Independent Studio Teacher Julie Dean shares tips for helping singers transition from classical music singing to popular music singing.
Five Lessons Voice Teachers Can Take From the Last Decade of Popular Music
Belmont University Commercial Voice Professor Kate Paradise gives us an overview of some important developments in music over the last decade.
Becoming A Wayshower
Berklee Associate Professor Marcelle Gauvin discusses her expansion from functional vocal pedagogy into artistic Wayshowing.
Coaching a Popular Music Ensemble: An Interview with Steve Holley
Jess chats with Popular Music Educator Steve Holley about his new book.
Commercial and Popular Music Degree Program Surveys
A summary of data gathered in the Commercial Music Degree Surveys conducted by Jess Baldwin, Kat Reinhert, and Matt Edwards in 2017.
Song Choice in the Contemporary Studio
All of my singers want to sing commercial music, or popular songs. I encourage them to sing what they want…
Using Sound Affinities
Jess discusses her observation of sound affinities: natural groupings of sounds on the spectrums of pitch, volume, vowel, and airflow.
Developing Vocal Style
As Kelly mentioned in last week’s post, it’s important to sound like YOU when singing in your own style. But…
The Indie Pop Voice Phenomenon, Part 2
Okay, so here’s the big question—what do we do about indie pop voice? The trend is clearly very popular and…
The Indie Pop Voice Phenomenon, Part 1
Pop music vocalists have always had their share of unusual pronunciation and accents, and the most recent trend is so-called…
