It has long been a mystery why songbirds spend so much time and energy on singing. Now a new study shows that songbirds need to sing every day to keep their vocal muscles in shape. Females can hear if ...

Everyone thinks they could be a death metal vocalist until it’s time to be a death metal vocalist. What we all assume is a bunch of yelling and zombie growls usually involves using one’s body in a ...

Singing with others feels amazing. Group singing promotes social bonding and has been shown to raise oxytocin (the “bonding hormone”) and decrease cortisol (the “stress hormone”). But it’s not just ...

Learn how to build muscle memory in your vocal practice to sing with precision, consistency, and confidence. Building Muscle Memory When Singing explores exercises and techniques that help your voice ...

You may not be aware of World Voice Day, but it's celebrated every April 16th to demonstrate the enormous importance of the voice in the daily lives of all people. I can't imagine a better person to ...

No matter the genre of singing, or where we’re from, our vocal exercises are meaningful. Zofia Majewski Opera singer Anthony Roth Costanzo describes his warm-up routine in seasonal terms: “It’s kind ...

Male songbirds have a new reason to hit the high notes daily: to woo their potential mates. A groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications uncovered a surprising correlation between male ...

Not all birds sing, but those that do — some several thousand species — do it a lot. All over the world, as soon as light filters over the horizon, songbirds launch their serenades. They sing to ...

Semi-occluded vocal tract exercises (SOVTE) have emerged as a pivotal tool in both clinical voice therapy and vocal training. By partially constricting the vocal tract—typically through devices such ...

From improving the brain to easing pain, joining others in a song can bring some surprisingly wide-ranging benefits. It’s that time of year when streets and shopping centres fill with carol singers.

Every year in the Christmas season it becomes clear again that some people are amazingly skilled singers, like Mariah Carey and George Michael. Their singing can stir strong emotions. Singing involves ...