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Quote Of The Day: “Everybody Loves A Rollercoaster” – Pete Waterman The highs and lows of a rollercoaster ride is a great analogy of an effective way to put your set list together for a show. I like to think of a set list as an emotional rollercoaster ride: it might start off with a [...]

Every so often a singer captures my attention because they are a living, breathing (pardon the pun) example of what I try to teach my vocal students. As you may have deciphered from most of my blogs about vocal technique, breathing is the foundation on which my entire 5 Point Singing System is based. I [...]

  Quote Of The Day “And when you’re high, you never Ever want to come down” Axl Rose Love him or hate him, he is known as one of rock and roll’s bad boys. I found this article interesting in that someone who has been painted to be such an ass by fans and critics [...]

Peak Performance Boot Camp 2014 Quote Of The Day: “Either be groovy or leave, man.” -Bob Dylan I am happy to report that no one had to leave Peak Performance Boot Camp because they weren’t groovy enough. (Thank you Brandon Fletcher for the quote). For the third year in a row, I have had the [...]

Quote Of The Day Question: How can you tell if there’s a chick singer at your door? Answer: She doesn’t know when to come in “HA HA” to all you male musicians who have told this joke over the years. It is actually quite funny, but the same holds true with some male singers too. [...]

Quote Of The Day “Happy Birthday… Mr. President… Happy Birthday… to you” Marilyn Monroe Who can ever forget the airy, kittenish performance Marilyn Monroe gave while singing “Happy Birthday” to President Kennedy in 1962. It has forever been stamped in our memories as one of the defining images of 1960’s political and  pop cultures. I [...]

Quote Of The Day: “Scotty, beam us up” Captain Kirk from the series “Star Trek” Before all you Trekkies come down on me, I did my research and this was the actual phrase used in the Star Trek series of the late 60’s. The phrase that everyone is used to hearing is “Beam me up [...]

Quote Of The Day: He lives most life whoever breathes most air.  ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning I so enjoy working with singers who are about to go into the studio and record their vocals. Recently I started coaching an artist who is a skilled songwriter and who has potential to be a really great singer as [...]

Quote Of The Day: If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear? Stevie Nicks The interesting thing to me about the above quote is the second part of Stevie’s statement. Maybe nervous energy is the secret ingredient to creating [...]

Quote Of The Day “Being around people like Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack. . . had a great impact on me as a singer, as a performer, as a musician.”       Whitney Houston It is a sad, sad day for those of us who love the Eighties Divas. The loss of Whitney [...]