Sing Better NOW!

If you want to sing better NOW, this is the video for you! In it, I share seven tips that will absolutely transform your singing for the better. Perfect for beginners or even longtime singers who want to improve with ease!

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If you have ever wanted to sing better, these seven tips will have a huge impact on how you feel and how you sound when you sing. After 30 years as a professional singer and having taught thousands of people how to sing in voice lessons, these tips are my go-to to get people making progress in their singing journey. Whether you sing in a choir, at karaoke, in a band or in the shower, these tips will change how you sing!

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1. Explore your range

Take some time to make sounds in your low, middle and high range. They don’t have to be singing sounds either! Experiment with growls, moans, whoops, hoots, sighs and other sounds that are different from how you usually speak or sing. You can also check out my 15 Minute Vocal Warmup, Chest Voice 101, Head Voice 101 and You Are Singing Out of Tune videos on YouTube.

2. Warm up before you sing

Don’t show up to the singalong, choir practice or jam session without warming up. A good warm up will include making gentle sounds in your low, middle and high ranges and with

3. Explore Body Movement

The voice is the only musical instrument that is part of our body, which means we need our body to be relaxed and moveable rather than stiff and sore. Do some neck rolls, move your shoulders around and even do some gentle massage of your neck and jaw before you sing.

4. The Singer’s Breath

I find that there is often to much emphasis around breathing and singing. First off, every living human is an expert in breathing. If you weren’t, you’d be dead! The difference for singing is that we want to take deeper breaths in through our mouths. In the video I show you how to expand your ribcage while you sing, which will allow for a more substantial breath for singing.

5. Support the sound

I’m sure you have heard this term before, but had no idea what it means! When we take our inhalation, our abdominal muscles should release a little. When we are singing, our lower abdominal muscles need to pull in and up. The longer we hold a note or a phrase, the more those muscles should pull in and up. It shouldn’t feel super intense like doing a crunch, but the movement of the lower abdominals helps to stabilize the breath and therefore the sound.

6. Make “space” in your mouth and throat

The entire cavity in your mouth, from your lips to the back of your throat is moveable. Your tongue can move in many directions, and you can open and close your mouth to make different shapes. To sound better, experiment with making more space in the back of your throat, as if you were yawning or sighing. Try changing the shape as you sing and see how the sound changes.

7. Choose the right key for your voice

The key of songs can be changed to better fit your voice. Just like clothing and shoes come in different sizes and you choose whichever fits you best, songs can be sung in different keys. Many of the famous singers that we love have high voices (Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Phil Collins, etc) and if we have lower voices, then singing along with them sounds like shrieking. Always lower or raise the key as you need to so it fits your voice best.

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