All of my singers want to sing commercial music, or popular songs. I encourage them to sing what they want…
Using Sound Affinities with Jess Baldwin
Jess discusses her observation of sound affinities: natural groupings of sounds on the spectrums of pitch, volume, vowel, and airflow.
Developing Vocal Style with Jess Baldwin
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 with Kelly Hoppenjans
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 with Kelly Hoppenjans
Pop music vocalists have always had their share of unusual pronunciation and accents, and the most recent trend is so-called…
Don’t Teach Down: An Interview with Mark Baxter
Mark Baxter has been teaching contemporary voice since the 1980’s and published one of the first contemporary singing guides in 1990. Today he shares some great tidbits with us. Visit his website to take advantage of his resources.
A Call for Student Opportunities
How can we provide peer connection, adjudication, and competition opportunities for our young popular and commercial singers?
Songwriter’s Toolkit with Jess Baldwin
Are your popular music voice students writing originals? They probably should be. Get started with these resources.
Voice Research Summary: Summer 2017
Voice Quality After a Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercise With a Ventilation Mask in Contemporary Commercial Singers: Acoustic Analysis and Self-Assessments…
The APME Conference: A Voice Teacher’s Experience
Jess Baldwin shares her experience at the 2017 APME Conference.
