit of reading on formants in singing. If any of you have any interest in voice science, I
One of the things I’m asked a lot is how mix voice works, and what mix voice exercises people can do to improve their voice. It’s hard to describe, it’s far easier to demonstrate… but while demonstration makes people go ‘ahh, that’s how it sounds’, it doesn’t go quite far enough to explaining what they
While I am never explicitly asked ‘why does my singing voice sound bad?‘, as a coach and a singer, I KNOW that this is the often unspoken question that many people ask. Usually, what I get is students telling me what they’d like to improve about their voice (a far more constructive way to go!).
How do we learn to sing? Well, it comes down to Muscle Memory Before we get to how to learn to sing, Here is a fab clip from one of my favourite movies, Inception… I’ve set it to start at the relevant bit of the clip: Remember that explanation of the circular dream creation doodle
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
How to get high notes? This is possibly THE most common question I get asked ‘Mark, how do I get to those high notes? can you make it easy for me?’ The answer is ‘I’ll show you’ and ‘yes’, but I want to talk a little about a common culprit and little known issue that
