I didn’t want to write this post. I’ve been putting it off. I’m too busy, too many others things going on, and so I have neglected this as if it were a chore, something draining, and I just didn’t feel like doing it. But now that I’m writing I feel great. I love writing! Why […]
Category Archives: Voice Lessons
The Difference Between a Voice Student and a Voice Studio
I used to have voice students. I still do, but I used to too. Only now there are a lot more of them. Now I have a voice studio. And a voice studio is very different from a voice student or two, as I am quickly discovering. When I had only a few voice students it […]
Goodbye Thursdays
I had plans to write something great today. I was going to tell you how Ruby and I both got glasses, and how cute we were, and how excited she was. I was going to tell you that Edward was jealous, but that he will also be getting glasses in a few weeks after further […]
Day One of Being a High School Voice Teacher
For those of you who care about what I am doing when I am not writing, last week I began a new job as a high school voice teacher. The set-up couldn’t be sweeter. The school finds all the students, schedules them, and gives me a room in which to teach. But I am not employed by […]
What I Give Up Breakfast For
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. That’s what the cereal commercials told me. I can’t do my best if I don’t eat a good breakfast, right? Ah ha! That explains it! I have discovered the cause of all of my failures in life. All of the unmet potential can be traced back […]
Put Your Damn Coat On!
When I was in college, I was notorious for walking around in the winter time wearing shorts, sandals, and a t-shirt. Hey, I was from Vermont! 40 wasn’t cold! Come on, wimps! It drove my voice teacher crazy, and he gave me some good advice/knowledge that completely changed my mind on coat-wearing, even if I […]
My First Voice Lesson
Today I finished up my first year of teaching voice at an official college. Last night two of my students sang in a recital, and this morning, between hospital drop off and pick up times for my son, I taught my last lessons of the semester. Now that I am on the other side of […]
The Secret to Teaching Voice Lessons
As I may have mentioned at some point, or perhaps I haven’t, I am a voice teacher in addition to being a singer. In fact, I have a job teaching at a local college. When I get mail from them, it says professor on it! This is good news, except for the horrible fact that […]
Accompanist’s Invoice for Lessons
So my one of my accompanists recently gave me this invoice for playing voice lessons. I’m not sure if they were kidding or not, but they said I had to fill it out. Also that I owed them some back payments. There seem to be a lot of hidden charges here. Perhaps they once worked […]
It Was All Downhill After I Broke the Toilet
Ah, November. The season of auditions and thankfulness. It seems like I am in New York auditioning more than I am home these days, but if you want the gigs, you have to do the auditions. I was back in the city yesterday for yet another one, but it didn’t go as well as I […]