Practical Tips for Singers

March 7th, 2010

Wendy Morgan

Wendy Morgan

Singers and everyday folks can benefit from these practical tips:

  • Warm up your voice – if you don’t have a voice teacher or currently don’t use a vocal technique keep in mind that your vocal chords and the surrounding area are all muscles.  Just as you wouldn’t go to the gym or jump into any physical activity without a warm-up, you shouldn’t jump into full-out singing a song without warming up first.  At the very least hum the song through from beginning to end before singing it.
  • Stay hydrated - drink plenty of water!  The vocal chords can get dried out in the Winter months due to the cold air and lack of humidity.  In the Summer months the air outside is better due to rain and humidity but unfortunately going in and out of air conditioning can cause the vocal chords to dry and tighten.  So drink, drink, drink.
  • Open your mouth and say AH - make sure you do alot of yawning and feel the back of the throat open when you do.  I like using the yawn sigh (makes a good warm-up too.)  Just yawn and say AH keeping the tongue forward as you do (tip of tongue rests against the back of the bottom teeth) while going from one note to another.  It sounds like a siren.  AH is the most open vowel sound so also pay attention to your vowels while singing and always lean towards the more open sounding vowel.

Thanks and stay tuned for more practical tips for the singer from Wendy Morgan and The Vocal Gymnasium.

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November 16th, 2009

WendyMorganbandwithOZHey Everyone and Welcome to my newest Blog!

Thanksgiving is coming and this is the time to think Thankful thoughts.

I am thankful for all of you and especially those who made the show!!  For those of you that didn’t make it that night I still love you and I want to share some of the fun. I have attached a photo from my Green Dolphin Street gig and a review by someone (a very accomplished musician by the way) who was in the audience that night. Singing for me is a source of happiness – so it makes sense that I teach which is such a wonderful gift. Being able to help others achieve with their voices their full potential.

Review of November 6th show at The Green Dolphin – Chicago, IL

We really enjoyed Wendy and her ROCKIN’ band!

Wendy has such presence on stage!  Entertaining goes far beyond singing, and she shows how it’s done.  Every moment she shows the audience that there is nowhere she’d rather be than movin’ to the music right

here, right now, and making us feel that way, too.

She makes it look so easy but I can see the hours of dance classes that enable her to have that fluidity of movement. She’s a pro and it’s so much fun to watch her. It was too bad we had early commitments this morning as we would have loved to catch her second set.

This was Wendy’s best band that we’ve ever seen.

The drummer (Rich Stizel) is spectacular for creating a powerful groove without overpowering the other instruments and voice and he, too, is an entertainer.  You watch his face and you can FEEL his complete concentration on the beat, especially

when he chooses to lay out for a few beats and then make an explosive reentry (with his genius being that he doesn’t steal the focus from Wendy in doing this but boosts the energy of the ensemble).

The bass player (Chris Clemente) is also a genius of the grooves they played.  Such intricate bass lines performed effortlessly, Her guitarist (Darryl Boggs)

no need to say anything – he’s always been terrific.  The keyboard player (Kevin Smith) played just what was needed – I really liked what he did and, like the

others, he didn’t ever steal the focus but was part of the ensemble that supported Wendy like a 747 taking off – smooth yet incredibly powerful and unstoppable We’re looking forward to the next one!

John E. Fish, Ltd. Deerfield, IL

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