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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, [...]

Quote Of The Day: “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.” ― Bob Dylan Recently I had the honour and privilege of being the vocal coach on faculty for the Peak Performance Boot Camp [...]

  Quote of The Day: I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it. Alfred Hitchcock Yikes, that’s a bit drastic. I love Hitchcock, but I have some better advice if you have a sore throat that is putting a damper on your vocal performance. Yes, it is that time of year when [...]

Welcome everyone to my blog site “Step Up To The Mic – Holy $#!% Now What???” . I am very excited to be a guest contributor to this new and informative site. In this first post and the posts to come I am going to share a lot of the technique, tips and tricks you [...]

    Quote of The Day “Twenty years of learning my craft, hours of practice each day and NOW they call me gifted!! In this week’s blog, I am going to shift away from my usual style of post and write an opinion piece. (Like your Mother always did, I do have an ulterior motive [...]