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Jeannette LoVetri
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Repeating The Wrong Things
Recently, I had occasion to listen to students being taught behind the closed doors of a studio in a building where there were many studios...

Taking Things For Granted
It is easy to take some kinds of information for granted. We all assume that “everybody knows that”. Of course, nowadays, even basic assumptions are...

Natural Ability
I have written previously about talent. My definition is being able to do something very well with little effort and hardly any training. Singing is...

The Cosmos
Think of the complexity of most human endeavors. Think of what the brain has to do to coordinate swimming, or skiing or translating freely from...

If You Don’t Sing Well and You Don’t Know That
I have had some people come to my studio over the years with all manner of tension and distortion in their sound and vocal production...

Head Down, Chest Up, Mix
How do you mix if you don’t “just mix”? What do you think of to get a mix? Is it lighter or brighter or both?...

High Notes
No one gets paid for low notes unless maybe he is Amonastro or a Russian Bass. People like high notes. Over the decades the fascination...

Why You Can’t Dabble
It’s very hard to be kinda sorta good at something and also kinda sorta good at something else. At some point, it is easier to...

Head Register
The natural condition of head register is that it is weak, most particularly in the lowest pitches. This means that it is typically also breathy....

Bad Choices
There is currently a new, and somewhat deadly, trend amongst teachers of singing who are open to the idea that belting is not harmful. It...