7 Secrets to Developing a World Class Singing Voice

As a vocal coach of over 3 decades from my studio in New York City, one of my biggest passions is helping singers and vocalists improve their voices and develop a world-class singing voice. These are my top tips, blogs and workshops that can help you improve your voice exponentially. Understanding how the voice works, how to take care of it and improve it is the key to making your voice grow and evolve into something that can move others from singing at your local church or on a big stage.

The truth is, every singer has one wish. To have a voice that touches people. I too had that dream. I went from being an average singer to getting a standing ovation at Town Hall in New York City. Here are my top tips to help you sound better and make your dreams come true.

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1. Take care of your voice

Your voice is an instrument that is housed inside your body. Caring for your voice makes a huge difference in the quality of your sound, the endurance of your performance and the overall consistency of your voice. Watching your diet, hydrating, eating the right things, releasing tension and stress, and overall vocal care.

Here are my top blogs on this subject:

6 Tips for Singers to Take Care of Their Throat
The Three Day Rule: Performance Prep for Singers
7 Steps to Healing Your Singing Voice and Never Losing Your Voice Again
10 Tips For How to Keep Your Singing Voice Healthy On the Road

2. Train your voice

Vocal technique training is the key to unlocking your hidden potential and developing a powerful and emotional voice. Singers are like athletes. Our instrument is inside of our bodies. Vocal training reduces strain and improves vocal production – and for the singer who is driven in pursuit of excellence, can even builds a world class voice.

Here are my top blogs on this subject:

Top 5 Secrets to Improve Your Singing Voice
Voice Lesson: 5 Quick Tips to Sing Better High Notes
How to Belt Without Destroying Your Vocal Cords (Top 5 Techniques)
A Holistic Vocal System to Build a Strong + Healthy Singing Voice

3. Heal your voice from trauma or vocal issues:

Here are my top blogs on this subject:

How To Release Tension And Stress In The Larynx & Throat
7 Ways to Clear Up A Blocked Throat Chakra
How Trauma Affects the Singing Voice and the Path to Healing
How Trauma and Emotional Blocks Affect the Singing Voice

Get the replays of one of our top workshops on trauma:
Vocal Workshop on Trauma, the Voice + the Path to Healing

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4. Fully develop your musical potential and your ear

Singers must have great ears. Here are my top tips to improve your musicality and ear. I want to point out that this is not just for beginning singers. This is for singers at all stages of your career. To be successful you will want to always improve your craft. I once got a request from a famous singer who didn’t know how to read music to help her. It’s not uncommon to have holes in your musical development. Established singers and artists are constantly improving and upleveling their voices, musicianship and craft.

1. Learn new scales to improve pitch and ear – also helps with writing melody.
2. Play an instrument. It’s always great to learn a new instrument to stoke the fires of your musicality.
3. Develop strong rhythm by singing and playing to a “click” or metronome. You’ll know when you have arrived when the metronome is inside your body.
4. Study music theory to enhance your songwriting skills, chord progressions and melody writing.

5. Get skilled at recording great vocals in your home studio

This is one of the best investments you can make in your career.

1. Get a great home set up so you can record great vocals at home.
2. Become a ninja at recording, editing and tuning your vocals.
3. Learn how to build great vocal arrangements to improve your recordings and performances and get paid as a vocalist.

Get the replays of our top workshops:

Workshop Replay: Vocal Arranging and Production. Comes with our Recording and Editing Vocals PDF and our recommended home studio set up list.
Workshop Replay: The Art of Background Vocals and Singing Harmonies.

Here are my top blogs on this subject:

10 Tips For Recording Vocals Like a Pro at Your Next Studio Session
How to Make Your Voice Sound Like Your Favorite Records
5 Secrets Record Labels Use to Get Powerful Chart-Topping Vocals

6. Develop your vocal sound + style

You don’t have to have the best voice in the room, but you do have to have a memorable one.

Here are my top blogs on this subject:

Singing with Authenticity and Ease: 3 Steps to Find your Natural Voice
6 Ways to Sing With More Emotion, Feeling and Expression in Performance
Techniques & Tricks to Sing With More Emotion and Confidence
5 Vocal Performance Tips for Singers to Impress and Inspire Your Audience
5 Secrets to Singing Better High Notes at Your Next Live Show Post Covid

Get my Ultimate Performer Tools & Techniques Guidebook here.
Get my Vocal Resource Library that comes with my Mastering a Song advice here.

7. Learn the business and build a strong and positive mindset

Building a career as a singer and musician is not a “reasonable” career path. Not everyone has this crazy dream but you do! You won’t find much support out there for your dream, so it’s even more important to learn the business and create a strong and positive mindset.

Here are my top blogs on this subject:

22 Reasons Why Musicians Get Stuck and the Solutions to Getting on Track
The 9 Steps to a Successful Musician Roadmap and Making A Living Making Music
Singer Mindset Talk: How to Build Confidence From the Inside Out

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Want to work with us? We offer private 1:1 sessions for vocal technique, vocal health, vocal arranging + production, artist development, songwriting, record production guidance, and career strategy. We also have a label services company where we help artists make the records of their careers and build their brands. Set up a CCVM Consult here.

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