Welcome to my blog for voice & singing!
Dare - and sing!
Many of my trial students are driven by a deep inner desire to sing, but lack the courage. When they have finally taken the first step, they are delighted and blossom.
The magic of singing together
It was the evening that would go down in history as the "Singing Revolution". Two million people, men and women, children and old people, joined hands. They formed a human chain that stretched across three states ... more...
Improvisation while singing
Seeing the big stars of rock and pop live never gets boring. They don't sing a song the same way every time, but always a little differently. Depending on what they feel when they sing or ... more...
Tightness in the throat and a constricted neck when singing high notes: what to do?
There is a saying in vocal pedagogy: "The greatest enemy of the singer is the choke." Many singers, beginners and aspiring singers alike, struggle with this: singing in Sprechstimmlage is pleasant, the voice sounds warm and full. ... more...
Warm-up & cool-down: get your voice in shape
You'd like to skip that too, wouldn't you? Those typical warm-up exercises for the voice, the lip-bubbling, sounding like a siren and so on. That's boring and a waste of time, better to start straight away with register and ... more...
Intonation: how to hit the right notes when singing
When Ringo Starr sang the world-famous song "With A Little Help From My Friends" in the recording studio, the other Beatles legends stood closely around him. It is said that he needed moral support while singing. His first lines ... more...
Singing dynamically: from soft to very loud
If someone always speaks at the same volume, we quickly get bored. If someone sings like that, we get annoyed after a short time. With moderate singers with a sonorous voice, we sometimes feel the same way and switch off. We ... more...
Singing Riffs & Runs
Vocal riffs and runs have been one of the great moments in rock and pop music for as long as it has existed: When the band stops at the end of a song and the singer gets everything out of her last note. With ... more...
Vowels: How we make a tone sound
Every held note is a sung vowel. Vowels and their sound are much more important when singing than when speaking. However, singing a vowel full of radiance is more difficult for many singing beginners ... more...
Nodules on the vocal cords
Singing inspires. Not only the audience when listening. The full possession of one's own voice, the liveliness, the expression of feelings when singing also creates enthusiasm. Those who have discovered this for themselves want to sing in the first ... more...
Singing with charisma
Charisma is "the art of enchanting others". That's a common saying. For the speaking voice, experiments have shown: a distinctive speech melody has a more convincing effect on other people than average voices - and more seductive. The effect ... more...
