by Kate Cardon | Performance Skills, Voice
Getting your first gig may seem like a difficult task, but if you look closely enough in your area, it can be a lot simpler than you may think. Perhaps just asking the owner of a restaurant that you regularly frequent, or emailing a couple of businesses in the area...
by Kate Cardon | Coaching, Performance Skills, Practicing, Technique, Voice
As singers, we are both musicians and actors. We have a responsibility both to the music itself, and also to the lyrics and emotional truth of the story each song sets out to tell. While singers are generally expressive people naturally, putting your feelings on...
by Kate Cardon | Effortless Vocal Coordination Articles, Voice
Because the anatomy of our voices is effectively invisible to us, it can be easy to dismiss as some mysterious thing that just sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t. Of course, the reality of keeping your singing voice in optimal shape is that caring for the...
by Kate Cardon | Online Learning
Everything you’ve ever done in life, you were once bad at. The fact of the matter is that the task doesn’t change– you just get better at it! Think back to something you were once afraid to do: from running a mile to taking that reach interview....
by Kate Cardon | Performance Skills, Practicing, Voice
Most people hate hearing their voice on tape. Even a voicemail playing back to them sounds “weird” and uncomfortable. But for singers, this is an important distaste to overcome. If you can’t listen to yourself as other people hear you, how can you...
