The end of the year seems to come inherently with a bit of nostalgia and self-reflection. We are often bombarded with messages to make...

I have a weird job. Some days it's weirder than others, like the day I got to work with a Highway Patrol deputy to teach him how to yell...

I'm currently planning a five-week class to teach at my church that will encourage people to get to know their true voices, and to be...

I've been teaching a collegiate vocal pedagogy class this semester, and it's been an absolute blast. I have a great class who asks really...

Sharing isn't always caring, if recent research is to be believed. Especially when it comes to having a more thorough knowledge of the...

I don't know any singer who hasn't struggled with how they sound at one time or another. Indeed, insecurity and self-judgment seem to be...

When most people hear good singing, the comment that follows is some form of, "Wow! You are really talented!" But what does this really...

This time three years ago, most of us were teaching exclusively online, Zoom was suddenly the most important tool in everybody's toolbox,...

Singing is a constant act of monitoring what's happening in the body and the environment and determining how to adjust it. So much of...

SOVTEs have become all the rage in voice studios, and for good reason. There's good science behind them, and singers have found they can...

We've all heard it. Heck, I just heard it from a high school student a week and a half ago. She wanted to learn how to better "breathe...

When I was doing my doctorate, I spent a whole lot of time in the vocology lab, working with software and tools that we used for research...

Vocal efficiency has been a bit of a buzzword in pedagogy in the last few years. We can talk about it all the time in voice lessons, but...

When I was doing my PhD in pedagogy and voice science, so much of the conversations we had in my department around teaching singing had...

Teaching singers is more than just singing through songs over and over and over. Holistic singing lessons includes combining neuro...

There's a big industry around goal-setting and planning, and much of the mindset of the culture of goal setting has crept into the voice...

"Aging" is practically a dirty word in many Western cultures. Even in the singing world we tend to be obsessed with youth, often for very...

There's no way around it. Sleep is essential for life. And the quality of your sleep can directly affect how well some of your life...

Lately I've been on a bit of a kick, writing some straight up vocal science posts that are making me happy. I love me a good research...

There's a ton of discussion about vocal health in the singing world, and how to keep our voices healthy over a (hopefully) long career....