5 Easy Ways to Wow Your Crowd

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Forget losing weight, saving money and getting organized. This New Year’s there’s a resolution you can have 100% success with by following five easy steps; making every performance a show stopper. It doesn’t matter if you’re an indie artist, singing covers or even doing musicals, start sneaking one or more of these great vocal tips [...]

Do You Have “The Gift”?

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If you love to sing you’ve probably had someone say to you at some point “You have such a gift” or the ever more popular, “Dude! You can SING!” Well as my students have all been working hard to prepare their holiday numbers for performances, special events and family gatherings, I’ve been asking them to [...]

7 Places to Sing for the Holidays

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The holidays provide arguably more opportunities for singers than any other time of the year.  It’s a great time to gain more public singing experience and stretch your styling skills. I’ve been singing publicly for the holidays since I was four, but due to a medical condition this is the 2nd holiday season I’ve been [...]

How Sick is Too Sick to Sing?

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“The show must go on”, even when you’d rather be sucking down chicken noodle soup in your bunny slippers.  And for the most part, if you have solid vocal technique, you literally can sing through almost anything. How?  Good vocal technique builds a healthy, balanced voice and a strong mix.  And as you’re developing healthy [...]

Pt.3 How to Support Your Kids Without Becoming a Stage Mom (or Dad)

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Last time we talked about how the right place for praise, so today we take the high wire over to the other side of supporting your kids talent; controlling their performance. One of the telltale signs that a kid has a stage parent is that constant look back to their parents to see if they [...]

Pt.2 How to Support Your Kids Without Becoming a Stage Mom (or Dad)

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“Yay.  Everyone’s clapping.  Yay.  Everyone commented on how adorable my kids was (clearly they see the resemblance to my side of the family).  Yay.  Everyone said that was SO good that I’m now sure we’ll be a You Tube sensation by tomorrow and be signed by Friday.” Do we all like praise?  Almost as much [...]

Pt. 1 How to Support Your Kids Without Becoming a Stage Mom (or Dad)

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Last time I gave you the Top 10 Signs You Might Be a Stage Mom (or dad).  If you saw yourself at all in any of them, don’t worry.  Unless you’re bedazzling their microphone as you read this, there is still hope. The Urban Dictionary defines stage moms as “Pushy, obnoxious, crazy mothers who force [...]

Top 10 Signs You Might Be a Stage Mom (or Dad)

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With a whole new season of talent based reality shows ahead, parents of talented kids everywhere are looking at how to support their kids dreams of doing more with their talent.  But SOME of them will inevitably take it too far.  Are you one of them?  You might be, if….. You purse/wallet includes your kid’s [...]

I Only Make Noise for Money

I was teasing some Facebook friends about whether I should do a commercial for a Sephora skin care line I was offered the other day.  It was kind of a joke, because I haven’t been able to speak for several weeks.  Now they want to know if I only talk for money now.  So, here’s [...]

Turn Passing Listeners into Loyal Fans

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Why is it that some artists have an exploding fan base and others struggle to get anyone to sign up on their mailing lists?  Is it just that they had more friends to begin with?  Some of them did.  But once you go beyond family and friends, there is one thing you can do that [...]