All Things Vocal Podcast (Judy Rodman)

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Today's topic Sara Bareilles. Listen to this podcast episode for lessons to learn from her voice.

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Subjects covered in this episode include:

• 1. Well-developed head voice can be belt voice's (upper chest voice's) best friend.

  2. Middle voice can be more interesting when varied and multi-colored.

  3. Don't be afraid to play with vibrato and straight tone.

  4. If you write with piano, let your fingers and your voice collaborate.

  5. Watch where you place a piano mic stand.

  6. If you have a great feel for rhythm, carefully consider scat singing in your performance.

  7. Watch your pitch when out of your most usual position.

  8. It's ok to write the whole song yourself.

  9. It's ok to have a name people have to spell check and hear pronounced correctly.

  10. Everything you've ever done informs the music you make.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Sara Bareilles 

          http://www.sarabmusic.com/main/

• Love Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi7Yh16dA0w&list=PLs2VDJTtCn3rEmYeaKvL3xMeG62gzp1zO

  Gravity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEXhAMtbaec&list=PLs2VDJTtCn3rEmYeaKvL3xMeG62gzp1zO&index=3

  Brave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQsqBqxoR4

  Many the Miles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwg1TpxkSnA

  Many the Miles (live) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kc0cYWfmUE

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Today's topic is 12 Vocal Resolutions for the new year. Listen to this podcast episode to learn 12 commitments you can make to significantly improve your voice next year.

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Subjects covered in this episode include:

• Resolve to assess the state of your voice.
• Resolve to do something about your weakest vocal area.
• Resolve to warm up and warm down your voice
• Resolve to address your speaking voice.
• Resolve to get out of your comfort zone.
• Resolve to improve something you already do well.
• Resolve to study some masters of your genre.
• Resolve to set goals for your vocal performances.
• Resolve to have and nourish a small circle of trusted friends.
• Resolve to take better care of yourself physically, mentally and spiritually
• Resolve to sing fearlessly.
• Resolve to be a better listener.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• absolutely intend and expect
• next most important thing
• ENT fellowship trained specializing in voice
• pitch practice
• warm up correctly,
• causes of your vocal cord abuse
• saving your speaking voice
• Immerse yourself to study the vocal nuances
• pursue a serious vocal career
• signup
• STOP SMOKING
• Todoist
• All Things Vocal Training group on Facebook

 

 

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Today's topic is 30 studio saboteurs. Listen to this podcast episode to learn what to avoid if you want to perform and capture best vocals in the studio. 

The discussion lists 5 saboteurs to avoid in each of the following categories: Producer, Vocal Producer, Audio Engineer, Background singer, Lead Singer and Anybody Else who comes into the studio.

For much more help getting great studio vocals, here are links to the two courses mentioned in this podcast:

• Singing In The Studio (for singers)
• Vocal Production Workshop (for producers and engineers)

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Today's topic is 5 Differences between Classical and Contemporary Voice. Listen to this podcast episode for tips to authentically transition from classical to contemporary (everything but classical) singing.

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Subjects covered in this episode include:

• Low end
• Vibrato
• Holding notes
• Vowels
• Diction

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• My vocal healing
• Miming to learn 
• Vowel shapes
• Video vocal lesson
• My Youtube Channel

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Today's topicis 7 Songwriter Round Mistakes. Listen to this podcastepisode to learn what not to do for successful songwriter round performances, plus bonus mistake #8 !

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Subjects covered in this episode include:

• Talking too much

• Mumbling lyrics
• Wrong volume
• Failing to connect
• Not being gracious
• Singing too long
• Singing wrong songs
• Not telling them who you are

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• The songwriting capital of the world 
• PBS Transcontinental Sessions
• Earn the right to talk onstage
• Venue size matters
• Bluebird Cafe

Judy gives a pro vocal lesson "Singing and Eating Disorders', then interviews author/singer/songwriter/public speaker Jenni Schaefer (Judy's vocal student and production client) and plays some of her music.

• For information on Power, Path & Performance vocal training and other vocal services, go to website www.judyrodman.com.

• For Judy's recording production services, see the Recording Services tab at her website.

• Find Jenni Schaefer, her work and her music at www.jennischaefer.com

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Today's topicis chiropractic, wellness and the voice; my interview with Dr. Dwaine Allison. Listen to this podcastepisode for insight, stretching exercises and practical tips to support and free your voice, from an expert resource - a doctor who sings!

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If you’d like helpwith vocal strain tension, or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performancevocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses. Chiropractic, Feldenkrais and Alexander Technique practitioners can also provide valuable help.

Subjects covered in this episodeinclude:

• Dr. Allison's beginning in music before becoming chiropractor

• How chiropractor and vocal coach got together.

• How Dr. Allison's chiropractic and wellness work helps the voice. He assesses, recommends changes and improves the general health of the body which houses the voice.

• The 7 pillars of wellness he addresses: Exercise, Posture, Nutrition, Hydration, Rest and relaxation, Mental state, Neurological condition.

• Assessment of the patient to determine strategy of improvement. 

• Getting rid of bad habits, unloading baggage, taking your foot of the brake so you can go forward. Checking posture, and how both chiro and vocal coach do this.

• Windows to your health that Dr. Allison checks, including the vital state of your posture. What forward leaning posture does to sabotage health, just as it sabotages the voice by interfering with open throat and breath control.

• How Dr. Allison works to change aligment. Strategies in addition to chiropractic that he uses including frequency therapies and chi gong.

• We discussed the diagphragm and the lungs, also the torso, pelvic, cervical and thoracic vertebrae. 

• We got into the trigeminal nerve, the jaw including tension in the platysma and how to release it.

• He takes us through a few wonderful, very effective stretches to counteract  specific areas of tension. You'll find yourself moving with the discussion!

• How awareness helps change things.

• Feldenkrais and Alexander technique and how they can increase muscular efficiency.

About Dr. Allison:

Dr. Dwaine Allison, has been in private practice since graduating from Texas Chiropractic College in 1985. He has given some three quarters of a million individual treatments. His first in Tyler and Ft. Worth, Texas, and now in Franklin Tennessee, where I am among his devoted patients. Born legally blind, he has overcome huge hurdles in his life to become a well-respected Chiropractor, public speaker, and singer/songwriter/performer.

His care is effective for those who have chronic pain and all kinds of disabilities and other issues; He also delivers high performance care to musicians, runners, martial artists and other athletes.  The multiple protocols in which he is certified in include:

• Acupuncture (both with and without needles)
• Treating "The Injured Musician" 
• Medical Qi Gong
• "Athletes In Industry",
• Corporate Wellness & Accident Prevention
• ... And so much more

Dr. Allison is a true community leader. Check out his website to see the organizations who have him on their Boards, the positions he has held including district president for the Texas and Tennessee Chiropractic associations, his appearances on TV and radio, and the incredible volunteer and educational work he has done. Some of his ‘other’ interests include marathon running, guitar, songwriting, hiking, chess, table tennis, travel, foreign language and culture, human development and empowerment, public speaking, writing, unicycling, and martial arts!

