What if acceptance is more useful than confidence? + FBSB Class this Sunday! For a time in my life, I was overweight. I also didn't dance well (according to what other people told me). When I would dance, I often felt a lot of shame over how I look, both my weight at the time ..read more

Do You Sing to Avoid Mistakes?  How do you respond when you make a mistake? Do you tighten up, do you stop everything to fix it? Do you enjoy it and turn it into a "happy accident"?Confidence in singing, is partly, a choice...a choice to allow yourself to potentially make a mistake. The key here ..read more

What's the Minimum Time Needed to Develop Your Singing?  When I first started teaching, I thought every student should practice at least 30min a day, to get better. Then I noticed something interesting...The students that practiced with commitment, every day, without fail...they did get better, but not as much as the students that practiced every couple ..read more

What if Singing Felt Better as You Got Better? One of the most common myths with singing, is that once you are sounding better, you will feel better about your singing and singing will feel better...in reality...I've had first-time students that sound great in their singing already, but feel terrible about their singing. I've worked with ..read more

How to Leave the Lack-of-Confidence Cycle Have you ever had the experience of singing, judging how good or bad you sang something and then singing again, and again, and again while your singing gets worse and worse...or feels worse even if it sounds better?In this video, we'll look into the cycle of "practicing" singing that ..read more

The Synergistic Singing Studio Has Moved!  Hey y'all! I'm excited to announce that the Synergistic Singing studio has moved! And...or the first time, I'm in collaboration with another long time local business, Austin Strings! It feels sooo good to have musicians, music teachers and local music businesses around me ?  Here's the new address:  SynergisticSinging  Plaza Cortez #201, 13276 Research Blvd, Austin ..read more

Write Your First Piano Melody in 10min or Less  If you know nothing, or almost nothing, about how music works, could you actually write a melody on piano in 10minutes or less? Yerp! and in this video, I'll show you how. Since I learned piano through a mix of teacher-guided lessons and teaching myself, I ..read more

My Story with Piano...My first keyboard was a hand-me-down keyboard from the 80's that my brother had given me after he lost interest in piano. As a misfit 13 year old who had just moved from another country, I found myself with long stretches of time, sitting on the couch, playing random notes on the ..read more

Video Summary: 0min Where I started from with singing...2:30min...My first life-changing lesson with a Juliard teacher and an Alexander Technique Teacher...3min 55sec  Does talent even exist? 6min "I've lost my talent, what happened?!" 7min Talent, as a label, has distinct disadvantages...even for those who "have talent".8min 30sec : Why I don't actually like it when someone tells me ..read more

 Growing up, I always was willing to try harder. I tried hard. I thought sheer effort and force of will was what life was about. What singing slowly brought me to realize, was when trying harder to get better is actually what's in the way of getting better. Some skills require increasing effort, like lifting ..read more