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If you run the tip of your tongue from the back of the top teeth backward along the roof of your mouth, you will feel a solid, bony ridged arch which is the hard palate, perhaps a small bump near the middle end of the hard palate called the torus palatinus, and then a squishy section that ends with the uvula which is the soft palate.

I hope to give evidenced information about topics that are often misunderstood and cite sources so you can dive deeper. This first article will discuss everyone’s favorite muscle of respiration: the diaphragm.

This tool time is going to talk about a very important aspect of vocal hygiene: the voice team. I hope by the time you finish reading through this article that you have an idea of where to look for help and how to maintain good relationships with all the stakeholders in your voice. 

Today we aren’t looking at a specific item but the general uses of face steamers and nebulizers. If you have favorite singers or influencers, I’m sure you’ve seen a GRWM (get ready with me) that shows some use of a steamer or nebulizer. What is the difference and why would you use one over the other? That’s the question I’m looking to answer today. Neither of these tools are exclusive and can be used with the other tools mentioned in earlier articles: Breather Voice—Tool Time 4, Vocal Trainer by Better Voice—Tool Time 3,  Belt Box—Tool Time 2, and Sing Ring by OOVO—Tool Time. Much like everything that I have gone over, these tools deal with optional maintenance for good health and better vocalization. These devices also have outside uses from voice care. 

Welcome to part four in our Tool Time series, where we provide reasoning and use cases for items for singing and maintenance of the voice. In the hot seat this time: The Breather Voice.

Welcome to part three in our Tool Time series, where we provide reasoning and use cases for items for singing and maintenance of the voice. In the hot seat this time: The Sing Ring by OOVO.

Welcome to part two in our Tool Time series, where we provide reasoning and use cases for items for singing and maintenance of the voice. In the hot seat this time: The Belt Box.

Welcome to the first in a series of thoughts on the usefulness of specific singing tools. I am hoping to provide some reasoning and use cases for items for singing and maintenance of the voice.

Las Vegas, Nevada is home to some of the most innovative, spectacular performances that you’ll ever experience. Here are some of the organizations that keep classical singing alive and thriving in the valley outside of the casinos.