Why the Same Problem Keeps Showing Up in Your Singing (and How to Fix It for Good) - Ep. 23

There's one thing you can do every day that moves your voice toward your dream sound faster than anything else. If you want a high note that feels free and easy, if there's a habit you'd love to replace with a better one, or if you've been running the same phrase over and over and you're ready for it to finally click, this one is for you. Welcoem to Part 1 of Build Your Dream Voice, a 5-part series on the blind spots I see most often in singers who are working to connect the dots between the voice they have right now and the voice they want. We're starting with the biggest one, and it's your warm-up. What I call vocalizing. When you hit a bump in the road, a high note that feels strained, a low note you'd love to reach, coloratura you want coming out clean, your instinct is to fix it in the music. You'll still make small adjustments in your music, of course. I do to this day, we all do. But that's not where the real change happens. Vocalizing is another word for your warm-up, and your warm-up is where your voice actually changes. It's where you shift the fundamental way you sing, replace old habits with better ones, and then head into your repertoire to apply it there. 10 or 15 minutes a day is all you need. Over time it snowballs, it stacks on top of itself, and you start to hear the changes happening in your voice. As your voice teacher bestie, I want to reassure you that if you're a serious singer and nobody has ever told you this, that's completely okay. Nobody told me either. I moved to New York City 3 days after graduating with a degree in voice and a wrecked instrument, and I knew I didn't know how to sing. Figuring this out is what rebuilt my instrument, and it's why I know without a shadow of a doubt that you can build your dream sound too. In this episode you'll learn: • When you want to make a big change in your sound, the one daily habit that makes it possible • Why a tricky phrase gets easier once your voice has learned the new way of singing it first • Where the change in your voice actually happens, and why it isn't inside your music • How many minutes a day you actually need to transform the way you sound • What a warm-up can do for a long-standing habit that your repertoire can't do • Why your voice can be rebuilt from wherever it is right now, whatever it sounds like today Chapters: 00:00 The One Daily Habit That Builds Your Dream Voice 00:21 What You'll Get From This 5-Part Series 01:58 Meet Your Voice Teacher Bestie 02:32 How I Rebuilt My Voice After Conservatory 04:21 Why Your Dream Voice Is Within Reach 05:02 The One Habit You Don't Want to Skip 05:39 Meet Vocalizing, Your Daily Warm-Up 06:28 Why Vocalizing Is Where Your Voice Transforms 07:03 What to Do Instead of Fixing It in Your Repertoire 07:38 The Small Adjustments You'll Still Make in Your Music 08:08 Your Practice Assignment for This Week 09:04 How Many Minutes a Day You Actually Need 10:02 What Starts to Change When You Vocalize Every Day 10:33 Pep Talk Work with Me! If you want to build a technique you can rely on and connect the dots between the voice you have now and the one you're dreaming about, come study voice with me: https://www.sarahhawkeystudio.com Subscribe so you don't miss the rest of this series, and leave me a comment telling me how long you vocalized today. I read them all and I write back. Links & Resources: Voice Studio Website https://www.sarahhawkeystudio.com Voice Studio Instagram   / voiceteachersarah   TikTok   / voiceteachersarah   Performing Website https://www.sarahhawkey.com