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Episode 18: How to Transform Your Voice Using The Singing / Straw™ Method with Whitney Nichole
Episode 18: How to Transform Your Voice Using The Singing / Straw™ Method with Whitney Nichole
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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Nov 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Our special guest is a vocal coach, studio owner, singer/songwriter and creator of the Singing / Straw™ & the S/S method which helps singers develop a healthier, stronger and more balanced voice.
She is the Founder and Lead Vocal Coach of Songbird Studios - a premier vocal coaching studio that offers singing lessons, voice lessons, vocal coaching, songwriting workshops, group classes, master classes, summer camps, and performance showcases in-person in San Francisco, California and online all over the world.
What You’ll Learn
Let us discover how The Singing / Straw™ is the next evolution in singing and how it changed Whitney Nichole’s life. She discusses how to use it in all of these more exciting, extreme ways of singing like belting and distortion.
Whitney shares how she came up with her dream product and how impactful and amazing this can be for your voice.
Whitney also shares some insights about retreats and conferences and how you're always going to get something out of it. She has this mindset that “I am going to learn so much and take so much from this, even if it's what I don't want to do.”
Things We Discussed
The Singing / Straw™ - The first of its kind: a patented, reusable, sustainable and customizable straw phonation tool set for singers, speakers, and vocalists that promotes vocal efficiency and reduces tension.
Straw phonation - Singing through a straw is a powerful “semi-occluded vocal tract”(SOVT) exercise, which means that as you vocalize, the air coming out of your mouth is partially blocked. This creates a resistance in the vocal tract, which sends energy back to the vocal folds and helps them vibrate more efficiently.
SOVT - stands for Semi Occluded Vocal Tract. A fancy way to say - the mouth is partially closed.
Connect with Whitney Nichole
Website (The Singing Straw)
Website ( The SongBird Studio)
Facebook
Instagram
Youtube
Twitter
Tiktok
Connect with Jason Tonioli
Website
Facebook
YouTube
Instagram
Spotify
Pandora
Amazon Music
Apple Music
She is the Founder and Lead Vocal Coach of Songbird Studios - a premier vocal coaching studio that offers singing lessons, voice lessons, vocal coaching, songwriting workshops, group classes, master classes, summer camps, and performance showcases in-person in San Francisco, California and online all over the world.
What You’ll Learn
Let us discover how The Singing / Straw™ is the next evolution in singing and how it changed Whitney Nichole’s life. She discusses how to use it in all of these more exciting, extreme ways of singing like belting and distortion.
Whitney shares how she came up with her dream product and how impactful and amazing this can be for your voice.
Whitney also shares some insights about retreats and conferences and how you're always going to get something out of it. She has this mindset that “I am going to learn so much and take so much from this, even if it's what I don't want to do.”
Things We Discussed
The Singing / Straw™ - The first of its kind: a patented, reusable, sustainable and customizable straw phonation tool set for singers, speakers, and vocalists that promotes vocal efficiency and reduces tension.
Straw phonation - Singing through a straw is a powerful “semi-occluded vocal tract”(SOVT) exercise, which means that as you vocalize, the air coming out of your mouth is partially blocked. This creates a resistance in the vocal tract, which sends energy back to the vocal folds and helps them vibrate more efficiently.
SOVT - stands for Semi Occluded Vocal Tract. A fancy way to say - the mouth is partially closed.
Connect with Whitney Nichole
Website (The Singing Straw)
Website ( The SongBird Studio)
Youtube
Tiktok
Connect with Jason Tonioli
Website
YouTube
Spotify
Pandora
Amazon Music
Apple Music
Released:
Nov 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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