Singing worse after taking lessons?

You started taking singing lessons and after a few lessons, you felt you sounded worse. What's wrong? This is something that we called 'Conscious Incompetence'. This is applicable to all kinds of learning.  Don't get demoralised when you hear yourself sounding bad, just like - don't beat yourself up when you get the wrong answers during a test. Every wrong answers give you the opportunity to know the right answer. Most importantly...

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3 Real Reasons Why You Aren't Improving!

There are stages to learning anything new and learning to sing or play an instrument is no different. There are three distinctive cycles that we all go through when learning something new: Peaks: Where we can immediately understand and begin putting into practice everything that we are learning. Valleys: Where we struggle with each and every new concept and we have difficulty putting things into practice. At this...

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Sing Better in just 3 Simple Tips!

Whether you sing in the shower, on the commute to work, at a karaoke bar or in front of friends and family at parties and get-togethers, you sing because you enjoy it. After all, singing is fun and one of the oldest forms of musical expression. But, some of us weren’t born with the natural talent to sing. And, although that may be true, even the most beautiful voices need some coaching and we can all use a couple of recommendations...

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Interview with our Vocal ExpressWay Graduate - Jolene Tan!

Sometimes, all it takes is a leap of faith to realise your potential. Meet Jolene Tan, a teacher by profession, a musician at heart, and a realist for passion. Learn from our very own graduate from the Vocal ExpressWay™!  1. What is the main reason for joining the Vocal ExpressWay™?  I wanted to learn how to sing better with the right techniques. Joining the Vocal Expressway enabled me to achieve that within a shorter time of 2 days. 2....

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Sing Sharp, Learn to Sing - "See your Voice!"

“What you see is what you sing!” You can gauge your own pitch accuracy from singing using this app – Sing Sharp, Learn to Sing! This app is useful for identifying your vocal range, strengthening your vocal control, and training your musical sense in terms of rhythm and pitch. Sing Sharp App Features: Vocal Range - check and practice your lowest and highest pitches  Warm Up - basic to advanced levels of vocal exercises  Sing Songs...

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SingTrue: The app to help you become pitch perfect!

Have you ever received comments from your karaoke buddies that you are not singing on pitch? What is pitch, you wonder? And most importantly...why does it bother them that much?! Here's the definition of Pitch. It is an auditory sensation in which a listener assigns musical tones to relative positions on a musical scale based primarily on the frequency of vibration. What listeners want to hear is the beautiful blend when 2 or...

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He turned his passion into a career!

In his teens, Leonard Tang realised singing provided him a space of joy he never felt before. He was hooked though he knew he was not good enough! He felt he was off-pitch and sounded horrible. But he persevered.  He worked on his singing every single day. Feeling frustrated at times then, now he was glad he worked at it! All was rewarded a decade later when he finally made singing his career.If he gave up and never started improving...

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Find Your Passion!

As children, do you recall the moment where your primary school teacher asked you that golden question...'What do you want to be when you grow up?'  Our answers were all different yet passionate and genuine to ourselves. As we started to grow up, routinely taught the harsh reality of money-centered thinking to survive in our society. It started to be so overwhelming that we were all brainwashed into the urgency to get...

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K歌达人 - Not just any ordinary Karaoke App!

Have you always been very shy of joining a karaoke session with your friends? Probably because you are not confident of your own voice? Or afraid that your friends might criticize your singing? Well, here's an application called 'K歌达人' which is really not your average karaoke app! It has a special function that allows you to join a virtual karaoke room (like a open hall in karaoke) filled with other singers from all over the world.  The...

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Exclusive! The insider story: 陈泂江 Desmond Tan's Love song to SG

Every year during August, Singaporeans tend to feel a lot more patriotism for our country! Most often, we feel this connection most, through the songs. If you have been tuning in to Channel 8, Channel U, as well as radio stations, Y.E.S. 93.3FM, LOVE 97.2FM,  you might have chanced upon a new-released song titled '将爱延续 - Love song to SG' which was sang by multi-talented Mediacorp artiste Desmond Tan, 陈泂江!  But did you know that the song...

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