Becoming Sound with Davin Youngs

We all want more for our voice and want to be able to do thing with it that we currently cannot. But, what if I told you the path to change with your voice was learning to love what is? What if I told you your voice was perfect, right here right now and you didn't need to change a damn thing about it. Would you believe me?  Make sure to subscribe to The Sound of You You can learn more about Davin'...

What was the earliest dream you remember having for your voice? What were the specifics of it? When did you start to believe it wasn't possible? When did you give it up? In this episode, Davin explores why revisiting your earliest dreams for your voice might just unlock the energy you need to free your whole life. Make sure to subscribe to The Sound of You You can learn more about Davin's coaching...

What if you didn't have to worry about singing in tune? What if worrying about singing in tune might be the reason you're singing out of tune? In this episode Davin shares some context around pitch and intonation and shares why pitch issues are always coordination issues... and why the first step in fixing them might be as simple as not worrying about them at all.

One of the requirements of the Free Your Voice, Free Your Life cohort is something called a "Singer's Date" modeled after Julia Cameron's "Artist's Date" from her book The Artist's Way. In this episode, Davin shares what the singer's date is and why taking yourself on one might just awaken within you The Call of the Singer. This call is simply to honor your inner singer and share your voice with o...

Shoutout to friend and listener Leilani, who provided the inspiration for this episode in the form of a question: "How do I know I'm making progress on my voice journey?" A rich question this is, because with the voice it can be hard to know that you're actually getting better. However, in this episode Davin provides key technical insights on what it means to make progress and offers guide posts t...

In this mini episode of the Sound of You, as a source of inspiration, Davin shares a voicemail he received from a former client. She shares how she was singing in the car, singing and a sound came out that was 🤯. Davin expands upon her message and offers a reminder that this is possible for you, too, with your voice. So, what are you waiting for? Make sure to  subscribe  to The Sound of You and f...

Carolyn Brown aka Ivy Eld is a singer-songwriter based in Asheville, NC. She recently released her very first EP, a triumph after many years of her inner critic and life circumstances getting in the way. In this episode, she shares about her journey as a singer, the origins of her album, and why grief in the midst of losing her brother was the ultimate catalyst to set her inner artist free and com...

Recently a client sent Davin a clip from a reality television show that showed a singer whose singing voice sounded very different than their speaking voice, inspiring the discussion around "How to find your authentic voice?" In this episode Davin breaks down what we're really talking about when we're talking an "authentic voice" and he shares specifics about what it means to honor the natural fun...

In this episode Davin welcomes his client, friend a colleague, Stephanie Zeller . Stephanie is a transformational coach and has been pursuing voice work as a part of her own journey of growth and transformation. Stephanie has a remarkable story of flipping the script on a life that was pointing her down a limited path. She shares how she took the necessary and courageous step of leaving her career...

"How long is this gonna take?" is a totally reasonable question! But, in this episode, Davin breaks down for you what the presence of this question might actually mean on your voice journey and why expanding your understanding around the timeline of your voice might actually be the most efficient path to finding more change in your voice. Make sure to  subscribe  to The Sound of You and follow Dav...

What are the top three technical desires people have for their voice? A better handle on their breath, access to more notes... and more overall control. In this episode, Singer  and  Voice Coach, Davin Youngs breaks down for you what control really means with our voice and why we all want it. He also shares why control is a tricky word to navigate and why the experience of control doesn't resemble...

Singer  and  Voice Coach, Davin Youngs is back to share with you some of his best observations about what it takes to actually move into your freest voice and freest life. In this episode he shares observations about clients who come to him in the midst of crisis or on the precipice of crisis and how that might just be a necessary catalyst for real change. He also shares some behavior traits he ha...

In this episode, Singer and Voice Coach, Davin Youngs unpacks a quotation that has become very meaningful to him and the singers he works with on their voice journey. Using "To Know the Sound Is to Make the Sound" as he guide, he shares the functionality of making different types of sounds in our body and what it means to actually know certain sounds and not know others. Further he shares why we a...

Singer, voice coach and sound healing artist, Davin Youngs is back for season 2 of The Sound of You , his podcast on the magical mystery experience that is the voice! In this episode Davin shares a bit about how and why he is coming back to podcasting and how he learned to show up in this world more fully as a singer, and subsequently as a coach. He also shares why calling yourself a singer is a p...

In this bonus episode to finish out season one, the Doctor is in and he is delivering the medicine of truth. Dr. Sims is a treasure to the voice community, not only for his wealth of knowledge regarding the technical aspects of the voice as a body based instrument, but also for his ability to communicate with and treat the whole person. Having worked with some of your favorite (and most famous) vo...

Few singers or teachers have done more to illuminate singing, and specifically improvisational singing as a tool in liberation, than Rhiannon . As a long time collaborator of Bobby McFerrin and a seasoned singer, performer and teacher, Rhiannon is a wealth of wisdom and wonder. In this beautiful conversation, she generously offers the story of her own path toward freedom with insights from the wom...

Andrew Kerr counts getting hit by a truck to be one of the best things that ever happened to him. In this conversation, the singer-songwriter shares how that fateful day pointed him down a path toward not only transforming his life, but freeing his voice.

Tim McIlrath has been singing and screaming with the band Rise Against for more than 20 years and despite the band’s success, Tim’s vocal journey has been complicated. In episode three, Tim tells how he learned to sing and scream in the 90’s punk and hardcore scene, what it’s really like to tour for so many years and the process of disassembling his voice and instrument so that he could have incre...

Beth Kuhn had a dream of performing on Broadway, and when she had almost made it there, in her words, her voice “fell apart at the seams.” In this conversation, Beth generously shares her voice journey, from pursuing a career in musical theater to ending up living with her parents nursing her voice back to health to finally finding a freer, healthier and more authentic voice.

So, what's this podcast even about? In Ep. 1, Davin explains the origin of The Sound of You and what it means to tell the story of one's voice. He speaks specifically to being a voice coach for 20 years and realizing the problems people suffered in their voice often mirrored other areas of their lives. He then tells the story of his voice and how it interweaves with his own coming out story. The e...