The Singing Self Blog
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The Singing Self is a comprehensive, guided body/voice/self learning journey that improves your singing voice from the inside out! I'm Robert Sussuma, creator of The Singing Self Program. This program is my valentine to every singer and voice teacher who's tried all of the popular vocal techniques out there
The Singing Self Blog
5M ago
Even if you're working with a teacher, you're always teaching yourself to sing! And of course, you can teach yourself to sing well... if you know how ..read more
The Singing Self Blog
6M ago
We think we know what voice training is: endless exercises and tasks to master, lots of practicing and perfecting... but no! There's another way ..read more
The Singing Self Blog
7M ago
Breath cannot be seen as independent or causal within the vocal system. Doing so can have detrimental effects ..read more
The Singing Self Blog
7M ago
Voice teaching is complicated, but with simple guiding principles you can go from average instructor to great somatic vocal learning facilitator in no time ..read more
The Singing Self Blog
1y ago
We think we know what teaching is, we think we know how to teach well, but is it possible that the whole premise of teaching is in need of some questioning? I think so. Here's a whole case for learning to "teach" without teaching at all ..read more
The Singing Self Blog
1y ago
Most singing approaches out there are futzing around with the "parts and pieces" of the system as if that were enough to organize and coordinate the entire system for complex actions. It's insane. But, there is another way ..read more
The Singing Self Blog
1y ago
Most of us aren't aware of phonemes and their incredible power to bring about vocal awareness and learning. And if we are aware of phonemes it's usually related to diction. But there's so much more and in this blog I'll let you in on a few of those phonemic secrets ..read more
The Singing Self Blog
1y ago
We talk a lot about releasing and mobilizing the tongue, but there are two other crucial topics less-well understood: how to hold it when at rest and just what to do with it in order to optimize its function in action. Let's explore both ..read more
The Singing Self Blog
1y ago
Why is it that we seem to have to recover vocally long after we've already recovered from some other impactful event - grief, surgery, break-up, move? Why is there often a second recovery after the first? There could be lots of reasons, but for sure there's one sure-fire way to recover and keep recovering and it's... PLAY ..read more
The Singing Self Blog
1y ago
We think it's best to do more all the time: sing more, practice more, exercise more, etc. in order to get better. But, that just isn't the case! Here's another way to get more by doing less ..read more