How to write a Catchy Melody
Writing a Catchy Melody Emotional Connection: Think about the emotion or mood you want to convey. Different melodies evoke different ...
Songwriting Challenge
February Songwriting Challenge Download the pdf below to keep track of your songwriting each day!
Holiday Warmups
What’s the holidays without some singing? Warming up your voice along with good singing posture is so important for your ...
Vibrato “in style”
What is Vibrato? Vibrato is pitch fluctuation (with some volume fluctuation as well) that is very common in Western vocal ...
Setting the musical temperature
Singers are telling some kind of story with their words and melody. You might be singing about heartache, loss, betrayal, new ...
Affirmations for Musicians & Singers
As a professional singer songwriter, I deal with self doubt and negative thoughts daily. Growing up studying music and voice, ...
3 Essentials to Master Your Voice
In order to master your voice to sing with confidence, consistency and control, every singer should learn these three foundational ...
S.O.V.T for Singers
Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract What is a Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract? A Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract (SOVT) means there is some sort of ...
Music Lessons as Difficult as Sports
With added benefits For years, I haven’t understood the unbalanced devotion some people have to a sport for their children ...
Defining the “Belt” for Singers
What is Belting and what exactly should it sound like? Belting comes from the slang word “belt” which means to ...
Vocal Cord TLC
Are you a singer, actor, teacher? Does your job require a lot of talking? You will want to read on ...
Vocal Range
Your vocal range is the span of notes your vocal cords are capable of producing. Some people don’t know HOW ...
Why Singers Should Study Music
Improve Pitch Accuracy Studying scales and intervals will help you improve pitch accuracy. Better Communication with other Musicians Studying music ...
Refresh your Resolutions
We all need a refresher from time to time with our goals! I know the struggle of feeling like you’re ...
Music Making for Young Musicians-Tips for Parents
Do’s Don’t’s Be available to help your child. Your teacher will always welcome you to attend the music lesson with ...
The problem with Consonants
Consonants play an important role in separating syllables to create language. In the English alphabet, there are a total of ...
How To Control Your Voice When You Get Nervous
Psychologists tell us that we should use the energy of nervousness and turn it into EXCITEMENT. We should welcome it ...
Holiday Warmups
What’s the holidays without some singing? Warming up your voice along with good singing posture is so important for your ...
Vocal habits: Do’s & Don’ts
As we head into a new year, there are many new habits people like to implement. I always tell singers ...
Tis’ The Season of Giving
This time of year is one of my favorite times, as people come together and enjoy all that the holiday ...
Self Esteem Boosters
Let’s talk about self esteem! It’s an important topic as it affects our ability to be who we truly are ...
Keep Pursuing your Dreams
A little Monday motivation to get your week kicked off. Don’t ever beat yourself up for failing, because as long ...
Music Lessons: As Difficult as a Sport but with added Benefits
For years, I have never understood the unbalanced devotion some people have to a sport for their children which can ...
3 Essentials to Master Your Voice
In order to master your voice to sing with confidence, consistency and control, every singer should learn these three foundational ...
Compartir vs. Competir
Being in the world we live in with social media can be challenging for anyone but especially for artists. It’s ...
The Importance of Self Esteem
Let’s talk about self esteem! It’s an important topic as it affects our ability to be who we truly are ...
Your creativity is hungry!
Just like your body needs food to stay nourished, your mind and spirit do too! With the digital age, we ...
I hope you Dance
It’s always important to inspire others and music can do that for you. Here’s a cover of me singing I ...
The Queen of Country Music
We don’t have to guess why Dolly Parton is named the Queen of Country Music. Back in 1982, she won ...
Why study music?
Studying music such as scales & intervals will help you improve in pitch accuracy as a singer. Studying music, specifically ...
Freedom in Head Voice
When you study the voice, you’ll learn about how to get resonance in your voice. One of the key ingredients ...
Importance of Piano Lessons
There are so many benefits to studying music, specifically piano/keyboard. Studies show that kids who study piano all the way ...
You are Enough
Often we procrastinate on things because we don’t feel we are enough. When our self-esteem is higher, we feel better ...
Sing with POWER
Every singer wants to sing with power, color and freedom without hurting their vocal cords. Unfortunately, many singers don’t know ...
Transform as a Singer & Musician
Wondering what you can accomplish as a singer or keyboardist in 90-days? TRANSFORMATION doesn’t happen just by accident each day. No ...
Become the Best You
Let’s talk about what we say to ourselves. Believe it or not, this has a HUGE impact on your voice, ...
A New Year to Be
Happy 2021! It’s another year to celebrate all that you’ve accomplished and be excited for all that you want to ...
“The only thing better than singing is more singing.” Ella Fitzgerald
Written by Molly Tengwall I must say I agree with Ella, one of the greatest jazz singers of all time. ...
Step Up Where You’re At
“You have plenty of courage, I am sure,” answered Oz. “All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no ...
Unveiling your voice
WITHOUT A SOLID FOUNDATION, YOU’LL HAVE TROUBLE CREATING ANYTHING OF VALUE ~ERIKA OPPENHEIMER Recently, I came out with an ebook ...
Songwriting 101
“For a songwriter, you don’t really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to ...
2020….a year to Re-Think
YOU MUST LEARN A NEW WAY TO THINK BEFORE YOU CAN MASTER A NEW WAY TO BE. ~MARIANNE WILLIAMSON The ...
Staying on track
“When you have nothing to aim at, you have no reason to organize and master yourself. No goals, no growth, ...
Keys to Mastering Songs for Singers
Work smarter not harder It’s the saying that my 5th grade teacher used as our class motto and to this ...
YouTube Reaction Video
Always find a reason to laugh. It may not add years to your life, but it will surely add life ...
Difficulty Breeds Opportunity
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” Albert Einstein We are in an unprecedented time in all of history. It’s ...
Artists at work
Anything we aspire to do as an expression of our artisan soul requires inspiration and strength.~Erwin McManus Far too often ...
Release and energize
The world belongs to the energetic. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson During the the times we are living in, how are you ...
Imagine your future self
I’ve been doing a lot of reading on how high performers and creative people think and behave. There’s this famous ...
Your Future Self
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.~George Washington Carver In my ...
Preparation 101
In my last post, I shared the importance of preparation. Since Covid-19 hit, in many ways it hit our worldviews ...
Preparation
I often feel that life before we were put under house arrest with Covid-19 was a different life. When I ...
Artistry & Vision
Briana has been busy during this quarantine collaborating with other creatives both in LA & Minneapolis. She’s working with VisionQuest ...
Secrets to Unlocking Your Voice
5 Secrets To Unlocking Your Voice-Article featured in VisionQuest Sound Know Yourself –It’s important you become very comfortable with yourself. ...
