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Why do I sound worse when I sing somewhere else?
When I went to uni, I remember hating singing in the Queensland Conservatorium Theatre. I was told by several people that it had ‘some of the best acoustics of any venue in Australia’, but that didn’t change my mind. I performed multiple operas, recitals and auditions there and I always felt that I’d sung less…
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Why Singers are like Athletes
What would you need to do to become an elite athlete? If you asked someone this question, you’d probably get responses like: But if you swap the word athlete for singer, would you get the same responses? Or would it be more like ‘it’s all about luck’ and ‘it’s a talent you’re born with’? Dr…
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How much should we be consciously controlling our voice?
Singers often come to me for help to get more ‘control’ over their voice. But is control really a good thing? Singing requires the movement and coordination of about 100 muscles. The problem is that we actually don’t have conscious control over most of these muscles. So, when we try to control all of these…