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Brain Before Voice

It’s been a long time since my last post – life gets busy that way! But something has started recurring in my current teaching/coaching which is my cue to add a new tip! The subject of Brain Before Voice has

Jo August 4, 2011April 4, 2020 Barbershop Blog Read more

Personal Improvement – Commit To Change

If you’re doing a vocalise for a single reason, you’re wasting your time. Find 3. Here’s a cheat’s list: posture, breathing, phonation, resonance, articulation, intonation/tuning, vowel shapes, chord synchronisation… you get the idea! To practice at home and get results:

Jo December 29, 2008June 9, 2022 Barbershop Blog Read more

Growth Mindset

Just read a great article on how different mindsets affect achievement. The Growth Mindset is one where intelligence and ‘talent’ are recognized as requiring a lot of effort and hard work to bring to fruition. A Fixed Mindset believes that

Jo December 2, 2007November 18, 2014 Barbershop Blog Read more

Building Unit Sound

Here’s one way of looking at Unit Sound. Listening Skills provide the foundation to all good ensemble singing. You need good ears to hear and adjust to the others in the group, but you’ll find that as you get better

Jo November 3, 2007June 9, 2022 Barbershop Blog Read more

The Secret To Success

What is the secret to success? 1. Decide how you define success, then 2. Be totally committed to CHANGE in order to achieve it, then 3. BE successful, ALL THE TIME. For example, if my friend wants to succeed at

Jo October 15, 2007April 4, 2020 Barbershop Blog Read more

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