Welcome to December VOICINGS: a Christmas calendar podcast for artists, teachers and creatives. In the podcast, I'll share thoughts and …
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Finding the essence of your work as an artist or teacher
Today, I want to share with you something that happened in a lesson I taught exactly 1 year ago. This event made me reflect on the very …
How to sustain your long notes and phrases by expanding at the heart
As you sing long phrases or notes, you want to sustain a stable sound until the end of the phrase and also not run out of air too fast, …
Online Lessons For Sale!
Now that so many people are facing the need to move their teaching and activities online, I am spotting the following trend: Teachers are …
Lessons from 10 years of being an artistpreneur
October is here! And I’m celebrating the 10th anniversary of my company Katja Maria Music! Actually, I’ve been a teacher and artist for more …
How Marie Kondo helped me find back my Voice
Today, I want to share a very personal story with you. I’m writing to you now from a cozy café in Lisbon, Portugal, where I have …
Does Creativity Benefit From Having Rules?
An album I’ve been listening to a lot this past year is Peter Gabriel’s ‘Scratch My Back’. The album consists of cover songs, in …
Vocal Hydration Plan In Action
Now that we learned why we should hydrate in order to have a healthy voice, and talked about hydrating the vocal folds internally, let's …
Optimal Hydration For A Healthy Voice
We all know it's important to stay hydrated, but why exactly is hydration so important for the voice? In this 2-part blog post series we'll …