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The "King" of All Vocal Exercises: SOVT Exercises Cover
2/15/2025

The "King" of All Vocal Exercises: SOVT Exercises

In this article, Bryan Chan discusses the benefits of Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract (SOVT) exercises for reducing strain and improving vocal flexibility, emphasizing breath control, and maintaining consistency as well as effective vocal maintenance.

Tagged: Age and Singing Bryan Chan How To Keep Your Voice Healthy How To Practice Singing Nasal Resonance Vocal Exercises
Why We Use Vocal Exercises Cover
2/1/2025

Why We Use Vocal Exercises

In this article, Tim Rosser shares the benefits of using vocal exercises for voice training and how singers can use vocal exercises appropriately to their advantage.

Tagged: Am I Tone Deaf How To Find Your Singing Voice Singing Lessons Tim Rosser Vocal Exercises Vocal Warm Ups
Inside the Studio: A Lesson with Andy King Cover
6/21/2021

Inside the Studio: A Lesson with Andy King

A handful of months ago I started teaching a 20-something student...

Tagged: Andy King Belting Vocal Exercises Voice Lessons
Singing Through a Straw: Does it work? Cover
4/26/2021

Singing Through a Straw: Does it work?

It's true - a straw can be your greatest singing tool yet!

Tagged: Breath and Singing How To Practice Singing Singing Through a Straw Vocal Exercises Vocal Strain
Why Pitch Matching Is Hard Cover
11/13/2016

Why Pitch Matching Is Hard

There is a difference between simple and easy. Something simple can be explained in a few words; something easy can be executed with minimal effort. There are plenty of simple things that are not at all easy. Take running a marathon: you can explain the task in three words - run 26.2 miles - but the execution requires months or years of training.

Tagged: Am I Tone Deaf How To Find Your Singing Voice How To Match Pitch Vocal Exercises
The Money's in the Middle: Why your lower and middle range deserves more love Cover
3/18/2016

The Money's in the Middle: Why your lower and middle range deserves more love

Everyone is always worried about the “money notes”: the high notes in a song. What about all the other notes?! Low and middle notes deserve much more love and respect than they usually get.

Tagged: How To Sing High Notes Money Notes Psychology and Singing Vocal Exercises Vocal Range Vocal Technique
Damaged Goods: A Renewal Revival Cover
6/24/2014

Damaged Goods: A Renewal Revival

When your voice begins to sound and feel irregular, your inner voices can be pretty disturbing. They take you down a dark and miserable emotional road of fear and self-doubt. Immediately, we go into..

Tagged: Falsetto Head Voice Vocal Damage Vocal Exercises Vocal Registers Vocal Strain
Take My Breath Away Cover
4/23/2014

Take My Breath Away

Riddle me this: When is using more breath detrimental to your vocal health? Answer: When it isn't. Every breath you take... Not surprisingly, there's a lot of hot air floating around the voice teaching community concerning the use of breath during singing. Do you try to flutter the tissue dangling a daunting ten feet away from your mouth while trying to execute your Beyoncé inspired riffs? Or do you try your best to keep your steamy exhale from fogging up the mirror you're holding claustrophobically close to your mouth? Both of these I have been asked to perform in voice lessons, and in both of these I have succeeded in achieving new heights of light headedness.

Tagged: How To Breathe When Singing Vocal Damage Vocal Exercises Vocal Strain
TLC for your R&B Cover
3/5/2014

TLC for your R&B

The best part of my job as an instructor at New York Vocal Coaching is helping varied singers gain control over their voices. In this article, I want to share a few thoughts on the R&B style and one of my artists who is working to master her R&B sound.

Tagged: Belting How To Keep Your Voice Healthy Vocal Damage Vocal Exercises Vocal Strain
Negotiating Styles: Classical To Pop Cover
1/21/2014

Negotiating Styles: Classical To Pop

Even if you’re an amateur pop music aficionado, you recognize the absurdity of approaching every style with the same technique.  Imagine for a moment a world in which classical technique is applied to pop music, and pop technique is applied to...

Tagged: How To Find Your Singing Voice Singing Styles Vocal Exercises