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4 Steps To Curing Butterflies In The Stomach

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Sheri Gould

4 Steps To Curing Butterflies In The Stomach

Cowardly Lion : I'd be brave as a blizzard… Tin Woodsman : I'd be gentle as a lizard… Scarecrow : I'd be clever as a gizzard… Dorothy : If the Wizard is a wizard who will serve. Scarecrow : Then I'm sure to get a brain… Tin Woodsman : A heart… Dorothy : A home

Basic Health Care For Your Voice

Taking good care of your voice can mean having both a preventive and remedial approach. I'm going to have a look at both in this two-part series. Preventative Taking care to NOT injure your voice is the first and best thing you can do for your vocal longevity

Breathing Essentials

Understanding and utilizing proper breath support can make a huge difference in your ability to sing- in many ways. With the proper breath support you can sing the phrases you want to without having to take breaths in inappropriate places. You can also learn t

Chest Voice, Head Voice And Falsetto

Understanding the different parts of our voice can at times be confusing. There is so much terminology out there and so many people using those terms without a real understanding of what they mean. One of the most common misunderstandings of the human voice ca

Commitment…The Scary Word

Commitment. Seems to be a scary word these days doesn't it? It kind of appears to me like commitment, or lack thereof, is a very common thread of discussion in the church today. I work with hundreds of worship leaders every year and this theme—lack of commitme

How Can I Increase My Vocal Range?

How can I increase my own range, or for that matter the range of my worship team or choir. This is a common issue as most people would love to sing more notes in better form then they currently do. Divas like Mariah Carey or the late Minnie Ripperton may come

How Much Is Enough?

So you love to sing. In fact, you sing on your team at church. Maybe you sing in a band on the weekends. Perhaps you sing for an occasional wedding or funeral. How much should you practice to stay in shape (or get into shape!)? Let's take a look at what you ne

How To Be An Effective Background Vocalist

In this article I would like to address a few key elements to becoming a truly effective background vocalist. An effective background vocalist is a real asset, as well as a blessing, to not only the upfront singer/worship leader but to the audience/congregatio

Is Excellence Necessary?

I mostly write and teach in areas geared toward the worshipping musician. I am not trying to reach the world of professional musicians or pop musicians or even necessarily the gospel or CCM artist (or hopeful). My purpose is to help equip the worship musician

It's Just Not The Right Time

Recently, I have gotten a few inquiries with regard to singers and timing. Timing can be a tricky thing. I used to joke about the fact the most of the folks that I knew that had trouble with timing decided to become drummers…ahem. Of course that's not exactly

Let's Talk "Song Delivery"

What makes for an effective delivery of a song? First of all let's define what we mean by 'delivery' of a song. By way of analogy we'll look at the most famous of all delivery people-the "Pizza Delivery Guy". What is his job? He takes a pizza (hopefully delici

Listen To Me

Listening. Is it a lost art? I recently saw a small poster on Facebook: "Listen and Silent are spelled with the same letters—think about it J" When it comes to singing, whether alone or in groups, much could be solved by simply doing a better job of listening.

Look At You!

Performance coaches are popping up everywhere. Why? More and more people are looking for feedback as to how they can improve their overall performance or presentation. This is a good thing because as singers we can always stand to make improvements! Most of us

Nailin' Those High Notes

With regard to today's modern music culture, I've often said that we have a tendency to strive for what I call "vocal gymnastics". I suppose that if we did a historical study of vocal genres down throughout the ages we might find varying degrees of the same ty

Of Mics And Men

As a vocalist I may spend hours in preparation. I may work hard with my vocal team and my band for an upcoming time of worship or song presentation. When the final moments before I sing approach there are two things that I am really counting to work: my microp

Teaching Kids To Sing

Working with kids can be such a joy! Whether you're working with one or with hundreds at a time here are a few tips I hope you'll find helpful. Fun, Fun, Fun! The key thing when working with kids is to keep it light and fun. They have plenty of time so stay co

The "New" Choir

Recently I have had increased opportunities to speak/address the needs associated with participating in or leading a choir. As I travel around the world, my goal is always to encourage and help equip those I speak to. I want to help them to be able to accompli

The Ultimate Vocalist

I have decided to put together a short list of what I consider to be some of the most important aspects of being a great vocalist. I have put them into a simple list of 5 words starting with "P". These are simplified steps to becoming a great vocalist even wit

Tone Quality, Resonance and Style

Many singers today are particularly interested in style. Specifically developing their own personal style. Those of us who are worship leaders or serving on worship teams may often wonder what kind of 'style' is appropriate for us to develop—if any at all. The

Too Much 'Me' In The Monitor….

The Problem Every singer who has ever set foot on a platform or stage of any kind faces that special uncertainty that can accompany live sound: Will I be able to hear myself? There are two sides to this predicament and I'd like to take a fresh look at some way

Train 'em Right - Train 'em Young

Are you in a position to influence singers? Especially young singers? Then I have some suggestions for you. Training people to sing correctly, with vocal technique that will enable them to sing for a lifetime, is like giving them a gift that will return lifelo

Vibrato

Vibrato is often the subject of much speculation, misunderstanding and concern. Why is this? How could something so innocuous be such a source of contention? I am going to venture onto this somewhat controversial subject and try to shed some light as well as c

Vocal Damage

Ever wonder if you have vocal damage? When I was studying to be a voice teacher all those years ago, the last thing I ever thought was that I would become an "expert" of sorts with regard to this topic. Sadly however, all the new contemporary singing, with its

What Do I Do About "Suzy?"

As I travel around the country and teach at various vocal workshops and conferences, I often get this tricky question… "What do I do about 'Suzy'….?" Here's the problem in a nutshell. "Suzy" insists on being the center of attention in one way or another. "Suzy

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