Singing with your true voice.
I'm currently planning a five-week class to teach at my church that will encourage people to get to know their true voices, and to be...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Nov 20
- 3 min
Practicing vs. Performance: How can the two be more similar?
I've been teaching a collegiate vocal pedagogy class this semester, and it's been an absolute blast. I have a great class who asks really...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Nov 13
- 4 min
Passing down the curse of knowledge
Sharing isn't always caring, if recent research is to be believed. Especially when it comes to having a more thorough knowledge of the...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Nov 5
- 3 min
Your voice sounds weird, and I love it!
I don't know any singer who hasn't struggled with how they sound at one time or another. Indeed, insecurity and self-judgment seem to be...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Jul 9
- 4 min
Potential vs. Skill vs. Talent
When most people hear good singing, the comment that follows is some form of, "Wow! You are really talented!" But what does this really...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Jul 2
- 4 min
Is Zoom fatigue still a thing? Your voice may think so.
This time three years ago, most of us were teaching exclusively online, Zoom was suddenly the most important tool in everybody's toolbox,...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Jun 4
- 2 min
When the wrong sensations are oh so right.
Singing is a constant act of monitoring what's happening in the body and the environment and determining how to adjust it. So much of...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Apr 16
- 4 min
So many choices! Which SOVTE is right, right now?
SOVTEs have become all the rage in voice studios, and for good reason. There's good science behind them, and singers have found they can...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Apr 9
- 3 min
Get to know your best breathing friend: The diaphragm
We've all heard it. Heck, I just heard it from a high school student a week and a half ago. She wanted to learn how to better "breathe...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Apr 2
- 3 min
Science-y Bells and Whistles: Are They Worth It?
When I was doing my doctorate, I spent a whole lot of time in the vocology lab, working with software and tools that we used for research...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Mar 5
- 4 min
Vocal efficiency isn't what you think it is.
Vocal efficiency has been a bit of a buzzword in pedagogy in the last few years. We can talk about it all the time in voice lessons, but...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Nov 20, 2022
- 6 min
When is efficiency a problem?
When I was doing my PhD in pedagogy and voice science, so much of the conversations we had in my department around teaching singing had...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Nov 8, 2022
- 3 min
Pay attention to THIS! No wait, THAT!
Teaching singers is more than just singing through songs over and over and over. Holistic singing lessons includes combining neuro...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Nov 1, 2022
- 4 min
Goals for the Casual Client
There's a big industry around goal-setting and planning, and much of the mindset of the culture of goal setting has crept into the voice...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Sep 27, 2022
- 5 min
What to expect as singers age
"Aging" is practically a dirty word in many Western cultures. Even in the singing world we tend to be obsessed with youth, often for very...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Jul 25, 2022
- 4 min
Wanna learn something new? Sleep on it.
There's no way around it. Sleep is essential for life. And the quality of your sleep can directly affect how well some of your life...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Jul 17, 2022
- 6 min
Analyzing Research on Register Transitions
Lately I've been on a bit of a kick, writing some straight up vocal science posts that are making me happy. I love me a good research...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Jul 10, 2022
- 5 min
Love Your Ears
There's a ton of discussion about vocal health in the singing world, and how to keep our voices healthy over a (hopefully) long career....
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Jul 3, 2022
- 5 min
Sing Bright Like a Diamond
Harmonics are nifty. It's just one aspect of voices that I find endlessly fascinating. How singers use and manipulate harmonics is a...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Jun 5, 2022
- 5 min
Phonation Threshold Pressure: What it is and why you care
This is gonna be a straight up voice science post, just talking about phonation threshold pressure. Because science is fun, and voices...
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