He and his equally amazing wife Rita have 6 children, some of whom have studied voice with me. I had the pleasure of producing an album of his original music. He is a truly gifted and insightful healer and the things I've learned from him over the years have helped make me a better and more effective vocal coach for you! 

Dr. Allison's office is in Franklin, Tn. Learn more and contact him at his website http://www.franklinchiropractic.net. 

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Today's topic is the middle voice, and problems that can make these so-called easy notes sound and feel bad. Listen to this podcast episode to learn from vocal coach Judy Rodman about 4 specific middle voice issues, what you can do to fix them:

1. Breath issues 

2. Facial language issues

3. Vocal register mix issues

4. Vocal cord issues

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Today's topic is the importance of artist development, and contains my interview with an expert in the field: PCG Nashville’s Bernard Porter. Listen to this podcast episode for tips to greatly increase your chances of success in the music business, and become a well-rounded, happier human being in the process. Subjects covered in this episode include:

• Areas typically missing in ‘artist development’ that can sabotage the successful breaking of new artists
• Traits in a singer that turn Bernard off; signalling that singer may not ever succeed in the music industry.
• Whether it is important for a singer to be a songwriter. 
• The vital importance of an artist to be able to 'own' the stage with presence and performance skills.
• The difference vocal training can make to a recording and performing artist.
• The impact of persistence, dedication and even sacrifice required for the potential for the artist to succeed.
• Ways even those without a lot of financial means can still find the money, heart, and effort to invest in training and preparing for a music career.
• How PCG Artist Development works uniquely to grow artists in different dimensions, and what the byline of the company 'the science of artist development' means.
• The brand new arm of the company that is offering training to everyone, even those who can't afford to enroll in the primary PCG program. (A little disclaimer… I am proud to be the author of PCG Online's vocal coaching courses, in the company of other instructors I highly respect authoring courses which include songwriting, auditioning, music theory, live performance. )

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• www.pcgnashville.com
• PCG24-7.com  (PCG Online courses)
• Tim McGraw's video 'Humble and Kind'
• The upcoming 2016 PCG Summer Bootcamp

More on Bernard Porter and PCG:PCG Nashville is recognized as America’s leading career/artist development organizations, working with established and new emerging artists. A successful business entrepreneur, Porter has spent his career developing and securing high profile joint ventures within both corporate and private sectors, guiding them in all phases of creative media, production, marketing and national product launches. In addition, he has served as an entertainment consultant to many record labels, broadband networks, major artists, large corporations, state tourism boards as well as to specialty venues, including the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Simon Mall properties, Dave & Busters and Marriott Hotels. Porter was instrumental in signing Jason Aldean to Broken Bow Records and has a long history of high level achievements. Note: I provide vocal coaching services for many PCG clients, and have a video vocal training course published at PCG Online.

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Today's topic is Ear to Larynx... What the voice learns from listening skills. Listen to this podcast episode to find out how your ears, brain and voice can work together for quicker results in gaining vocal ability.

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Subjects covered in this episode include:

• How to listen more actively - pointing the ear to 
  articulation, tone, volume, pitch, phrasing and rhythm
• How the ear directs the voice
• Practical advice for the listening voice

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• vocal tone
• muddy articulation
• pitch problems 
• The mime exercise

This is the audio version of the blogpost at  Kefir is an incredibly nutritious probiotic drink, with origins in antiquity. I've just gotten into making both the water and milk kefir and find many similarities between singing and kefir! Listen to this podcast to explores these similarities. Mentioned in this episode:Here is a link to my slideshow of my kefir-making activities:  https://picasaweb.google.com/104316444961815474808/MakingWaterAndMilkKefir#slideshow/6168827067039424946  Also, here's a good source for all things kefir. I personally enjoyed the video 'Donna's Story': http://www.culturedfoodlife.com/video-how-to-make-kefir/  Your comments and suggestions are most welcome!

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Today's topicis Conquering Adolescent Male Vocal Strain. Listen to this podcastepisode for tips to successfully sing through the teenage male voice change.

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 Subjects covered in this episode include:

• Changing songs and keys
• Powering your voice for best control
• Keeping Articulation clear to loosen tight throat
• Watching your speaking voice technique
• Singing through the voice change
• When you need help

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Today's topic is How Your Messages and Voice create each other. Listen to this podcast episode for tips to deliver clearer, more specific and focused messages that give your voice communicative power and efficiency. Also explore how learning better vocal techhiqe can help you deliver more powerful messages.

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If you’d like help to create more powerful vocal performances, or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Vocal Tone - How To Change It
• Message as Music's Point of the Spear

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Today I interview Tiamo De Vettori. Tiamo has appeared on NBC, CBS, MSNBC, FOX, Jimmy Kimmel and has now won LA Music Awards' Singer-Songwriter of the year and San Diego's Best Songwriter awards. He has performed for audiences up to 15,000 people.  Tiamo leads his own multi-6-figure live workshops and as Founder and CEO of Fearless, Speaker Academy, inspires emerging speakers and music artists to share their message with the world. If you've been looking for a way to make the music business successful for you, you'll want to listen and take notes! 

URGENT:  Tiamo generously offers my ATV blog readers and podcast listeners an incredible gift towards the end of the interview: a scholarship worth almost $2,000 to his 3-day February 2016 event, so be sure to listen for that!

Links mentioned:

• http://www.tiamomusic.com 
• http://www.fearlessspeakeracademy.com/scholarship 

Find my products and services at www.judyrodman.com

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Today's topic is a study of the voice of Chris Stapleton. Listen to this podcast episode to discover lessons singers can learn from this iconicly successful voice.

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Subjects covered in this episode include

1. Maintaining flexibly tall posture 
2. Lightening middle voice mix for rich, strain-free sound
3. Pulling instead of pushing for power
4. Drop technique for effect
5. Find a great background singer
6. Give the voice access to movement
7. Support the ends of lines
8. The importance of active facial language
9. For increased power, back off pressure, add passion
10. Avoiding vocal health perils of the road
11. Don't be afraid to do it your way
12. Make music that makes the world a better place.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• CBS Morning's Saturday Sessions performance of "Fire Away"
• NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert performance of "The Difference Between Whiskey and You"
• Chris Stapleton and Justin Timberlake duet on 2015 CMA 
• Vocal Stamina for the Road
• Judy Rodman vocal training 

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Today's topic is the career of voiceover, and includes my interview with renown New York-based voiceover talent Linda Bruno. Listen to this podcast episode to learn what goes into creating a successful career in the field of voiceover, from an insider who has done it. 

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There is nothing like speaking with a master of any art, and Linda's career credits speaks to her mastery of not only the art of voiceover, but the business as well. And to top it off, she continues to train her voice in the endless pursuit of higher levels of ability, and protection from strain. It is my great pleasure to work with her every week from her office to mine, over Skype.

