Singers Tension Podcast

What is the difference between casual teaching and launching your own full time career as an independent teacher? Jessica, founder of the JKW Vocal & Performing Arts Studio, and I talk about our two very different experiences and paths in setting ourselves up for careers as voice teachers. What does it take to rank #1 on Google? How do you build your brand and what is the financial cost? When do you know it is time to bring other t...

This juicy episode gives us insight to the demands of building a personal brand and translating this to an online presence. The Volare Tenors also spill the truth on how much self-learning and collaborating go into this process and share invaluable tips on singing technique, fearlessly diving into the unknown, how to network, and who gets to sing the high notes in a trio of tenors.

Canada’s quickest growing “popera” group, Volare is...

This episode, Juno nominated Canadian artist STORRY and I talk about the music industry's pressure to be young, beautiful, and sexy. A stopwatch has been started, and artists are reminded that they have a limited time to "make it big," before they are no longer marketable. What does this pressure do to us as artists- is it motivating or an archaic attitude still finding footing due to pop culture's idolization of prodigies. We also...

Inevitably, every artist must face the transition from student to professional. Students of classical voice often hear that their career will be a long journey, perhaps not taking off until closer to their thirties. Singers will place suffocating expectations on themselves to hit specific landmarks in order to “stay on track” for their dream career, adopting ideas that to deviate in any way from the financially independent singer, ...

Being able to tell a story and create a believable, relatable character on stage is a herculean task in and of itself: Now, how do we tackle this when so much of our time is focused on developing the singing voice? One of the best singer/actors I have ever seen on stage, River Guard, opens up about the best acting advice he holds near and dear, how to develop your own skills even if your training program doesn't have classes built ...

In this next episode of the Singers' Tension Podcast, Jazz vocalist Laura Anglade shares her knowledge on Jazz vocals and the music scene in Canada and the USA. We talk her journey and breaking into the industry, finding musicians to collaborate with, stage presence, vocal technique, and her approach as a teacher to helping students.

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Jazz vocalist Laura Anglade is currently making a name for herself on the Canadian jazz scene and b...

In this next episode of the Singers' Tension Podcast, Mezzo-Soprano Alyssa Curto shares her experience as a former Opera student (U of Toronto; U of Ottawa), now returning to her roots working professionally in the Musical Theatre/Cross-over industry in Toronto Canada.

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We really get into the differences of attitudes from teachers/conductors/directors towards young artists while they are still "in training."

How do you find your voic...