Monthly Articles

The Vocal Coach - April 2003

As Christians we have a responsibility in many areas that non-Christian performers do not have and we want to start with spiritual preparation

The Vocal Coach - March 2003

For the past four months we have been covering modifications of our sounds in order to keep our pitches more consistent. It is sometimes confusing to understand the use of these modifications without an example to help us understand how we apply them. We want to give you a song that has been modified so that you can see how to use these in other songs that you sing

The Vocal Coach - Feb 2003

To modify your vowels and consonants it takes some work but the results are well worth the effort. This one act will change your singing for the better in more ways than one. It will give your singing that professional sound like nothing else can.

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In the last two articles we have talked about most of the vowels but there are four more we want to add to those. The first one is the "Short O" sound.

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I can't believe that Christmas time is here again. It is time for all the Christmas Music and a great time to start using those vowel modifications that we have been talking about in last months article. We want to continue with more of the vowels this month,too. I hope you have been practicing the ones that we covered last month

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This month we want to start talking about vowel modifications. This is very important and we will probably take two or three months to cover this information completely. Be sure to read the next few months.

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You want to be able to control the amount of vibrato in your singing. When singing in a group where the vibrato of each singer is very different it makes the vocals sound messy

The Vocal Coach - September 2002

This month we are going to talk about a common problem that you hear in singing. Singing with a nasal sound, I know that you have heard some singers sing with a nasal sound as though they were singing from the front of their nose. The tone that is based in the nose is one that may sound biting and shrill or it can cause a stuffy or muffled sound

The Vocal Coach - August 2002

Last month we talked about producing quality tones and we wanted to continue sharing some more information. It is very important that you can consistently sing on pitch, so let's look at some of the problems and how to solve them

Vocal Coach - July 2002

Summer is here hot and muggy, but that is the way it should be in the month of July. It's time for the outside concerts and that can be hard on the singing voice. Remember to drink plenty of water, not soft drinks, to keep the body hydrated