Here’s a great breathing exercise that will help you sing better.  It will strengthen your diaphragm, your breathing, and your singing voice.

I read this article on e-zine articles and thought it was so good, I had to republish it here.  I hope you enjoy it.  I’ve never heard of squeezing your butt to sing, but I’m going to try it because lately, I’ve had a hard time not straining on the high notes. For Strain Free Singing,...

I just helped my friend, Jodi Hardman to finish putting up her websites and blogs.  She is my guitar teacher and is starting a new online guitar for beginners class.  Check out what she has done.  I really enjoy spending time with her and she’s an excellent teacher.  After only a few lessons,...

After writing your song lyrics down and getting the chords written in, you’re ready to take the next step.  I’ll take you step by step through finishing the song.  Just follow me and you’ll have a professional lead sheet or a fake book style song. So, the song is written, what’s...

Online singing lessons beginning March 16, 2009.  If you’ve always wanted to take singing lessons, but didn’t know where to find a voice teacher, look no further.  I’m opening my music studio and teaching online singing lessons with skype and video phone.  I am also teaching piano,...

It’s Thursday, right?  I don’t know why, but both of my music students haven’t shown up today.  They are usually  very punctual and don’t miss lessons.  I’m kind of freaked out that they both have not shown up, today.  I knew that Elizabeth might not show, but I thought...

The new music teacher has been doing a great job with the choir.  He has them singing their parts a capella quite often and it has made them have much better ears for singing on their pitches.  I couldn’t believe the difference in the choir from when I left to when I came to accompany them. ...

As I was teaching one of my students today, it occurred to me that she had been learning in only one style for most of her life.  She had been taught in a very structured classical style and didn’t have much freedom in her expression and her ability to flow with the music.  Rubato style is not...