This is one of the questions voice teachers get asked the most. People are fascinated by singers, and would love to be able to do it, but don't think they can ever learn.
John goes into his past experience with students, and explains how those with very little natural ability were able to become proficient, if not great, singers.
John also explores ideas if tone deafness, and how he once thought he could never learn to sing properly.
The passing of the great David Bowie is a great loss to the artistic community.
In this episode, John reflects on one of Bowie's greatest vocal recordings, "Heroes," and looks into the debate of vocal technique versus vocal performance. John gives his thoughts on how to strike a proper balance between giving your all in artistic expression, while still protecting your instrument.
Voice teachers are often divided into two camps: classical and contemporary. There are often disagreements between these groups, sometimes it's not pretty.
In this episode, John looks at the two major voice camps and gives his thoughts on some controversial points - specifically singers who are studying classically, but want to sing contemporary musical theatre or pop.