NAMM This Friday: Thirty Five Years in the Making.
This Friday, I’ll be back at NAMM Show. That sentence alone feels surreal. Back in 1990 and 1991, I was a student at the Musicians Institute, specifically the Vocal Institute of Technology. I atten...
Tackle Your Voice First Thing in the Morning
I have officially been teaching singers for 30 years. I started in 1996, and after three decades I can say this with total confidence. A singer’s biggest hurdle is not range, power, or tone. It's t...
Why Vocal Health Is the Real Secret to Singing Longer, Stronger, and Better
Every singer wants more range, power, and stamina. But the singers who actually last, the ones who tour, record, scream, wail, and still sound good years later, all figure out the same truth eventu...
I’ve been a “bubbler” since way before bubbling was cool. When I was a kid, I bubbled into my chocolate milk like it was an Olympic sport. When I got older and took singing seriously, I started bub...
Happy Thanksgiving from DoctorVox
As I sit here cooking Thanksgiving dinner with my wife, I started thinking about all of you. I knew I didn’t want this week’s post going out on Monday. I wanted it to land today on Thanksgiving, be...
Sooooo many singers complain about vocal tension and want to know WHY it happens and how to release it...Vocal tension occurs when the muscles around your vocal cords are weaker than normal, or tig...