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Episode 5 - Musical Theatre - An Interview With US Vocal Coach Rachel Lawrence: This episode is a must for anyone into Musical Theatre, as amazing coach Rachel gives us the hints and tips to succeed in the industry. Rachel has worked on Glee, Greys Anatomy and countless Broadway shows so she is more than qualified to help.She ta... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

53 min listen

Episode 7 - How To Build Strength In Head Voice | Recovering From Strain: Today we discuss techniques for building strength into head voice and the upper range to help you try and develop that intense sound needed for many contemporary genres.Also, a singer had found that they overdone it over the past month and was suffer... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

47 min listen

Episode 2 - Using Key Changes To Improve | Making Money From Singing: Welcome back! In this episode we look firstly at the use of key changing lines UP to experience lifting away from tension. Sounds mad but it's an often used tool in the vocal studio.With two related questions about making money from your voice we dis... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

36 min listen

Episode 9 - A slightly less boring podcast about breathing and breath management: In todays episode we explore breathing exercises, including how to take the correct breath and making last. We also delve into the issue of breath management, which is how the vocal cords resist the air and allow it through. This approach is often th... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

55 min listen

Episode 1 - Warm Ups | Vocal Compression: Chris & Steve introduce themselves, discuss the process of warming up and the benefits of vocal compression on stage. by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

54 min listen

Episode 13 - Singing Athletes With Line Hilton | The Demands On The Modern Singers Voice | Practice Strategies: Today we have the one and only Line Hilton on the show. Line is a very experienced vocal coach, a registered nurse, the chief editor of iSing magazine, a teacher trainer and the Education Director for the Vocology In Practice teacher network.... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

64 min listen

Episode 6 - Creating A Reliable Voice | What To Expect From Singing Lessons | How Often To Practice: In Episode 6 we look at just a few of the reasons why people experience inconsistency in their singing from one day to the next... it's such a massive subject it could fill it's own podcast!We also check out singing lessons and what to expect from th... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

45 min listen

Episode 18 - Confidence and NLP with Chip Jenkins: Here we are with episode 18 and we are privileged to have vocal coach and confidence guru Chip Jenkins with us. She answers questions on high note worries, stage fright and dealing with a difficult crowd.Get yourself on this episode if you get the ne... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

79 min listen

Episode 15 - Vocalzone: We are lucky to have on Vocalzone: legendary pastille makers over the past one hundred years.Their product has been amazingly popular with singers ever since they began production, and they are still now. Today, Vocalzone is a common addition to the ... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

44 min listen

Episode 8 - The Song Workshop | Beyonce | Robbie Williams: Todays episode is all about improving the tough notes in popular songs with practical advice on vowel adjustment.Todays songs are:Beyonce - If I Were A BoyRobbie Williams - AngelsBeyonce - Love On TopBig songs and commonly found difficult by our list... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

62 min listen

Episode 10 - Interview With Katie Holmes | Touring With Jessie J | Technique | Getting Into The Session Industry: We are very lucky to have the beautiful and talented Katie Holmes chatting to us about her wonderful career. Katie has featured on Craig Davids’ 3rd album, toured with Cee-Lo Green, Leona Lewis, Professor Green, Adele and Jessie J. She has al... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

57 min listen

Episode 4 - 3 Killer Tips To Quickly Fix Those High Notes: In this episode we talk about the different registers of the voice, how they work resonantly and muscularly, and how that can relate to voice training.With that background in mind we look at 3 awesome techniques that you can use to take the edge of t... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

42 min listen

Episode 35 - Brilliant Breathing Techniques with Robin de Haas: This is a big one. Breathing heavy weight Robin de Haas has some great information and techniques for you to try for balancing the voices fuel: breath. Many singers and humans suffer from 'High Residual Volume' in the lungs. Tune in to find out what ... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

47 min listen

Episode 23 - Mixed Voice Woes | Sustaining Longer Phrases: Welcome to Episode 23!Q&A - Today we're looking at someone is is struggling with connecting the bottom of their voice with the top of their voice, via the mixed voice. We're also looking at someone who is struggling to finish phrases tidily and loses... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

41 min listen

Episode 11 - Technique Isn't Everything | The Learning Domains | Be Ready!! | The Retreat: Todays episode is packed with advice and content that was picked up by us at the VocalizeU Winter Retreat in February 2014.There's great information and inspirational stories in this show that will definitely boost you if you're a singer, teacher or ... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

56 min listen

Episode 3 - Interview with top vocal coach Dave Stroud: In Episode 3 of The Naked Vocalist we are super lucky to have an amazing guests with us - Dave Stroud. Dave is a vocal coach in LA who works with some of the music industry's top artists as well as being a busy entrepreneur. Dave speaks to us about h... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

