Singing Tips from Voice Teacher David Smith
As a voice teacher, my job is simple: help students improve from voice lesson to lesson. Most of my voice students take lessons for 1 to 3 years, though I have longer-term students – one for 8 years! - who continue voice lessons because they love music and enjoy working on their singing ability with me.
Unfortunately, there are scam artists out there claiming to turn you into a great pop star if you fork over a bunch of cash and do some pre-recorded warmups. Listen, I wish becoming a singer was that easy. It would have saved me a ton of time and money! But there’s a reason why artists talk about spending years and years of practicing and waiting tables before they make it. Becoming a great singer takes an incredible amount of hard work, focus, and yes, years of training before anyone will ever pay you to sing. While most people do not seek to be a professional singer, singing with a consistently pretty and accurate tone still requires a good deal of training. The best way to illustrate this is through an analogy. If you play sports on a semi-competitive level, you likely will ask an expert for assistance on part of your game. You may have no desire to be a professional yourself, but the advice and guidance an expert can provide will greatly speed your progress and make the sport more enjoyable because you can perform a certain task with far greater skill and ease. Even better, an expert can help you eliminate bad habits that hinder your progress as a player. The same goes for singing. A great voice teacher not only aids in the development of your instrument but ensures you do not develop bad habits. No pre-recorded warmup can give you the instantaneous feedback that is critical to actual learning. If you are visiting this website, it’s because you know this simple fact: you want to become a good singer, and the best way to do that is with a voice teacher who will advise and guide you as you work on your instrument. Singers in my voice lessons notice immediate improvement after a few lessons because I’m able to fix obvious issues with your technique right away. But the real making of a great singer comes in the continued devotion and work over years of practicing and lessons to iron out all the little details and techniques you acquire from lessons. Comments are closed.
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