Are you a vocal athlete? What does it take to change, grow and become excellent as a singer?

Posted on | September 20, 2007 | No Comments

For those of us studying, the holidays are upon us. I have limited spots at the moment for term three, please contact me to discuss any changes to your timeslot as soon as possible as I have people trying to find times when they can start lessons!

My holiday time will be a busy one of study for final assignments, and a trip to Ballarat for a conference. I am also hoping for a little down time. However, one thing I will not be breaking from is my singing. Voice conditioning is something which requires a little work everyday. Our voice is our instrument and needs to be constantly conditioned, shaped and cared for.  How many of us spend time thinking about the condition of our bodies, but spend no time at all thinking about the condition of our tiny, extremely clever voice muscles, yet expect them to perform intense, loud, hard, high singing, without daily conditioning. Would you go and run a marathon without preparation? Then why sing for three hours, once a week, and do nothing in between? Would you do a one hundred metre sprint in the Olympics without qualifying? Yet you may sing through a song without warming up, doing your vocalise (stretching and conditioning exercises), or voice function work to help you get efficiency in your voice. We are vocal athletes. You may not see the conditioning, in fact, we make it look easy – just like those Olympic athletes we all admire so much. Put in the work, and your reward will come!

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