Vocal and Singing Articles
Our vocal and singing articles and tutorials will help you develop and improve your voice and your stage and studio performance.
Singing is one of the most natural and expressive forms of music, but mastering your voice takes more than just talent—it takes knowledge, technique, and the right kind of training. That’s where we come in. This hub is your gateway to a treasure trove of articles, tutorials, and expert advice covering all things vocals. Whether you’re a beginner finding your voice or an experienced singer looking to refine your technique, you’ll find plenty of resources to help you grow.
At Songstuff, we believe in making high-quality vocal coaching accessible to everyone. That’s why we work with experienced vocal coaches like Cheryl Hodge and Mahesh Raghunandan, who bring years of expertise to our vocal coaching articles and tutorials. Cheryl is a seasoned jazz vocalist and teacher with a deep understanding of vocal performance, while Mahesh is known for his Rewire The Voice technique—a unique approach developed exclusively for Songstuff Vocal Coaching Academy (SVCA).
Rewire The Voice blends proven vocal coaching methods with Eastern philosophy, including mindfulness techniques that help singers develop better body awareness and control. This innovative method helps singers unlock their full potential by focusing on the connection between mind and voice, improving everything from vocal agility to breath support.
From vocal warm-ups and breathing techniques to expanding your range and choosing the right songs, this hub brings together everything you need to develop your skills. Plus, we cover trending vocal styles, new coaching techniques, and insights into how modern technology is shaping vocal training.
If you want to take your singing to the next level, you’re in the right place. Explore our vocal and singing articles, learn from the best, and join a growing community of passionate singers who are all working toward the same goal—becoming the best singers, vocalists, and voice-over artists they can be.
Get the latest news, singing articles, vocal demonstrations, voice tutorials, and more about vocals and singing. This includes voice instruction videos, lessons on how to sing better, improving vocal techniques, body posture, body awareness, breath control for singing, and troubleshooting voice problems.
Table of Contents
Featured Singing Articles
Whether you’re just starting out or have been singing for a while, we’ve got something here for you.
- Building Vocal Strength and Tone
- Do you want a stronger voice with a rich tone? Our articles offer simple exercises to help you develop your singing voice effectively.
- Choosing the Right Songs
- Not every song fits every voice. Learn how to pick songs that suit your unique sound and style.
- Warming Up Before Singing
- Warming up is key to keeping your voice healthy. We provide easy warm-up routines to get you ready for singing.
- Expanding Your Vocal Range
- Looking to hit those high or low notes? Discover techniques to safely expand your vocal range.
- Breathing Right
- Good breathing is the foundation of great singing. Our guides teach you how to control your breath for better performance.
- Staying Updated with Vocal Trends
- The world of singing is always evolving. From the rise of breathy, lighthead voice styles popularized by artists like Billie Eilish and Sabrina Carpenter to the integration of technology in vocal training, we keep you informed about the latest trends.
Vocal Articles and Tutorials
Rewire the Voice and the Songstuff Vocal Coaching Academy
Look out for a new series of courses, singing lessons, and articles from our vocal coach in residence, Mahesh Raghunandan. Mahesh primarily focuses on a unique vocal approach he developed called Rewire the Voice. He also runs the Songstuff Vocal Coaching Academy (SVCA) and our vocal clubs within the Songstuff Music Community.
Sharing
Do you know other singers, musicians, voice-over artists or actors that might enjoy our articles?
If you like our site, share links to our site with them. The more singers, voice-over artists, musicians, and actors, who use our site, the more it will benefit the site, it’s users and our community. It helps enable and shape the content we create. Ultimately it benefits you to a far higher degree.
Useful Links
Are you looking for discussion and advice about specific roles for singers and voice artists? Or perhaps you are looking for information about:
- singing
- performance
- stage presence
- singing harmony
- being a backing vocalist
- mindfulness in music
- vocal mechanics
- voice-overs
- other singing tasks
As well as our articles and tutorials you can discuss managing your career as a singer, contracts singers might encounter, getting voice lessons and working with a vocal coach on the Music Community Performance Board.
To help you to understand specific terms, take a look at our Music Glossary. It has extensive descriptions of music-related terms and concepts. It also contains entries about music theory and terms from across the music industry including singing and terms relating to voice and vocal control.
You might want to talk over something you read to improve your understanding, or to pass on a new understanding to another singer or voice artist. Maybe you just want to discuss and exchange ideas? Or just chat to fellow vocalists, voice-over artists, or backing singers? If so, please join our music community. Our members and staff are friendly and welcoming.
Become A Contributor To The Songstuff Music Library
Contributors Wanted
Are you a trained singer or singing teacher? Or perhaps you have in-depth knowledge about professional singing? Are you an experienced voice artist? Or perhaps a specialist in vocal health? Would you be interested in helping singers and voice-over artists build their skills and understanding by contributing demonstration videos, reviews, articles, and tutorials to the Songstuff music library? We rely upon musicians, and people working within the music industry, and related industries, being willing to contribute to our knowledge base.
As well as contributions to our music library, we feature contributions in our site blogs and social media portals. In particular, we add video contributions to the Songstuff Channel on YouTube.
Please contact us and we can explore the possibility of you joining our contributors asap.
Songstuff Media Player
If you would like to listen to some awesome indie music while you browse, just open our media player. It opens in another window (or tab) so your playlist can play uninterrupted as you browse.
Open the Songstuff Media Player.
Playlists are curated by SsUK for the Independent Music Stage and Songstuff.