Some of the topics we discussed include:

• What the preferred term for her line of work is.
• The trip to Miami with her father when she was 18 and the kindness of a pro that lit the fire for Linda's voiceover career. 
• The current state of business for skilled voiceover talent, and what Linda does to stay competitive in the field. 
• What it means to work union (SAG-AFTRA) vs non-union.
• The really fun stuff: How Linda met Meryl Streep backstage while working the She Awards at Radio City Music Hall.
• The not-fun stuff: How she deals with difficult clients who don't know what they want.
• What it means to be a professional with a great reputation in this field.
• How improv classes can be helpful for honing voiceover skills.
• How acting can help with message delivery in voiceover as well as singing performance.
• Why Linda still takes vocal lessons.
• Why Linda believes it's no longer necessary to have an ISDN line for voiceover work.
• Her practical advice for those interested in developing a professional career as voiceover talent. 

More about Linda Bruno:

Her website is www.LindaBruno.com. She can be contacted there.

From voicing promos for National networks to making you laugh with character voices to providing your pharmaceutical or banking information over the phone, Linda Bruno has been tagged a renaissance woman. Linda’s voice is used daily for Television, Radio, and multimedia formats all over the world. Currently she is the voice of HSN – Home Shopping Network, Disney Jr for South East Asia, Fandango, The Weather Channel as well as the voice of “Alex” for United Airlines’ website.  Her specialties include retail spots and auto dealerships. More Credits: Walmart, Pfizer, Disney Asia, HSN, The Weather Channel, Fandango, United Airlines, TLC – The Learning Channel, CNBC, CNBC Asia, CNN, Stride Gum, VH1, Nickelodeon, Verizon, Costco, McDonalds, AT&T, Kraft Foods. Various radio and TV stations across the country. Local and Regional auto dealerships including Mercedes Benz, Acura, Jaguar, Kia, Chevy, VW, Lexus, Honda and more. 

Remember you can find me and my services for your voice, as well as contact me, at www.JudyRodman.com

If you are doing a recording project of music that you intend to sell, you need to know about mechanical licenses. Of course, if you're a songwriter or publisher, and want to get paid properly for your intellectual property, you need to understand mechanicals, too! Listen to this podcast to get the scoop.

For more information on my training, production, products and services for the voice, please go to www.JudyRodman.com 

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Today's topic is my response to the fear by music makers and listeners that roots music could be lost in the marketplace. Listen to this podcast episode to find out why I don't believe we should ever worry about roots music disappearing, in fact that it will always be priceless.

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Without a plan, resolutions are just wishes that don't usually come true. Today's topic will cover how to make a plan to turn New Year's Resolutions for your voice into goals which can become reality.  

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If you’d like help turning your vocal resolutions into reality, check out the products and services I make available for you atwww.JudyRodman.com, and contact me with any questions you have. Happy New Year from All Things Vocal!

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Today's topic is online vocal lessons, the pros and cons. Listen to this podcast episode to learn how this kind of training works, and to help you decide whether or not online lessons would be a good option for you.

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If you’d like to schedule an online lesson, fill out the contact info at www.judyrodman.com.

To watch some online vocal lessons in action, go to Judy Rodman's Youtube channel playlist.

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Today's topic is a guest post by indie artist Leah Grams Johnson discussing Perfection as the dark side of Excellence. Listen to this podcast episode for a deeper understanding of what it means to create great art, including great vocals.

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Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Leah Grams Johnson

Here are some fun, crazy and oddly difficult vocal exercises for the professional voice to keep your hearing and singing chops up. Enjoy the challenges from your pro coach Judy Rodman!

Have you ever wondered if it is possible to get your voice back after not singing much for weeks, months or years? Barring serious organic damage, yes you can! With proper training you could end up with more vocal ability than you ever had! Listen in and find out how.

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Todays topic is "should singers lift weights?". Listen to this podcast episode to understand how to lift weights in ways that won't hurt your voice.

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If you're interested in healthy voice, subscribe at www.JudyRodman.com for a free PDF of vocal health tips.  For healthiest vocal technique, try Power, Path and Performance training in vocal lessons and CD course. 

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Today's topic is the dark art of trolling and what singers can do when cyber-bullied.

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To watch some online vocal lessons in action, go to Judy Rodman's Youtube channel playlist.

Links referred to in this episode include:

• Hurting People Hurt People
• Sue for Defamation of Character
• 10 Ways to Destroy An Online Commenting Troll

There is a subtle psychological shift you can make to take your next performance out of the ordinary and make it leave a memory in your listener's heart. I call it "singing from the soul" instead of just from the head. Listen in and you'll understand.

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com. When it comes to singing on stage, the size of the venue matters tremendously. In this episode I will take you through the differences in physicality and psychology you need for singing or speaking on small and large stages. When you apply these techniques and do the right thing for the size stage you on, your stage presence will increase magnetically. Get it wrong or reversed, you'll seriously sabotage your connection to the audience.  Subscribe to this podcast at iTunes and don't miss an episode... and please leave a review there, too! REVIEWS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED!For more information on my vocal lessons, please visit this page.on my website.

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Today's topicis Singing Scared. Listen to this podcastepisode to understand why guarding the voice can actually cause vocal problems to get worse, and what to do instead.

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If you’d like helpwith vocal strain, vocal performance anxiety or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performancevocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

Subjects covered in this episodeinclude:

• Diagnosing trigger events for scared singing
• How hormones activate the vocally counterproductive fight or flight response
• How this response causes loss of vocal ability
• The crisis of vocal confidence that follows
• Two keys for turning vocal fear into fearlessness
• Case studies
• Power, Path and Performance vocal training and how it can help

Linksmentioned in this podcast include:

• Stage Fright - What it is
• Raising and Lowering the Larynx - Should You?
• Adele's 2016 Grammy performance
• How My Damaged Voice Came Back

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Today's topic is singing studio vocals with live stage magic. Listen to this podcast episode for tips to get the power, passion, authenticity and sheer vocal magic of your live stage performance into the final vocals you have to deliver in the austere environment of the vocal booth.

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If you’d like help with studio vocal performance, here are links to products and services discussed in the podcast:

• The ultimate studio vocal training course 'Singing In The Studio'.
• Hearfones for practicing .
• Vocal lessons with a focus on mastering studio singing.
• Vocal Production - working as part of your production team, I am in the studio with you, producing your vocals. 

The secret to memorizing vocal technique for inspired performance is to learn the dance of the melody. Listen to short but powerful tips for getting the muscle memory you need for vocal performance you don't have to think about.

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Today's topic is the Power of Getting To The Point. Listen to this podcast episode to learn to focus in on your messages, and make your central point clear for strongest songs, scripts, and vocal performances. You'll learn several exercises, featuring the 5 question focusing strategy asking... What? Who? Why? Where? and How?. 

Also covered is the subject of word count... how many words or lyrics are enough? How can you concisely write wordy songs?

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If you’d like help with singing or speaking performance focus and impact, my vocal training method has a whole third cornerstone devoted to that very area. Check out 'Power, Path and Performance' training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today's topic: Why Your Voice is Trashed. Listen to this podcast episode to learn 10 things to stop doing in order to stop tiring, trashing and possibly damaging your voice!

