AI Vocal Coach vs. Human Vocal Coaches Artificial intelligence has rapidly expanded into the world of music education, offering digital alternatives to traditional singing lessons. Even in my own work as a vocal coach in Nottingham, the topic of AI and its many uses now comes up in lessons on a regular basis. But how […]
If you have ever tried singing your favourite songs, you’ve probably recognised that some are harder than others. You may have even found that some have near identical range, and yet some feel utterly unachievable. But what makes some songs hard to sing? Why should this be? I regularly speak with clients at my Nottingham
There’s a quote attributed (incorrectly) to Albert Einstein: “If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live the rest of its life thinking it’s stupid.” While Einstein appears not to have been the one to coin this phrase, and while this quote can often be misapplied, the underlying sentiment
DISCLAIMER: This article is not simply going to be another example of an old man yelling at a cloud. It’s also not going to be a discussion around me staring into the middle distance and yearning for the “good ol’ days“. But I will put it bluntly There is an epidemic of shouting masquerading as
I was having a conversation with a client recently about vocal riffing: what it is, why it’s useful, and why it seems difficult to many. For the ease of discussion let’s say that anything that extends the melody beyond the original for dramatic/musical effect is a ‘riff’, and that riffing is therefore the act of
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.
Today I want to talk about descriptive vs prescriptive teaching methods We had a workshop recently, and one of the participants commented on how they had once been told by a singing teacher to “put the sound in THIS cavity” accompanied with a finger pointing to somewhere in the head. The main reason he brought
“I was wondering whether I HAVE to sing in chest voice? I feel like when it’s only chest voice it’s a bit monotone and lacking variation” Many students ask or wonder this when they first start with the technique and approach that we utilise in lessons. Just for a bit of context, often these kinds
