Help, inspiration and instruction for singers like you
I started engineering sound at radio stations when I was fifteen. By 19 I was working in major metropolitan recording studios as a talent. Since then I’ve had my own network recording studio, worked in hundreds of other major facilities and have built easily over a dozen recording setups of my own, testing to see [...]
Click to Listen to Audio [display_podcast] How vibrato works Your vocal cords are moved by groups of muscles that surround them Vibrato happens when the muscles pulse; think of a baby bouncing on a mother’s knee Any sound that does that is a vibrato. But who wants to sound like that? The Secret [...]
Click to Listen to Audio [display_podcast] Can You Learn to Sing Better on Your Own? YES: Practice and experience WILL develop the voice you have DO IT: If you have some good direction and you don’t have a need for immediate improvement NO: If you’re singing with bad vocal technique or in any way that [...]
Click to Listen to Audio [display_podcast] Shout Outs for Encouraging Singers If there’s one core reason I do what I do it’s to encourage other singers. So in this episode of The Voice Club Podcast I give a special shout out to some of you who keep encouraging others on the blog. This is [...]
Click to Listen to Audio [display_podcast] Does Missing Notes Mean Your Tone Deaf? Every year on American Idol, we see the people who come to audition who really believe that they can sing and they just can’t. I always feel really bad for them because, I mean, did their mother not love them enough to [...]
Click to Listen to Audio [display_podcast] The Kinds of Singing Pain That Signals Trouble Ahead We are about halfway through the summer and I just completed a long road trip. Did you notice that everyone in the world seems to be doing construction during the holiday? Everything is closed down from three lanes to [...]
Click to Listen to Audio [display_podcast] 001 A Professional Singers Story from Kim Snyder on Vimeo. Did you know that there are thousands of singers out there making a living with their voice without being ‘big stars’? Hear The Voice Club coach’s story of going from family performer to paid singer and how one [...]
There is a difference between singers and true performers. One of the most notable is their ability to personalize the emotion of every song they sing. So how do you do it without looking like a bad actor?
Vocal instructor Kim Snyder and an associate talk about the most common excuses singers use and tell you what to do next time yours come around.
Learn what even most voice teachers don’t understand and why it can make the difference in guessing how to sing or knowing.
KILLER AUDITION CHEAT SHEETInside information on how to nail singing auditions like The Voice, X-Factor, American Idol & Musical Theater PLUS a bonus 2 page step-by-step outline for customizing your perfect audition every time!
Kim Snyder, the Performers Personal Trainer and creator of The Voice Club has shared the stage with major label artists, has been heard on jingles campaigns for The Kansas City Royals, Anderson Erickson and as the voice of the Sprint phone, Hallmark, Disney, and the NFL. She's also a network level audio producer.