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If you’d like help with vocal fatigue, health or recovery, or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

 

Subjects covered in this episode include these 10 things not to do:

• Sing on Laryngitis
• Pay no attention to the weather
• Drink dehydrating caffeinated or alcoholic beverages
• Scream
• Sing songs that are too high for you
• Push more breath for vocal power
• Offer your voice no support
• Perform with bad posture
• Talk wrong
• Neglect your vocal warmup before performance

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Laryngitis
• Diaphragm
• Talking

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com. High note saboteurs are sneaky and potentially dangerous. They can not only prevent you from reaching the notes accurately, they can strain and potentially damage your voice. Listen to this podcast episode for solutions to my top 10 causes of high note fail (plus 1 bonus saboteur). Subscribe to this podcast at iTunes and don't miss an episode... and please leave a review there, too! REVIEWS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED! I have a great resource for extending your high note singing ability... it's Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

In honor of David Letterman's last year on television, I thought I'd do my own Top Ten List. These terrible ideas about the voice are things I've personally heard said by singers, music professionals or others who don't know better! Ready? Listen up... For more information on my training, production, products and services for the voice, please go to www.JudyRodman.com 

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today I’m sharing some of my voice’s gratitude list. May it encourage you and make you smile. Happy Thanksgiving... may your own list be long!

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If you’d like help with any speaking or singing problem or to maximize your voice, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today's topic is one of the most important genre definers ...the shape and length of the vowels. Formal and popular genres require different choices to sound authentic. Listen to this podcast episode for tips to articulate vowels for contemporary commercial (CCM) or popular music genres.

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If you’d like help with articulating vowels, or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today's topic is the controversial subject of inhaling for the voice. I tell you why I recommend both nose AND mouth instead of one or the other, and why breathing for the voice is different than breathing for athletics.

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For your best voice, check out my services and products (as well as lots of free stuff) available at www.judyrodman.com.

To watch some online vocal lessons in action, go to Judy Rodman's Youtube channel playlist.

Links referred to in this episode include:

• Nose breathing and running

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today's topic: Why Message is Music's Point of the Spear. Listen to this podcast episode to hear my latest performance experience that freshly taught me the value of focusing on message of the music instead of perfection of performance- which defuses performance anxiety and tension-caused mistakes. 

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If you’d like help with performance focus, stage anxiety, or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.comin vocal lessons and on CD courses.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• When Jesus Wept
• Bowed Psaltery
• Melissa DuPuy

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today's topic is: Why you shouldn't sing from your diaphragm. Listen to this podcast episode to discover why this mistaken concept is wrong and dangerous for the voice, and where you should power your voice from instead.

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If you’d like help with powering your voice in a healthy, effective way, or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

Subjects covered in this episode include:

• Where the diaphragm is located and what it is connected to in the body
• What happens when you try to 'sing from the diaphragm', and how it can hurt your voice
• What to do instead to power your voice in a healthy way that unlocks vocal improvement and impact

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Diaphragmatic breathing... a dangerous concept 

Briana Domenica came from a family trauma of triple suicide, moved into her own serious depression and self-sabotaging actions, and finally had a paradigm shift of faith and music that led her not only to her own joy and healing, but also to a music and speaking career that may literally save some of the lives in her audience. In this interview, she talks about her creative journey and her 'why'.

Website... https://www.brianadomenica.com Book her... info@brianadomenica.com Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/BrianaDomenicaMusic Instagram... brianadomenicamusic

My guests today are primetime music creators JP and Kathryn Raio-Rende, owners of Earworm Music Company in New York City. This is Part 1 of our interview, which continues next episode as Part 2.

• Their website: https://www.earwormny.com
• Their Emmy-winning song performed by Billy Porter for Sesame Street: https://youtu.be/derxRN-ZkMI?si=S6ZX1p44yjcD5zxv

Listen as we trade stories, strategies and advice for songwriting, production and singing for major market media.

Mat Kearney went from skater kid/soccer playing/free-style rapper to multi-platinum selling pop artist with over 2.5 billion streams. One of my earliest vocal students, Mat took his voice and his messages seriously, and has become one of the best live performers out there. Listen in and be inspired to dig in deep to your own creative expression.

Find Mat at https://matkearney.com/

Find out how I can help you with YOUR voice at https://judyrodman.com/. While you're there, download my free 9-page report on vocal health!

I also invite you to join me for discussions about all things vocal at the Facebook page for this podcast.

 This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today's topic is 10 (plus a bonus) vocal issues that a good vocal coach should be able to fix. Listen to this podcast episode to learn what a good vocal coach can do to eliminate vocal problems, unblock limitations, enhance and protect your voice. Learn what kind of results you should expect of a vocal lesson.

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If you’d like help with vocal issues, limitations or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

• vocal range limitations
• vocal strain
• weak voice
• numb performance
• laryngitis
• voice cracks
• vocal control
• pitch inaccuracy
• style issues
• the need for vocal warmups
• mysterious vocal issues

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Vocal Strain

• High Notes

• Low Notes

• Middle Voice

• Numb Performance

• More Feeling in Singing

• Laryngitis

• Pitch practice

There are BILLIONS of dollars now being made in the multi-niche field of voiceover. This interview I did with veteran voiceover talent and coach Susan Berkley offers you a glimpse into the real possibilities of a successful vocal career where it doesn't matter what you look like, what you're wearing, how old you are or where you live. 

Find Susan, her services and training at GreatVoice.com. Find me at JudyRodman.com. 

Listen in as I give you three ways to assess your vocal technique. All three signs are vital to address for your best speaking and singing voice. If any of the signs are worrisome, I give you some tips to help get them pointing in the right direction.  Find me and my training at judyrodman.com.

Fame is dangerous, especially when it's received early in life. Here is a list of issues and ways a wise mentoring 'village' can help the creative child grow into a hero instead of a narcissist. A necessary conversation in a world that lifts young talent to the stars and then dashes them onto the rocks.

Could your voice be suffering from wrong beliefs about singing? Check out this list of 7 mistaken ideas that can be limiting, straining and damaging to your voice. Hear how you can change your thinking to enable more vocal health and ability. Contact and learn more about me and how I can help you at www.JudyRodman.com

In this episode I teach vocal exercises I designed using voiced consonants and vowels to help singers AND speakers blend their chest and head registers. Doing these exercises also helps you eliminate vocal breaks, add more resonance and range and ease vocal strain. These benefits occur as we take the voice across the passagio from chest to head voice while pulling and morphing the syllables. It's weird, but it works!

LINKS: 

• National Library of Medicine
• Power, Path & Performance vocal training course 
• Speaking Voice Technique video course 
• Book a vocal lesson with me 
• Signup for free vocal health tips 

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today's topic is how 'acting as it' can affect your voice. Listen to this episode to learn how 'fake it til you make it' can actually create vocal ability, and how acting on negative mindsets will sabotage your voice.

 

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If you’d like help with __________, or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

 

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Vanderbilt Voice Center
• The Voice Keeps The Score
• How To Beat Your Lizard Brain

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today's topic is a Halloween theme - 27 ways to murder your voice! Listen to this podcast episode to understand these 27 vocal saboteurs, so you can avoid them.

