There are a handful of different things that help to contribute to balancing the voice, and one is narrowing the vowels. So why is narrowing your vowels important? Well, narrowing the vowel while singing is important for a lot of reasons, but the main reason is this… when you sing with widened vowels, you cause […]

Maintaining discipline isn’t always easy, but it is a vital part of becoming successful in anything you want to do (singing is no exception). It’s the smallest changes in habits over time that make the biggest differences, and it’s only through discipline that we can create those habits in the first place. So, here are […]

When I first started looking into the idea of compression as a singer, I’ll be honest in saying that I didn’t like the sound of it. Anything that seems to promote pressure in singing to me seemed like a bad idea. However, when used correctly, compression can really help ease up the voice, and in […]

Greetings, my family of singers. Today’s article is more of a reflection than my typical singing tips, but something within me told me I should share it, so I hope you don’t mind lending me your ear. I had one of the most interesting performances of my life a couple of days ago. Most of […]

I can’t think of something more toxic to an artist than trying to be perfect. Striving for perfection is like chasing a unicorn, only much less fun. How often do you stifle your creativity by stopping mid idea and trying to perfect something? …perfect that line when songwriting …perfecting that one slightly imperfect note …perfecting […]

Maybe I should be ashamed of today’s example, but I just couldn’t resist sharing 🙂 The title of today’s lesson is something we’ve all heard from one parent or another – “It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it.” We’ve all said something, but spoke it in a way that indicated a completely […]

  Story time: A while back I was having a conversation with a friend of mine. It gradually turned into a heated debate where we were talking about our lives, and our ability (or lack thereof) to shape them into what we wanted them to be. In my view, he was being quite pessimistic and […]

Sometimes it’s hard to describe what makes a singer so effective at commanding the attention of their listener. A good singer can seduce with dynamics, use tone to add depth to emotion, emphasize special meaning with phrasing, or even cloudy up ease and clarity with some vocal texture. There are an infinite number of tools […]

Hi, I am 19. I sing bass and baritone (Bluegrass gospel and southern gospel). I would love to increase the depth of my low end.  I can sing down to a D2 most days sometimes lower (C#2). I have been told by many bass singers that reaching my desired range (I would love to be able […]