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Hearing Wellness For Musicians

As musicians, our ears are our most valuable instrument. The ability to hear and understand nuances is essential to our craft. However, the nature of our profession often exposes us to loud environments that can lead to long-term hearing damage if we’re not careful. In this blog, we’ll dive into why hearing health is so important, the advantages of regular audiologist visits, and some simple ways you can protect your hearing.

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The Car Warm-Up: Perfecting Your Voice When Time is Tight (<10 minutes!)

We’ve all been there – scrambling to make it to a gig, trying to get a quick warm-up in by singing in the car. It’s hard to focus, there’s no piano to guide you, and time is always slipping away.

As singers, we don’t always get the luxury of a quiet green room to properly warm up. In fact, I’ve found myself doing vocal exercises in my car more often than not on the way to a show!

Over the years, I’ve honed a quick 10-minute warm-up routine that’s perfect for these less-than-ideal situations. Today, I want to share some of my favorite exercises with you!

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Unlocking Your Vocal Potential: Essential Exercises for Tone, Power, and Control

Our voice — just like any other part of the body — requires diligent care and practice to unleash its full potential. For professional voice users, the journey towards vocal excellence demands not only passion and artistry but also a profound understanding of the mechanics of the voice. All advanced singers must rely on a foundation of crucial vocal exercises, which serve as the gateway to vocal expansion, clarity, power, and unparalleled control.

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Best Practices for Singing with Seasonal Allergies

Is it a cold? Nope. Is it COVID? Not this time! It’s just your allergies letting you know that they’ve officially arrived! 🤧

Allergy symptoms can quickly mess with the quality of your voice, making it harder to sing like yourself. But don’t worry – there’s ways to fix that!

Your voice is your signature, and keeping it sounding like YOU is crucial. I’m here to help by sharing some of my favorite go-to tips for dealing with allergy symptoms.

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Introducing: Mark’s Vocal 360 Blog

This blog is intended to be a sounding board for all of the things that I think are important in a music career. I developed the idea of Vocal 360 as an approach to the holistic artist. In order to maintain a longstanding career, it is important to consider ALL of what makes up an artist.

After moving to Nashville, I created this methodology and implemented it with hundreds of musicians. It’s success is derived from one question:

What is your LEGACY voice?

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