Step #1: Build Your Voice

BUILD STRENGTH, CONTROL AND BEAUTY IN YOUR VOICE BY PRACTICING DAILY

Your first goal is start working out your voice regularly. Singing is a sport, and you have to build your ability to control your voice properly. You do this by practicing your vocal scales everyday.

Start practicing your vocal scales at least 10-15 minutes a day, 5-6 days a week. Working out your voice daily will improve your control, your pitch accuracy, your vocal endurance, your tone, your range, and your ability to sing through the vocal transitions of your voice.

Establishing a frequent pattern of practicing is KEY to success in all of the steps!

BUILD YOUR VOCAL WORKOUT INTO YOUR LIFESTYLE

“You do not rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems.”

- James Clear, Author of "Atomic Habits"

Figure out a system that works for you! You take vocals for a reason, and one important reason is to record your lesson so you have a vocal workout to practice! Practice to your lesson recording!

And once you've completed your vocal workout, celebrate your small wins in a meaningful way to you. It's the small habits that lead to profound changes!

TARGET GOALS:

- For MINIMUM results: Aim to practice 5-15 minutes of scales a day, 5-6 days a week

- For MODERATE results: Aim to practice 10-20 minutes of scales a day, 10-20 minutes of songs a day, 5-6 days a week

- For ADVANCED results: Aim to practice 10-20 minutes of scales a day, 30+ minutes of songs a day, 5-6 days a week

USE THE BEST TOOLS TO ACCELERATE YOUR PROGRESS

One of the best ways to make your practice time more effective and efficient is to sing your songs at a slower tempo, or being able to change the key of the song as needed. Especially the difficult sections or lines of your songs.

Music Speed Changer is a tool you can use to change the tempo without changing the key, and change the key without changing the tempo. The best part is it's completely FREE TO USE!

There'a a number of ways to use it on mobile devices as well as Google Chrome on a desktop or laptop. Watch my video to learn how to the use this amazing practicing tool!

ACTIONS STEPS - TIPS AND HACKS

STEP 1: BUILD YOUR VOICE

• Practice your vocal workout in the shower.
• Practice your vocal workout driving to and from school or work.
• Load your most recent vocal workout recording on a playlist on your phone so you always have it with you to practice.
• Set a daily alarm on your phone or watch and when it goes off, stop whatever you're doing and practice your scales, NO MATTER WHAT!
•  Use Music Speed Changer to practice the difficult sections of your songs at slower tempos. Slowing your songs down by 5-10% usually does the trick!

Let's support each other as we make this journey together! No one has to do this journey alone.

- Anjanette