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If you’d like help to protect your voice from sources and causes of vocal fatigue, irritation, strain and damage, or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Laryngitis 
• Singing out of your range
• Skipping vocal warmup
• Pushing breath
• Speaking on the phone hunched over
• Eating and drinking vocal saboteurs
• Creating excessive throat phlegm
• Doing vocal exercises wrong
• Vocal fry
• What not to do between multiple sets
• How crying affects the voice
• Smoking
• Hydration
• Physical exercise cautions

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

 

Today's topic is Crying. Listen to this podcast episode to learn how crying tears affects the voice, and how you can manage better when tears come. My special thanks to international theater star Sidonie Smith for her quote on this subject. Look for our full interview on an upcoming episode!

 

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If you’d like help with managing emotions when you have to sing or speak, or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

 

Subjects covered in this episode include:

• Categories of tears
• How crying creates vocal problems
• Ways to control crying
• The wisdom of protecting your voice

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Sidonie Smith

Do you want a successful vocal career? Then you need to take care of business. Today I interview Sue Painter who with her extensive successful business and coaching experience teaches us to do just that. 

• Find Sue Painter at https://confidentmarketer.com
• Find me at https://judyrodman.com

 

Are you an entertainer or an artist when you perform onstage? Did you know it's best to be both? This episode will explain why you want to strengthen your weaker mode if you want to raise your impact and value as a performer.

Here's the link to the Bono/U2 performance I mention in the episode. 

And here's a link to contact me for online lessons...  $125 hr or $65 for 1/2 hr.  

Vocal strain, also known as vocal fatigue, is the leading cause of vocal problems, limitations and vocal damage for both singers and speakers. In this episode, I'm going to give you the top 18 causes of vocal strain that I see, and tell you how to fix what's making your voice so tired. I'm also going to share the audio of a short vocal lesson I did where my student's vocal fatigue was eliminated immediately after I put her at the wall. 

Links mentioned:

• The full video of Silvana's vocal lesson 
• My ebook on Vocal Health
• Food enzymes I use https://amzn.to/3r0jE5c (Amazon pd link)
• The Easy Way To Stop Smoking book https://amzn.to/3PA5Jgm (Amazon pd link)
• Speaking Voice Technique online course
• Interview with Gina Thurston
• Interview with Angela McCuiston
• My story of vocal recovery after endotracheal tube 

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This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today's topic is about 3 ways to increase vocal range. Listen to this podcast episode for tips to safely and practically widen the distance between the lowest and highest notes you can sing.

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If you’d like help with extending your vocal range, or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

Subjects covered in this episode include:

• 3 different definitions of vocal range.
• Questions to determine your vocal range.
• How to train for more vocal range
• How to determine how much range you need.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• what to do for better high notes
• what not to do for better high notes
• TA and CT muscle groups
• Mat Kearney
• Joni Mitchell
• Phillip Bailey
• Andrea Bocelli
• Sara Bareilles
• Aretha Franklin

Want to hear stories of a Nashville-based producer from Trinidad who has worked with the likes of Take 6, Whitney Houston, and CeCe Winans just to name a few? Listen in to my chat with 8 time Dove, Grammy-nominated and Juno award-winning producer Roger Ryan.

Find Roger...

• at his website https://www.rogerryan.net/
• and Instagram https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-ryan-6603233/

Want to chat with me? Connect at...

• https://judyrodman.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/721787782354743

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Listen as I demonstrate a weird but highly effective vocal exercise that helped me get my voice back, and that I use with my students to smooth out glitchy areas in their vocal range. My thanks to vocal coach Mark Thress for sharing the scale with me, which I find best to do in this slow-motion way, morphing the syllables into each other to create flexibility and stability in the vocal apparatus. 

Find out more about my services for your voice at JudyRodman.com

Does your speaking voice ever get tired? Is the sound of your voice weak, harsh, thin, muddy, monotone or otherwise difficult to listen to? Does your mind focus like a flashlight beam (aka NOT focused!) when you talk? You may be making some of the mistakes this episode covers. Listen as I give you the audio of lesson #2 in my new course 'Speaking Voice Technique'.  If you're interested, you can find all 13 lessons at www.SpeakingVoiceTechnique.com. 

QUICK: Get 30% off if you act by Friday August 5th!  Use code LAUNCHSALE at checkout.

Fans, media and industry are what you have to attract to make money with your talent. You have to begin by knowing who you are and developing your story and personal branding, before you go on to social media and the rest. So says Diane Foy, my interview guest today, who is a certified PR & Marketing Coach for artists and performers. To use her by-line, if you have an unstoppable drive but lack a strategic plan, you'll want to hear this chat! Diane's Links

• Get her freebie Fans, Media & Industry Attraction Roadmap
• Podcast: SingDanceActThrive.com
• On all social networks her identifier name is DianeFoyPR
• FB Group: Unstoppable Musicians and Actors
• Website: DianeFoy.com 

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today's topic covers different aspects important to singing a lyric-intensive song well. Listen to this podcast episode for tips about choosing tempos, keys and articulation for best singing and songwriting, especially when it comes to songs with lots of lyrics.

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If you’d like help with finding your best tempo, key, lyrics or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

Subjects covered in this episode include:

• Choosing Tempo 
• Choosing Keys
• Singing and Songwriting Choices for Articulation Factors

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• beats per minute (definition of bpm in music)
• 'Another Hundred People' video with Liz Callaway 

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today I interview Denise Wakeman… internet marketing strategist, blogging expert and globe traveler. Listen to this episode to hear tips on how to increase your music's fanbase by becoming more visible!

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About Denise:

Denise Wakeman has been working online since 1996. She has become a highly respected expert on blogging, social networking, email and online marketing. She teaches, trains and consults with a holistic approach to building businesses with targeted audiences on the web. Denise doesn’t just teach… she’s done it. She has created a powerful, visible presence by using the tools and teaching others to do the same. In the music business, becoming visible means being FINDABLE by those who would love our music. I created the All Things Vocal blog in 2006 with Denise’s training.

For more help with increasing your internet visibility, find Denise at

www.DeniseWakeman.com

Check out her special post on building your internet platform:

www.DeniseWakeman.com/platform

Topics we discussed include:

• Introduction to Denise
• Understanding fans as customers
• The importance of getting found by your audience
• Taking action to reboot unsuccessful online efforts.
• The importance of publishing consistent content
• Creating the know, like & trust factor as music makers
• Types of content you can create and share on social media
• Visibility strategy for artists on media shows and large events
• How to create online relationships with fans
• Why an artist should create a blog
• Blogging with multimedia content
• The importance of creating your own online real estate, capturing emails
• Traveling tips – the importance of being kind
• Music experience Denise had in her global travels
• What is changing for internet marketing
• The importance of experimenting with online apps
• Identifying your ideal fans
• Tips for discerning your music career path
• Deeply connecting by sharing your story
• What Denise saw Elton John and Bernie Taupin do 

If you want the best vocal training so you have the best performances to take to market, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

 

Today I interview Kevin McCarty… co-founder of 'We Should Write Sometime' app for songwriters. Listen in to see how you can, in a virtual setting, safely and securely investigate and connect with cowriters from across the US, Canada and Australia... with more locations to come! 

