Vocal Coaching Archives - Maruja Retana https://marujaretana.com/category/vocal-coaching/ Founder of Vocal Psychology Thu, 23 Jan 2025 22:44:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://marujaretana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-favicon-2-32x32.png Vocal Coaching Archives - Maruja Retana https://marujaretana.com/category/vocal-coaching/ 32 32 What is holistic vocal coaching? https://marujaretana.com/what-is-holistic-vocal-coaching/ https://marujaretana.com/what-is-holistic-vocal-coaching/#respond Sun, 17 Nov 2019 22:50:16 +0000 https://vocalpsychology.com/?p=37342 The first time I realized holistic vocal coaching was a thing, was about 13 years ago, when I got kicked off the tv show X-factor. Uhm… Ok, kicked off sounds a little aggressive. I was just sent home. They were actually incredibly sweet. But it *felt* like a kick: ‘Go home! Back to that small […]

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]]> https://marujaretana.com/what-is-holistic-vocal-coaching/feed/ 0 How good is my voice? https://marujaretana.com/how-good-is-my-voice/ https://marujaretana.com/how-good-is-my-voice/#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2019 05:20:18 +0000 https://vocalpsychology.com/?p=31056 Most of us have at least at ~some~ point stared at the ceiling, laying in bed awake at night: ‘Can I actually sing? Am I good enough? Oh no… I forgot to call Grandma. I wonder what I should wear tomorrow. Those new booties for sure. Which dress though? And seriously, how do I know […]

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]]> https://marujaretana.com/how-good-is-my-voice/feed/ 0 Breath control: 5 supereasy tips https://marujaretana.com/breath-control-for-singers-5-supereasy-tips/ https://marujaretana.com/breath-control-for-singers-5-supereasy-tips/#respond Wed, 07 Mar 2018 02:56:42 +0000 https://vocalpsychology.com/?p=29834 As a singer, breath control is es-sen-tial. Like, probably THE most important thing to master. I’m gonna be honest with you and admit that when I was at the beginning stages of my vocal journey,  I had a bit of an aversion to the phrase ‘breath control’. Maybe because it sounded like a lot of […]

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]]> https://marujaretana.com/breath-control-for-singers-5-supereasy-tips/feed/ 0 Online singing lessons…Worth it? https://marujaretana.com/online-singing-lessons/ https://marujaretana.com/online-singing-lessons/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2018 02:14:10 +0000 https://vocalpsychology.com/?p=29799 I’ve been getting a lottt of questions lately about whether I think online singing lessons are as effective as face to face lessons. And to be quite honest, when I first jumped on the technology train, I was unsure of this fact myself. Would I be able to ‘read’ my students and rely on my […]

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]]> https://marujaretana.com/online-singing-lessons/feed/ 1 Jaw tension: Here is the real solution! https://marujaretana.com/jaw-tension-real-solution/ https://marujaretana.com/jaw-tension-real-solution/#respond Fri, 12 Jan 2018 02:40:50 +0000 https://vocalpsychology.com/?p=29786 Jaw tension ~ A huuuuge amount of people I meet in my coachings deal with jaw tension. It’s the worst. Especially for a singer, since opening your mouth is kinda sorta an essential part of singing. But… I’m one of those annoying people that believes there is a solution for any problem. Let’s get to […]

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]]> https://marujaretana.com/jaw-tension-real-solution/feed/ 0 How to sing falsetto: 3 need to know things https://marujaretana.com/how-to-sing-falsetto-3-need-to-know-things/ https://marujaretana.com/how-to-sing-falsetto-3-need-to-know-things/#respond Thu, 21 Dec 2017 06:50:49 +0000 https://vocalpsychology.com/?p=29650 How to sing falsetto? One of the most popular questions I get in my singing lessons is: how to sing falsetto? When you want to nail a song like Sugar, or Too good at goodbyes, or All I want for Christmas is…yoouuuuuuuu (you know the one I’m talking about), you will want those high notes […]

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