Vocal coach Charmaine Brown shares tips and strategies to get the most out of your voice.
In a live community call, a worship vocalist expressed that singing in her low range was a challenge. We worked on the song “Amazing Grace”—engaging her chest voice muscles as she sang those same lower notes, and the transformation was truly remarkable! Weak lower notes were suddenly strong when she used chest voice instead of head voice!
Many vocalists have a hard time doing lip rolls properly, and so instead of the exercise creating these amazing benefits, it ends up causing tension and frustration! If that’s you, check out these 8 tips to help you troubleshoot your lip rolls—hopefully something in here will help!
In a live Q&A community call, a Worship Vocalist member who has been training with the course lessons asked for help to know whether she is singing in a mix. Watch as vocal coach Charmaine Brown gives her feedback and tips for what to listen in her voice. If you’ve been training your voice with mix voice techniques and are wondering whether you’re singing in a mix, this lesson may have keys to help you assess!
In a live Q&A community call, a Worship Vocalist member asked for help singing lower notes without his voice getting tired. Watch as vocal coach Charmaine Brown helps him extend his mix voice lower in his range to lighten the load on his vocal muscles—resulting in greater freedom and less fatigue! If you’ve been working on your mix voice for a year or more and have seen progress, but you’re still experiencing vocal fatigue, this lesson may have keys to unlock new freedom in your voice!
In this lesson, vocal coach Charmaine Brown explores song strategies and tools to help make your practice times more efficient and preserve your voice for your worship services. Watch and sing along as she takes you through a set of vocal warmups and a mini song workout!
In this lesson, Charmaine Brown talks about why the voice sometimes cracks when making a dynamic shift in a song (i.e. changing from loud to soft) and shares strategies for how to build more stability in your voice for these moments.
Watch as Worship Vocalist Certified Coach Cherie Schellenberg shares practical vocal tips and takes you through a set of exercises to hone in on your mouth shape. When you sing with an efficient mouth shape, your voice will have greater stability, more control, increased range and more!
If you struggle with fatigue, tension, instability, breathiness, weakness or lack of range in your voice, this vocal tip is for you! Singing through a straw (also called “straw phonation”) is an incredible vocal technique that helps your vocal muscles build efficient coordination and balance (which for you means more freedom, range, stamina and flexibility!), reduces vocal strain, helps your voice recover from fatigue or sickness, and so much more! In this short video, you’ll learn the why, how and when of singing through a straw so that you can start incorporating it into your vocal routine!
