The Grammys are approaching, will you be attending?  Do you want to attend but don’t know how?  Do you want to vote for music’s best, and think you’re qualified to do so?  Joining the Recording Academy is the way in to music’s biggest award show of the year, and also having the privilege to vote for its winners.  Being accepted into the Recording Academy is more challenging than it used to be, but if you’re a music professional, a lot of the challenge is simply knowing what the Recording Academy is looking for, and making sure they can find it.  Let’s dig in: Harvey M ..read more

If you’re a singer recording your own vocals in your home studio, you may have been told that your recordings sound “sibilant.”  What is ssssssibilianccccccce, you assssssssssk?  Today we’re joined by Fett, a Nashville-based producer/engineer and co-founder of Azalea Music Group, who will give us some tips for taming the beast we call sibilance. What is sibilance and why is it a problem?   Producer/Engineer Fett of Azalea Music Group Sibilance is an overly-pronounced consonant sound in a particular frequency range.  Typically you’ll hear sibilance on “s” or “sh” sound ..read more

As singers, it’s our job to deliver a message!  Sometimes that message might not have a single word, or might just have simple, repeated words.  Sometimes those words might be poetic, or obscure, or sometimes the words might need to be sung (or rapped) lightning fast!  In a time before the internet, we couldn’t look up the words to a song we couldn’t understand.  My mom teases me to this day about some of the words I thought I heard as a young child, like “so swallow your pie” in the song, “Lean On Me, ” which made a lot more sense to a kid than, “so swallow your pride.”&nb ..read more

The first and most obvious way to prepare for a performance is to warm up your voice.  That one goes without saying, so let’s discuss some other ways to get that voice ready to wail on stage. Hydrate. Simple right? Well, there are some liquids that can be helpful, and some that are harmful. Do you know which is which? Let’s start with another obvious choice here: water. But again, there’s a twist! Did you know cold, icy water is not good to drink before or during a performance? That’s right, ice water can tense up your vocal cords, and we want them relaxed and limber. Here are a few goo ..read more

Ok singers, I admit this one is a bit silly, but hear out my reasons why I am calling attention to this. Are you doing "singer's face" (yes, I made that term up) when you sing? Here are three reasons you should give it a try ..read more

Mollie Weaver is a recording artist and vocalist who has performed at the Grammys, Carnegie Hall, and on The Voice to name just a few or her amazing credits. She has also performed for - and with - some of the biggest singers, celebrities, and politicians on the planet in a different context - as a part of the most sought-after Party Bands in both LA and NYC. Mollie has agreed to dish some of her exciting experiences just for us here at Your Online Singing Coach!  Could this be the singing career for you?  Read on and decide for yourself. Some readers will have no idea what a Party ..read more

Learn how to sing with a breathy, airy, falsetto tone - a very popular and effect style tool in pop music today, used by artists like Olivia Rodrigo, Ariana Grande, and Camilla Cabello. Just don't overdo it! And I don't think I need to tell you, but if you use a candle when practicing, please be careful ..read more

The proof is in the pudding: seniors know how to rock.  The Rolling Stones, fronted by a 78-years-young Mick Jagger, raked in $115 million dollars in 2021 for their concert tour (#headjustexploded).  Tony Bennett, at 95, won his 19th Grammy in 2022. Today we meet once again with voice therapist, Mary Hanson, to discuss how our voices age as WE age, and some exercises to keep our voices cranking out the tunes.  At what age can singers expect to hear changes in their voices?  There isn’t any one benchmark age that singers can expect to see changes, as those changes tend to be ..read more

Your Online Singing Coach breaks down the four main types of vocal onsets for beginning a note: balanced or simultaneous, aspirated, glottal, and vocal fry. Learn which of these is preferred, which to be careful with, and why you might use different onsets ..read more

If you’ve ever watched a “vocal coach reaction” video on youtube, you’ve probably seen one of Elizabeth Zharoff’s.  She is an internationally acclaimed opera singer, producer, multi-genre vocal coach & guru, video game voice actor and YouTube star with over 800,000 subscribers to her channel, The Charismatic Voice.  I first met Elizabeth at a holiday party in LA several years ago. When we discovered we were both singers, her eyes twinkled with excitement as she made a very interesting comment about my facial structure for singing which really fascinated me.  Today, I am talk ..read more