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Quote Of The Day: “I don’t sing because I think I’m good, I sing because it feels good” Jann Arden I may not have quoted that exactly how it was said, but I remember driving in my car about 15 years ago and heard Jann Arden say that on a radio interview with Peter Gzowski. [...]

  Quote Of The Day “Billie Jean is not my lover, she’s just a girl who claims that I am the one” Michael Jackson If you have read some of my past blogs and know how important diaphragm support is for singers, this is an excellent exercise to find out exactly how your diaphragm works. [...]

For the last four years I have had the privilege of being the vocal coach on faculty for the Peak Performance Project in BC. It is with bittersweet emotion I say farewell to this amazing program for up and coming bands as this was the last year of seven. The Peak Performance Project was the [...]

Quote of the Day I think that people who have “Vegas throat” are people who sing from their throats only. Robert Goulet Don’t worry if you don’t have a clue who Robert Goulet is. He was best known for his role as Lancelot in the Broadway production of Camelot in the 1950’s and had an [...]

I’m not the biggest fan of a lot of a capella singing, HOWEVER, in the last few years my students have enlightened me to some amazingly cool groups. I was blown away with this evolution of music vignette from the group, PENTATONIX. This group is a testament to great pop vocal technique. Breathing, blending, pitch, [...]

Quote Of The Day: “I throw my hands up in the air sometimes sayin’ EH-OH, gotta let go” Taio Cruz Hands… they are most interesting appendages. They give us humans an advantage over other species in the animal kingdom because they are so dexterous and can do so many things. You think that would be [...]

Quote Of The Day” “A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It’s my favourite part of the business, live concerts.” Elvis Presley Like most of us, I have seen my fair share of live acts over the years. One of the [...]

Blog Post #48 Quote Of The Day: Q: What do you call a drummer without a girlfriend? A: Homeless Okay, big laugh for those of us in the music industry. There are tons of jokes poking fun at all musicians in a band, but somehow drummers usually get the “s**tty end of the stick”, (pardon [...]

  Quote Of The Day “If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing.” – Zimbabwe Proverb There are few things in life that can evoke emotion like singing your heart out. Both the singer and the listener can be transported to a place of emotional depth either joyous or [...]

Quote of the Day “R.E.S.P.E.C.T – find out what it means to me” Aretha Franklin Good news for anyone who loves the “Queen Of Soul”. It’s been a long time comin’ but Miss Aretha is putting out a new album. AND the surprise for me is that she is covering other great singers. At 72, [...]