 

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Singing better helps you write better songs! If you want the best vocal training proven to maximize vocal ability and conquer strain, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

 

Subjects covered in this episode include:

• Kevin explains what this app does.
• How using this app for meeting new songwriters saves time and energy (you can cut way down on the bar and club hopping!)
• How the app helps you investigate potential collaborators before reaching out to connect.
• The development of the app (they developed it before Covid!) and how timely it is now.
• How virtual co-writing can actually be better, safer, and freer for creating songs.
• Ways this app can benefit not only new songwriters but also veteran pro writers who want to reach the new wave of artists as well as different collaborators for fresh fire.
• The incognito aspect of using the app.
• Where the app is live now (US, Canada, Australia and more to come).
• Some of the added benefits of co-writing (instead of writing solo).
• Things songwriters don't know about the business (PROs, licensing, publishing, etc) and how that information could be a future feature in the app.
• Ways the app can be used safely and securely.
• How to get on this app. By the way, it's free! Future premium tiers will be eventually be developed, but Kevin says they want to keep the highly functional basic version free. 

Links mentioned in this episode include:

• We Should Write Sometime

How high or low should your larynx be when you sing? Get my nuanced answer to this controversial topic that can help you sound great without straining your voice. 

Links mentioned:

• Lisa Popiel 
• Molly Webb article
• AnatomyZone video of larynx
• Power Path & Performance vocal training courses
• Judy Rodman vocal lessons

Find me at www.JudyRodman.com. Join us for deeper discussions in the All Things Vocal Facebook Group.

Join us for Part two of this interview as JP & Kat Raio-Rende and I exchange all kinds of career stories, music creation and chart-making strategies, as well as mic/voice-saving vocal technique! 

Be sure and catch Part 1 of this interview if you missed it...  it's the episode right before this one.

Their website: https://www.earwormny.com

My website: https://judyrodman.com/

Want more vocal control when singing in the studio? In this short but valuable episode, I give you 5 pro hacks specially designed for singing at a recording microphone. They can immediately increase your vocal control and thus skyrocket the quality of your final vocal. Find the transcript and video at www.AllThingsVocal.com.

LINKS MENTIONED:

Singing In The Studio  (My multimedia course for singers)

Vocal Production Workshop (My 2 hour workshop for audio engineers and producers)

If you want to build a successful music career, you need to build a following. Creating and leveraging your personal brand can be a game-changer for creating a significant fanbase. Listen to my interview with top branding specialist Megan Gersch  (Netflix, Live Nation, etc) and gain some current strategies to help you and your music stand out from the crowd and draw the supporters that can help you succeed.

LINKS: megangersch.com hello@megangersch.com

Your Sparkly Brand Podcast  Listen: Apple • Spotify • Google

Judyrodman.com

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today's topic is Songwriter Rounds. Listen to this podcast episode for ways to put magic in these special Nashville-origin unplugged shows where songwriters perform their own material 'in the round'.

This podcast is available on iTunes, Google Play, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Spotify, Android apps. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode, and ... PLEASE RATE & REVIEW at ratethispodcast.com/atv

If you’d like help with acing your next songwriter round or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

Subjects covered in this episode include:

• The definition of a songwriter round
• Goals for this kind of show
• Hosting tips
• Performer tips
• 3 songwriter fails
• Creating special virtual songwriter rounds

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Canva
• Square
• Paypal Here
• Buy Me A Coffee
• Be.Live
• Cyberlink Director video editor

Did you know that articulating voiced consonants tightly can kill your high notes? In this episode, I talk about why this happens, and what you can do to turn your voiced consonants from voice saboteurs into voice enablers.

Links mentioned:

• Power, Path & Performance vocal training courses
• Phonetics Pow document
• www.JudyRodman.com 

Would you like to conquer jitters or get into a more focused flow state when you perform? Join me for my interview with classical artist/certified therapist/coach Ingela Onstad as we take a deep dive into the connection between the brain and the voice.  Find and connect with Ingela and her services at www.courageousartistry.com.

If you like this, please review where you're listening to it. Thank you! 

Find me and my training for you at https://judyrodman.com/ 

Listen to this interview with Salem Jones to hear stories of a life-long rocker who is also a warrior who lives a life of excellence.  Founder, lead singer and songwriter for the Canadian rock band 'One Soul Thrust', Salem has one of the best female rock voices ever. So good in fact, Glen Hughes of 'Deep Purple' did a rare duet with her on her own album. A deeply soulful thinker, performer, writer and empathetic spirit, Salem is a life-long creator and has some great advice for those on the creator path, no matter what your genre of choice.

Find Salem:

• Website (Patreon Page): http://www.onesoulthrust.com
• Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E4sMbC8Qcd6Lm
• Reverb Nation https://www.reverbnation.com/onesoulthrust
• Twitter https://twitter.com/onesoulthrust
• Secret Rock Society (SRS) https://www.facebook.com/groups/OneSoulThrust

Find Judy:

• at my website... https://judyrodman.com/

Getting physically injured can temporarily stop or permanently end a music career. My guest Angela McCuiston, founder of 'Music Strong', has developed a specialty career in fitness training and rehabilitation exercises for music makers of all kinds. Listen to this interview to hear Angela and I discuss some vital fitness strategies that can improve muscle balance, endurance and strength. A musician herself, Angela understands the stresses of our vocations and the stakes involved!

My interview guest is speaking coach/author Peter George. Truly great public speaking skills are worth pursuing and improving, whether you're a veteran stage presentation speaker or a more casual workshop host, teacher or business person. Even singers need to talk to their audiences and do interviews. Listen to this episode for insider tips and strategies for making an impact and getting the responses you want when you talk. 

RAISE YOUR SKILLS:

To significantly raise your speaking skills, consider the following pair of training materials:

* Peter George's book 'The Captivating Public Speaker' (Amazon pd ad) 

Note: As an Amazon associate, I earn commissions from qualifying purchases

* my video course 'Speaking Voice Technique'. For a limited time: Get 30% off my course at checkout with coupon PGCHAT. 

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today's topic is about the global pandemic of COVID-19. Listen to this podcast episode for strategies to successfully live through this crisis, and actually use it to be better in all ways when it ends.

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If you’d like help with any vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses. 

Subjects covered in this episode include:

• COVID-19 facts... Why this is such a serious global crisis
• Stay Alive
• Create & Train
• Be Useful

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Poem by Laura Jenkins
• How the Novel Coronavirus and the Flu are alike and different
• The lack of enough protective equipment for health care workers
• How to get your voice back from illness
• Patreon
• BuyMeACoffee
• Mortgage lenders pausing payments for 12 months
• Things we can do for our communities
• Some good places to donate to
• Online Vocal Lesson pros and cons

 

Listen in to hear the story of Jenny Tolman - a singer/songwriter whose star is rising so fast that the country music industry is calling her 'The Next Big Thing'.  You'll laugh with us, and you'll be amazed at what can happen even without a major label when you 1. are extremely good at your craft and 2. extremely good at being valuable to your fanbase and 3. have a great village of support around you! Jenny even shares a live acoustic snippet of one of my fav Jenny songs.

Find Jenny and all her socials through her website https://www.jennytolman.com/ Find me at https://judyrodman.com

Making it in music depends... on what you define as making it. Yes, there are many ways to fail, but there are many ways to succeed. This episode has real-world advice geared to help creatives put legs under dreams.

