Welcome to my blog for voice & singing!
You want to go on stage? First steps for singers
29 December 2022Today I am addressing all of you who have not yet stood on stage and are wondering what the first steps there might be. Many of my singing students have developed a solid singing technique and ... more...
Belting: Singing at the top of your lungs
29 November 2022Have you ever tried to sing like this: with a full voice in a high register? We hear it all the time in rock and pop music, soul, heavy metal or independent music: these high notes, ... more...
Bad luck & mishaps on stage
31 October 2022I went on stage. Today was my record release concert, at the Frannz Club in Berlin. I had rehearsed a lot with my band Red On Blue in preparation for the big day, but I still had stage fright. At the ... more...
One singing technique for everything? Classical versus popular singing
29 September 2022From time to time, singing students with previous classical experience come to my singing studio. They had previously taken classical singing lessons, but actually don't want to sing classical repertoire, but rock or pop songs. In the process, they have discovered that they ... more...
Frog in the throat?
30 August 2022"When I sing I always have a frog in my throat", "I'm still so slimy": I often hear that from my singing students. Do you also know that your voice is so busy? It's annoying, and ... more...
The change of voice
30 July 2022The parents of girls are often irritated when they hear that I only teach adults or teenagers after the voice change. They assume that the voice change only occurs in boys. That's about the same ... more...
Talent or good through practice?
24 June 2022The world is full of undiscovered talent. These are people who, despite talent, did not have a supportive environment for their musical talent or were discouraged early on. Many of them have received sentences from their parents at an early ... more...
Singing in the choir
31 May 2022When new students come for a trial lesson, the topic of choir often plays a role. Either the trial students already have choir experience and want to improve their voice and breathing technique or they would like to sing in a choir ... more...
The Vocal Fry or how to fry a sound
28 April 2022The Vocal Fry speaking The croaky, gravelly sound of the "Vocal Fry" was the subject of much online discussion some time ago. Offended radio listeners and television viewers united on social media to express their disdain for celebrities and ... more...
Singing Breathing and Phonation Breathing
29 March 2022What is singing breathing and why is it best for singing? You have probably heard of the distinction between shallow chest breathing and deep abdominal or diaphragmatic breathing. Which of the two types ... more...
Stage fright
27 February 2022"See the man with the stage fright, just standin' up there to give it all his might." So says an old song by the Canadian rock group The Band. From these words speaks the ... more...