by Kate Cardon | Performance Skills, Voice
Musicians must learn to play well with others! From being pleasant and easy to work with, to reading musical cues and responding accordingly, a musician’s ability to collaborate successfully– in life and in music– will hugely influence their success....
by Kate Cardon | Foundations of Singing Articles, Practicing, Voice
“Practice makes Perfect.” “You are what you repeatedly do.” While there is some truth within both of these popular adages, we would argue that Practice makes Permanent, and how WELL you repeatedly do something is the more interesting factor....
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 | 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...