If you'd like a lesson with me, just hit me up at https://www.judyrodman.com/contact.htm. I'd be more than happy to help you!

The singing and speaking voice is greatly affected by the health and hearing ability of our ears. In this episode, I chat with Dr. Rebecca Grome, the audiologist and owner at Ears4U in Nashville, Tennessee, who generously shares her advice on ear care, including what NOT to stick in there! 

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Losing your voice from vocal performance is NOT necessary IF you prepare yourself and your voice for the performance you need to do. Here's the cautionary tale about how I DIDN'T prepare for a vocal marathon, trashed my voice and what I did to get it back in time to finish the marathon strong! Listen for tips to avoid losing your own voice from overuse. 

BONUS: I mention a new vocal recovery exercise that I will be teaching in a free workshop to be held Tuesday, June 14th, 2022. Contact me and I'll send you the link! (Yes, there will be a replay if you can't attend.)

In this interview with my co-creator Darren J. Butler, we talk about how our musical Runaway Home has metamorphosized from a couple of monologues to a staged reading by headliners for heads of the entertainment industry in the middle of New York. We're hoping it's the room where 'it' happens - so full productions in major venues is next.

Find creative team and actors bios and more at the musical's website:  https://www.runawayhomethemusical.com/

Darren's website: https://www.darrenjbutler.com/

My website: https://judyrodman.com/

Do you speak in public? I bet you do. Whether on a stage between songs, on TV or radio, on webcam on the phone or in front of a boardroom or classroom, you talk. My interview guest Dave Bricker is a veteran public speaker and trainer with a focus on remarkable storytelling that delivers messages that powerfully engage the audience. He shares some invaluable advice for anyone who speaks publically, which includes most of us. Join us!

Find Dave and his public speaker coaching services:

• Website: StorySailing.com
• Course: 52 Speaking Blunders 
• Blog: https://storysailing.com/storysailing-blog
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/davebricker
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daveBricker

Find me to help you with the sound and health of your speaking voice:

• judyrodman.com 

No matter what your age, toys can be extremely useful in vocal lessons to get past the conscious mind into the instinctive 'lizard brain' that runs the voice on instinct. Links:

• If you'd like to watch the video demonstration of the material in this episode, go to https://youtu.be/c_2kKvJJtcA
• For a personal lesson with me, contact me at https://www.judyrodman.com/contact.htm. 
• For the balloon phonation video I did with fellow coach Mark Thress, go here https://youtu.be/mqc7EC1gBAg

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Barbara Kite is a speaking and acting coach. In this episode, she generously shares some secrets from the acting world that can help speakers, singers and even songwriters deliver messages that hit the mark.

Links:

• Barbara's website, her coaching and her book https://barbarakite.com/
• Her son Noah Kite and his 'chamber folk' music https://www.noahkite.com/ 
• Find me and my services for your voice at my website https://www.judyrodman.com/ 

One very effective type of vocal exercise is imitating character voices. In this episode, I demonstrate some of these crazy exercises and explain the why and how behind the training so you can try them, too!

Links mentioned:

• The article 'Are you a good mimic?'
• Victoria DeAnda article on mimicing vs imitating
• The video on 'Voice Breakdown' 
• All Things Vocal Blog & Podcast Group

For more or to contact me, go to www.JudyRodman.com 

 

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today I interview Mark Elliott… singer, songwriter, performer, musician,  audio engineer, studio producer, novelist, poet, outdoorsman, and airplane pilot. I'm sure there's more:) Listen for inspiration to go forward, from someone who has a big to-do list and knows how to use it!

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If you want the best vocal training proven to maximize vocal ability and conquer strain, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

Some quotes from the interview: Discipline is connected to inspiration Protecting forward momentum energizes the next thing The legs of your forward momentum are upon content Some of our discussion trails:

• Integrating multiple creative and technical sides of oneself.
• How you can start out in classical voice and end up in bluegrass - loving them both!
• The value of both nature and nurture, parents and environment, to Mark's journey.
• Brick walls and turning points
• The difference between writing songs and writing novels.
• Mark recites his latest poem ‘Where Did You Go’ 
• Thinking outside the box for the promotional video series to launch his single 'Craziest Thing'. We play a snippet!
• Mark's experience with a vocal polyp.
• Guitar strings and microphones... including how he cleans his mics.
• Mark's future gazing; encouragement for others to move forward, too.

About Mark Elliot:

To quote Devon O'Day; 

As a singer-songwriter, Mark Elliott is a ‘lifer.’ He lives and breathes the poetry of existence. Mark started his singer-songwriter career in Washington, DC. Tom Paxton discovered him and led him to Nashville. He has won songwriting awards including the Kerrville New Folk Award, has written for publishing houses including Bluewater Music, Maypop Music group, and Sony Music/ATV, and has had his songs cut by indie and major-label artists. Billboard Magazine called Mark’s Neal McCoy hit, Every Man for Himself, “a song with rare lyrical and musical edge and the best cut on the album.” Other publications have praised his work including Martin Guitar Company’s Sounding Board Magazine, UK’s Maverick Magazine and Music Row Magazine which said Mark was "Almost too good”.     He tours live with his band, Runaway Home, and has a new solo EP due out summer 2020, with the first single called "Craziest Thing". Mark writes books, blogs, and essays. Kirkus Reviews said of Mark’s first full-length book, The Sons of Starmount: Memoir of a Ten-Year-Old Boy, “Cheerful, more thoughtful than most reminiscences, and quite enjoyable.” Mark is a regular contributor to Songbones Magazine. 

• Find Mark's blog at www.imacre8tivesoul.com. 
• Find Mark’s music and books at  www.markelliottcreative.com 
• Find him on Instagram: @imacre8tivesoul

 

Got neighbors? Need to practice? Need to do a vocal warmup at the venue? This episode will give you some practical solutions to decrease the noise level for others, and the ability to have significant practice time for you! 

Links mentioned include:

1. ATV blogpost with the free silent vocal exercise download.
2. Power Path & Performance 6-disc vocal training course
3. HearFones practice headset
4. Gear for quiet practice from Sweetwater
5. Soundproofing a room
6. DIY constructing a vocal booth
7. Buying a vocal booth
8. Online lesson pros and cons

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today I interview Michael Arterberry - motivational speaker, author and youth mentor.

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If you want the best vocal training proven to maximize vocal ability and conquer strain, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

Subjects covered in this episode include:

• Michael’s backstory.
• Michael’s powerful parable of the Donkey in the Hole.
• We get the why behind Michael’s tagline ‘be encouraged’ and his challenge to ‘shake the dirt’.
• Michael’s understanding of faith and how it affects his life and work.
• How Michael works to encourage and empower kids.
• The importance of changing the systems around dysfunction.
• The power of reflection to go forward in times of frightening change (like this Covid era).
• Mentors & teachers that helped Michael; the importance of being one.
• How side interests & diversity create the well-rounded life.
• Funny stories, serious success stories
• The mind/body/voice connection.