60 min listen

Episode 12 - Ben Maitland-Lewis Talks Success In Todays Music Industry | How To Present Yourself | Digital Business Cards: Todays episode has the pleasure of advice from the well informed Ben Maitland-Lewis. Ben is a graduate of Berkeley College of Music, a past director at SonyBMG Music Entertainment, an artist manager and the CEO of Presskit.to.He gives some valuable a... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

65 min listen

Episode 19 - Ian Davidson on Vibrato | Mucous | Tone Deafness: Today we have voice coach Ian Davidson on the show. He is a studio owner, a gospel choir expert, a senior lecturer and has a masters in music performance. Safe to say, he knows his onions!Join us for the search into developing vibrato, how to combat ... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

58 min listen

Episode 14 - Tips For A Beginner | Ageing Voices | A Strained Speaking Voice: Todays show is a wide and varied Q&A session! We help out with advice for Earl, who is, as he describes, 'not a singer really'. Also we talk about what happens to the singing voice as we age, and how to recover from, and offset, a tired voice from sp... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

59 min listen

Episode 16 - Scott Alan Interview | Songwriting | Self-Funding Albums: We were very lucky to attend Scotts show at the Hippodrome in London in May. We were even luckier to be able to interview him the next evening before his next show. If you're in to songwriting, the business and musical theatre style then you'll love ... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

37 min listen

Episode 17 - Essential Skills For Todays Vocalist | Joshua Alamu: Today's show is with Josh Alamu. Josh is a brilliant coach who’s popularity is growing to astronomical levels across the globe with every year that passes. He started out life as a backing vocalist working with artists like Joss Stone, and wa... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

73 min listen

Episode 21 - Q&A Featuring Pitching Problems | Singing Intervals | Pros & Cons Of Males Singing Female Repertoire: This episode is a Q&A featuring questions on pitching issues and singing intervals. There’s also a bunch about developing musicality and general music skills, as well as head voice development and finding your own way with covers. Keep in tou... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

33 min listen

Episode 20 - Ingo Titze Talks Basic Vocal Science | Belting | Vibrato: Today we are unbelievably honoured to have leading voice researcher Dr Ingo Titze giving us the lowdown on vocal science. This episode is definitely for those who want to get a deeper understanding of vocal function and resonance.Check out the blog p... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

57 min listen

Episode 41 - A Game Changer: Tongue Placement: Yes, that piece of muscle in the middle of your instrument can be a right pain in the neck (actually though). It's position is important for physiological reasons as well as acoustic reasons, and hence it's effect on the voice is massive! It's knowin... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

46 min listen

Episode 24 - Do you have nodules? Vocal health with Laryngologist Reena Gupta MD: This episode is not to be missed. Dr Reena Gupta is LAs top Laryngologist, helping professional voice users through vocal health problems and often surgery. She gives us the lowdown on nodules, and other vocal pathologies, and why and how they occur.... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

47 min listen

Episode 28 - Wendy Parr On Finding Your Sound, Staying In Love With Singing, Nerves And Songwriting: Well, this one is awesome then?!? Wendy Parr really brings some amazing content with her for this episode. If you any kind of performer, songwriter or casual singer you must listen to this. It will strike a chord in any vocalists heart! Wendy has ton... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

66 min listen

Episode 26 - Vibrators And Vocal Tension with Vibrant Voice Technique: We are very lucky to have the founders of the newest vocal massage technique on our show this time. David and Elissa from Vibrant Voice Technique!They tell us what to do when tension strikes, why it strikes and what will happen if you leave it too lo... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

36 min listen

Episode 39 - Singing Supps | Vocal Rehab | Gareth Malone: Today we're on about singing supplements... do they work? All those sprays and lozenges. What's the deal? Also, a listener question is featured: how do you coach someone back from a vocal operation or injury? It's a cautious approach and needs consid... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

44 min listen

Episode 34 - Jaime Vendera On Distortion | Pro Voice Care | Shattering Wine Glasses: We have coaching royalty on! Yes, Jaime is in the house. We get to chat to this great teacher, who's clients include James LaBrie of Dream Theater, about his colourful history as a rock teacher.Jaime also gives his his top tips when it comes to train... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

70 min listen

Episode 27 - John Henny with "The Quickest Way To Improve Your Singing"!: What a treat we have for you today. Mega-coach John Henny talks to us about his own brand of singing. John is steeped in years of experimenting with vocal science principles in voice training, and has arrived at a singular vowel as his main tool. The... by The Naked Vocalist | Advice and Lessons on Singing Technique, Voice Care and Style - Chris Johnson and Steve Giles

49 min listen

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