The Aligned Singer

Here's a little bit of real talk. Your voice should feel GOOD when you're done singing. If you want to walk out of a rehearsal, a practice session, or a performance with your voice feeling fresh, or if you want to go out to dinner after a show and talk with everyone without a tired, hoarse voice, you're going to love this edition of The Aligned Singer. Today is all about the most commo...

You have longer breath than you think when you sing. I promise you! When have you ever run out of breath talking with a friend? Singing a long phrase can feel just as natural. If you want to sing all the way to the end of a long phrase with ease, if there's a line in your aria or song where you'd love to have breath left over, or if you want every phrase you sing to feel full, connected, a...

There's a way to sing your high notes with so much more ease, and it doesn't include trying harder, pushing harder, or reaching further for them. That's not how your voice actually works! If you want high notes that feel free and easy, if you want the top of your range back after it's felt out of reach, or if you want to walk into a big high note phrase feeling open and relaxed, yo...

How long does it really take to make a lasting change in your voice? If you want the sound in your head to finally show up when you sing, if you want your voice at its best for your next audition, or if you want to sing at a professional level and you'll do what it takes to get there, you're going to love this edition of The Aligned Singer. Today is all about how long it really takes to tr...

There's one reason a shift in your voice actually sticks, and it's not the exercise itself. It's how many times you repeat it. If you want the fix from a great lesson to still be there next week, if a breakthrough in your voice has ever disappeared on you, or if you're ready for a new pattern to finally become your natural sound, you're going to love this edition of The Aligned Singer. This is par...

Here's something I want to shout from the rooftops: singing vowels and speech vowels are vastly different. It's such a simple concept, and it can change your whole voice. If you want a bigger sound, if you want more beauty in your sound, or if you want more ease in your high notes, you're going to love this edition of The Aligned Singer. This is part 4 of Build Your Dream Voice, my 5-p...

Most singers don't know this, and that's shocking to me. The way you sound when you're warming up your voice and the way you sound when you're performing are two vastly different sounds. If you want to walk into a rehearsal or an audition sounding your best, or if you want the sound you hear in your head, the one you know deep down you're capable of making someday, to finally show up in your voice...

That high note that feels stuck and strained every single time you get to it. The low notes that seem to disappear on you. The spot in the middle of your range where everything feels too pressed, too pushed, too forward. You run the phrase again. You mark it in your score. You come back to it tomorrow and it's still sitting there. Here's the good news. It's still sitting there because...

There's one thing you can do every day that moves your voice toward your dream sound faster than anything else. If you want a high note that feels free and easy, if there's a habit you'd love to replace with a better one, or if you've been running the same phrase over and over and you're ready for it to finally click, this one is for you. This is part 1 of Build Your Dream Voic...

Welcome to part two of my series on how to cure your stage fright. If you get stage fright when you perform, if you have anxiety when you audition, or if you're afraid to sing in front of anyone at all, even your family or your roommates, this one is for you. Today I'm handing you two exercises you can use immediately, and we do both of them together right here in the episode. I used to ha...

If there's something about your voice that bugs you, something you wish you could do better, a note that used to be there and isn't right now, I want to show you where that actually gets fixed. Because it's almost certainly not where you've been looking for it, especially if you've been feeling stuck. The way you sing your repertoire (aka songs) will keep being the way you sing your repertoire unt...

Have you ever felt like a note in your range just isn't there anymore? Or noticed your voice feels wildly out of control, either too soft to project or so loud it's like you're blasting a trumpet with no quieter gears to reach for? Maybe your low notes have started fading, and you wish you could sing with that deeper, richer sound you know is in there. Or your high notes feel screechy,...

Picture this: the curtain closes, you take your bow, and you’re handed a paycheck for the gig you just booked. You go home. Then what? What you do next, behind the scenes, has everything to do with how much more work you get to say yes to, and how far you get to take your career. If money is the one part of your singing career nobody ever taught you how to handle, you’re not alone. This episode gi...

If you've ever wondered whether it's actually possible to become a professional singer when you're starting with no money, no connections, and no roadmap... this episode is for you. If you've ever felt behind because you didn't grow up around professional musicians... because your family doesn't understand your dream... or because it seems like everybody else has connections you don't, I need you...

One of the biggest shifts you can make to reach success faster as a singer has nothing to do with your vocal technique. It has everything to do with how you show up. If your dream is to sing professionally, you might think you'll start acting like a professional once you're getting paid to perform consistently. But what if you've got it backwards? Going pro isn't something someone else gives you w...

If you want your voice to sound different a year from now than it does today, one practice matters more than almost anything else: vocalizing .Many singers think vocalizing is just something you do before you start singing. A few scales. A few lip trills. Maybe an exercise your teacher gave you during a lesson. Then you move on to your repertoire. But vocalizing isn't simply the thing you do b...

Have you ever caught yourself saying something about your voice that actually ends up limiting you? Like I can't sing high notes. I'm not good at belting. My mix has always been weak. This part is always hard for me. What if those thoughts aren't just describing your singing, what if they're actually influencing it? If you've ever felt stuck in the same vocal technique problem,...

Performance anxiety, audition anxiety, stage fright, whatever name you give it, is one of the most frustrating things a singer can experience. You work so hard on your voice. You prepare. You practice. You learn the music. You show up ready. And then the moment arrives. You get to your audition or performance, and suddenly your heart is racing, your thoughts are spiraling, and your body feels like...

If your high notes feel strained, pushed, stuck, screamy, or like they’ve completely disappeared lately, this episode is going to help you understand what may actually be going on in your voice. Because most of the time, the high notes themselves are not actually the problem. And I know that may sound surprising, especially if the top part of your range is currently making you want to throw yourse...

Do you ever wonder why some singers seem to keep attracting great opportunities (maybe even the ones YOU want) while other singers seem stuck in the same frustrating cycles no matter how hard they work? That’s what we’re talking about today: Manifesting. Manifesting isn't waaay out there. At The Aligned Singer we're approaching this conversation in an extremely grounded and practical way....

Rejection is one of the hardest parts of being a singer. It comes with the territory of pursuing your career as a performer, but me saying that does not make it easier on your emotions when you’re the one living through it. You know the drill: auditions that you prepared like crazy for, even paid to have coached, self tapes that took hours of preparation only to hear silence after submitting, call...

Have you ever walked off stage after a performance or audition and immediately started tearing yourself apart? Fixating on the one note you didn’t like? Replaying every tiny mistake? Convincing yourself the whole thing was terrible, even when everyone else loved it? This episode is about that spiral. And if you’ve experienced it, you are SO not alone. Today we’re talking about something singers ar...

Have you ever felt like you were stuck in one gear in your singing? Pushing. Pressing. Forcing the sound out. And wondering why it’s not working? Today I’m sharing a concept I’ve been waiting to teach on this podcast. It comes from bel canto, a vocal tradition that goes back to the 1800s, and it applies to every genre of singing, not just classical. My greatest bel canto teacher gave it to me in o...

Have you ever reached for something bigger in your singing life and found yourself flooded with voices saying “I’ve never done anything like that before”? That feeling like it’s over your head? That might actually be your sign that you are ready. You are having a surprising but completely normal reaction to growth. And in this episode, we’re going to do something about it. I’m sharing one of the m...

If you've ever found yourself stuck in the daily grind of your singing dreams and losing sight of the bigger picture, you're going to love what we're talking about today. Your voice matters — and I don't just mean your singing — I mean what you choose to give voice to through your work. Today we're diving deep into some inner work, the work that happens behind the scenes inside yourself that helps...