About Michael:

Michael is a public speaker, author and mentor with a non-profit devoted to working with youth. Childhood dysfuntion and spinal surgery have only served to inform and shape his life's work... successfully and deeply motivating and encouraging others. As he states in his website, 

As a Motivational Speaker, my life is dedicated to moving people from an uneasy time in their lives to a place of peace. I don’t change their circumstances, but I help change their perspective. - Michael Arterberry 

His many career achievements include:

• 2010 USA Network’s Characters Unite Award for exceptional commitment to combating prejudice and discrimination while increasing tolerance and acceptance within the community, 
• 2014 100 Men of Color Award for leadership in education, government, mentorship, entrepreneurial success and community service,
• 2016 Educator of the year award from Y-Cop in Mount Vernon, NY. as well as a proclamation from the Mayor, Certificate of Merit from the Board of Legislators, and a Citation from the Mount Vernon City Council.

Find him on the web:

• Shakethedirtexperience.com
• MichaelArterberry.com
• YouthVoicesCenter.org
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelarterberry
• https://www.facebook.com/michael.arterberry

Do you wonder what goes into the development of a successful artist who actually loves the life they live? Wendy Parr has created an artist development program that does just that. Artists with whom she's worked include Sara Bareilles, Regina Spektor, Melanie Martinez, Lynn Gunn of PVRIS, Marc E. Bassy, and many more. Come join us for a deeper than usual chat about becoming the creative you can be. Want to learn more or contact either of us?

• Find Wendy's website: WendyParr.com
• Find me and my services at: JudyRodman.com 

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today's topic is causes of vocal problems. Listen to this podcast episode to discover surprising things that affect your voice, and some workarounds for each of them.

This podcast is now playing at iTunes , Google Play,  TuneIn Radio, . Subscribe and don't miss an episode... and please leave a review at www.RateThisPodcast.com/atv . REVIEWS ARE MUCH NEEDED and APPRECIATED!

If you’d like help with a frustrating vocal issue, or improving your singing and speaking voice in general, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

Subjects covered in this episode include:

• Clothes
• Shoes
• Exercise
• Pain
• Emotions
• Hormones
• Negative Feedback
• Humidity
• Congested lymph nodes
• Spinal condition
• Missing face & heart

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• How you lift free weights
• Anxiety & the vagal-vocal connection
• The effect of hormones on the voice
• Singing in the Studio book
• How to get mucus off vocal cords
• Focusing communication to one heart
• Ryan Stewart aka RyRobio

In this episode, we sit down with renowned physical therapist Walt Fritz. As the author of 'Manual Therapy for Voices... a Person-Centered Approach,' Walt shares his expertise in empowering patients to actively participate in their healing journey. He discusses how this patient-involved approach can lead to more effective and lasting results. Furthermore, Walt extends his expertise to train other healing arts professionals - vocal coaches included - enabling them to integrate this patient(student)- empowered approach into their own protocols.  Join us as we explore the transformative power of this approach and discover how people can heal better through active involvement in the therapeutic process.

LINKS:

* Walt Fritz website https://waltfritzseminars.com/about/ *

* "Manual Therapy for Voice and Swallowing" book: (Please note this is my affiliate link) https://amzn.to/47ffWFy #ad

*Judy Rodman website: https://judyrodman.com/

 

 

Did you know that to communicate to an audience intuitively, you could think of them as a big dog? Find out how Dr. Edward Bassingthwaighte uses insights of his journey from sickness to cutting-edge holistic veterinarian in ways that benefit his singing and songwriting. Learn a few things about your pet, too! 

Find Bassingthwaighte and his services and courses at:: https://www.wholeenergybodybalance.com/

NYC-based music entrepreneur Laura Monaco-Martino has a multi-faceted career making music and mentoring artists. She speaks from a track record of music career success and we had a great chat sharing stories and advice for rising artists. Laura's links: 

• ET Studio Productions, 
• TE Music Group 
• ET Labz. 

For my vocal training products and services, go to JudyRodman.com.

 

Wonder what your voice is worth? To help you find out, I take you through a small study of Van Gogh's shoes, and other worthless pieces of art.  Join me!

After listening, I'd love to hear your thoughts and stories. Join us for some wonderful discussions in the Facebook page for this group - 'All Things Vocal Blog & Podcast'.

As always, you can find me and my products and services at www.judyrodman.com. 

In this episode I interview the multi-dimensional Katie Zaccardi, whose successful journey in making music and dealing with an anxiety disorder has led her into coaching other creatives into wellness. 

Find Katie:

instagram.com/katiezaccardi   www.katiezaccardi.com https://pod.link/1456146541 (The 'Out to Be' Podcast)

Contact me at www.JudyRodman.com, check out my training in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

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This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today's topic is Music Streaming Services. Listen to this podcast episode for tips to choose the best places to stream your music to get it heard and get paid.

This podcast is now playing at iTunes , Google Play,  TuneIn Radio, . Subscribe and don't miss an episode... and please leave a review where you like to listen! REVIEWS ARE MUCH NEEDED and APPRECIATED!

If you’d like help with any vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.

Links mentioned in this podcast contain in-depth reviews and infographics on streaming services:

• US Streaming Royalties Explained
• Best Music Streaming Services Based On In-Depth Reviews

This podcast episode was written by Carlos Silva. Many thanks!

Want more vocal control? There are 4 critical factors you need to improve... your inhale, breath support, breath control and mental focus. I go into each one and explain the effects on the singing and speaking voice. 

For more help with this, check out my courses and lessons on my website. https://judyrodman.com Even one lesson should make a difference in your vocal control. 

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today's topic is Boogie Boarding and Music Careers. Listen to this podcast episode to find out how good boogie boarding is like riding the waves of a good music career.

This podcast is now playing at iTunes , Google Play,  TuneIn Radio, . Subscribe and don't miss an episode... and please leave a review where you like to listen! REVIEWS ARE MUCH NEEDED and APPRECIATED!

If you’d like help getting your voice ready for studio or stage, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and in courses, including the professional pre-production course Singing In The Studio.

Subjects covered in this episode include:

• Areas

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Power, Path and Performance vocal training courses
• Studio Vocal Producer
• Singing in the Studio

Salem Jones suggests a fresh, radical look at the job of an artist on the deepest and most valuable levels. Salem is one of the best female rock vocalists on the planet, and graciously allows me to share her thoughts on this podcast. Short, sweet, and utterly profound. 

• Find Salem and her band https://www.patreon.com/onesoulthrust 
• Salem & One Soul Thrust's new video 'The Fight For Love' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq7S-sbooLc 
• Find our previous full interview episode here https://blog.judyrodman.com/2022/01/interview-with-salem-jones-empress-of.html?m=0 
• Join us on the All Things Vocal Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/721787782354743 

SOVT, or 'semi-occluded vocal tract' exercises, IF done with good form, can significantly improve vocal ability and vocal health. In this episode, I show you why and how you should PULL them instead of Push them, like most people do. See this episode on YouTube for video demonstrations of these exercises.

Other Links mentioned:

• Marci D. Rosenberg article
• Ingo Titze article
• Balloon phonation exercises
• Mark Thress
• Book a lesson with me
• My vocal training course