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Vocal Inconsistency - Not to Worry! Cover
3/9/2023

Vocal Inconsistency - Not to Worry!

When your voice starts to sound and feel strange, it can be pretty scary. It can make you feel like you're not a good singer anymore and can cause you to doubt yourself. Sometimes, we try to save our voice by not using it, but that can actually make things worse...

Tagged: How To Keep Your Voice Healthy How To Practice Singing Vocal Damage Vocal Strain
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1/4/2023

Give Your Voice a Drink

What role does water really play in your singing? Find out with David McCall of New York Vocal Coaching.

Tagged: How To Keep Your Voice Healthy How To Practice Singing Vocal Strain
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
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8/26/2016

Efficiency in Singing

As singers we often set goals pertaining to our vocal technique...

Tagged: How To Practice Singing Vocal Health Vocal Strain
Signs That You Might Be Vocally Fatigued Cover
5/9/2015

Signs That You Might Be Vocally Fatigued

The voice is the only instrument that is apart the human body (unless you count clapping your hands as percussion!!). So it makes sense that the instrument is the entire body, not just the larynx alone. Everything from body alignment, respiratory system, the larynx, vocal tract, not to mention the brain are involved in this high level athletic coordination! 

Tagged: Hoarse Voice How To Keep Your Voice Healthy Vocal Damage Vocal Fatigue Vocal Strain
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
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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