
A Call for Student Opportunities
How can we provide peer connection, adjudication, and competition opportunities for our young popular and commercial singers?
How can we provide peer connection, adjudication, and competition opportunities for our young popular and commercial singers?
Are your popular music voice students writing originals? They probably should be. Get started with these resources.
Voice Quality After a Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercise With a Ventilation Mask in Contemporary Commercial Singers: Acoustic Analysis and Self-Assessments Marco Fantini, Giovanni Succo, Erika Crosetti, Alfonso Borragán Torre, Roberto Demo, Franco Fussi Journal of Voice Volume 31, Issue 3, Pages 336–341 “The mask was put over the nose and mouth of the singer and occluded with the palm of the hand while warming up … Continue reading Voice Research Summary: Summer 2017
Jess Baldwin shares her experience at the 2017 APME Conference.
Continue reading The APME Conference: A Voice Teacher’s Experience
Jess shares her template for goal setting with private lesson students.
Continue reading Developing Student Autonomy with Goal Setting
Jess discusses mix and provides some exercises to try.
Continue reading Mix: An Explanation and Some Exercises // Jess Baldwin
Dale Cox provides a quick summary of Dane Chalfin’s recent ANATS presentation about primal sound.
Continue reading Quick Look at ANATS Primal Sound Presentation
Jess discusses ways she teaches music theory to students in popular and commercial genres.
Continue reading Sheet Music Learning Alternatives: HookTheory
This month’s voice science summary includes a look into the belting techniques of four master teachers, the proven benefits of chewing techniques and acupuncture, talkativeness as a predictor of pathology, as well as the effects of self-regulation depletion on vocal control.
Jess shares some tips for finding songs about particular topics, emotions, and themes.