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Jeannette LoVetri
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Warm-Up Exercises
I often see people asking about the best warm-up exercises. There are no best warm-up exercises. Many people do warm-up exercises because they think it’s...
American Voices
Watched the PBS show tonight curated by Renee Fleming. All kinds of singers, students, scientists, teachers. Very nice line-up of experts and performers, showing the...
Free Singing
I know quite a few people who teach singing who do not know what “free singing” means. Would it be so that if you can...
Life Experience
Is a doctoral degree the equivalent of life experience? Is it better than life experience? Can you learn in a university what you cannot learn...
“Classical” Singing Technique
What, exactly, is “classical” singing technique? If you put 15 high-level classical singing teachers from universities or conservatories in a room and asked them what elements...
Pseudo Singing
There is an epidemic of breathy, soft singing in jazz (and some other styles), often without vibrato. The assumption is that this kind of sound...
Willingness To Do The Work
Some people are simply not willing to work on their own singing even though they teach. They are not willing to put in the time...
Relying On Outside Help
If you get used to relying on Autotune or the latest version thereof, or on the sound man or the microphone, the monitors, the click...
Too Small To Notice
Those of you who are familiar with classical singing may remember that when the baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was new to the scene, he was widely...
Re-Working An Injured Voice
If someone is recovering from a vocal pathology or injury and is also a professional singer, they need a very special kind of help. The...