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Suspend Vocal Technique Momentarily Have You heard those songs when it sounds like the vocalist is whisper-singing and wondered "man how do they do that". It's not quite singing and its definitely not a full blown whisper, its actually a track that a lot of Pop vocalists keep in their bag of tricks. Vocal Coach Judy Rodman has some bad news for you wannabes, the trick can either be executed expertly or poorly. I'm guessing the poor one sounds like somebody choking on a rice grain. To find out more about delivering vocals with authentic emotion rather than just "singing" head over Judy's blog and check out a couple videos.

Are you getting ready to go back into the studio and record your final vocals soon? If the answer is yes, then you might want to take some last moments and study up on things such as posture, breath support, jaw tightness and keeping critic out of the vocal booth. Why? Cause with time being money and all nothing sucks more than being in the booth with an itchy throat, bad takes, the pressure at max and having no clue what to do to get back in the zone.

Power, Path and Performance is a three pronged approach that if maximized could give artists more voice than they could ever need. The approach which centers around breath, open throat and authentic communication of message are three synergetic areas that when mastered can prove to be a dangerous weapon in your industry tool bag.

Christmas is right around the corner and if your like me you left your christmas shopping to the very last minute. No worries if you have some musicians for family/friends here are 31 Gift Ideas that you could pony up as a christmas gift that i'm sure they'll appreciate. The list ranges from 1. A flip cam, 21. A recording session to Invisible number 32 being a 1 year membership with Songplacements :)

Imaginary Studio Performance How do you protect your voice when your studio session is set up to only record voice for the day? Judy Rodman suggests "pretending" that your instrument is still there. Johnny Cash's studio tech used to take the strings out of his guitar and give it to him to hold while singing because the producer noticed that he sang better when attached to his guitar. It all goes back to muscle memory.

Telling the lizard brain to be quiet. Seth Godin explains that fear, rage and reproductive drive are all characteristics of the lizard brain. It's predominant fear factor hates change, forward movement and the unknown which of course if a very bad thing if your trying to move forward as a musician. The lizard brain holds you back and keeps you from being successful. Seth's advice? The lizard brain will accompany us in our time on earth, but we can tell it to be quiet, we are listening to something else right now.

identify the 3 tips 1. raise eyebrows, 2. lower your jaw, squeeze your butt for power. - this actually seems like the formula for soiling your underpants.

You've performed many-a-times, rocked shows with 10 people in the crowed, rocked shows with thousands in attendance, but tonight for some odd reason you are experiencing an unexpected attack of stage fright. Professional Vocalist Judy Rodman touches on the two prime causes for uncharacteristic stage fright, and what you can do to prevent or defuse a sudden attack of nerves.