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Dr. Anderson is a powerful, dynamic woman who has swathed her own path through the jungle of the recording industry by becoming a self-produced musician. Her four solo albums have amassed over 25 million Spotify streams, and her sound works have been performed on international stages. She has been published in journals such as Organized Sound and the Journal of Sonic Studies. Between over 20 years making, performing and producing music, a PhD in Sonic Arts; and a passion for creating…

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After over 15 years of health issues that limited my own live singing ability, I set a goal for myself to do my first live stream singing performance. While I had come a long way in my self-development and studies for my online courses to help other singers overcome the psychological barriers to singing, my work as a trauma survivor will never be over. I am continuously advancing and like many, I have had setbacks. 

Primarily, my more recent experiences are in recording - a very…

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Part of my Sing with Soul mission is to encourage singers to explore their sound, their microphone technique, and I especially would love to see more singers getting comfortable with audio production. In my view, this production focus will fast track your vocal development as well as giving you more control over your artistic development.  And this is why I’d like to use this platform to offer the perspectives of how other musicians and producers experience working with singers. 

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In this very special blog cast, I’m going to share a meditation I produced for my course Sing with Soul in Seven Weeks.  It’s called You Are Music and it runs for about 15 minutes.

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Singing can be quite an athletic endeavour, especially if it’s going to be soulful, yet the core of the  desire to sing comes from deep within us.  Indeed, your desire to sing starts in your heart until your head starts to question your abilities and technique.  Making friends with this aspect of human…

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When you think of Singing Contests what is the first thing that comes to mind? Is it TV shows like Star Search, The Voice, American Idol, The Masked Singer, The Voice, Britain’s Got Talent?  We watch these competitions and are often shocked at our favourites not winning - we become emotionally invested in their stories, get overwhelmed by the exceptional talent on display and it gives us cause to wonder if this is something that we could ever have the nerve to do ourselves. In this…

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Yes, yes, I know, I’m late. I’m late. I committed to do these podcasts every two weeks but the usually difficult month of December turned out to be more challenging than usual so I needed to concentrate on my own self-care.  And now I’m springing with the spring and feeling clear, lighter and encouraged by all the covid restrictions being lifted in Vancouver. And as if to reward us for bearing the dark winter, the cherry blossoms are serving us their bountiful glory. I’m surrounded in…

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I'd been fortunate to experience praise about my singing voice over the years but I’d also accumulated much more experience with rejection than I ever wanted to know about. 

When I started singing professionally in the ’90s (now don’t snicker, it was a great era!) the landscape was the same for women in music as it is now. Sex sells and for the most part, men still run the show. Sexy women front bands because sexy women get the local gigs. And why? It's usually men that hire them. Just…

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I've had bad experiences with a vocal coach or two in my day and quite frankly, these experiences were enough to put me off even trying to sing to an academic standard. I became a pop singer anyway and well, that got me where I wanted to go. But it did leave me with the feeling that things could've been very different.

I was recently told a story from a highly-ranked technical vocal coach – let’s call her Sally. Sally had a female student who would break down in tears during a lesson…