holistic vocal coaching Archives - Maruja Retana https://marujaretana.com/tag/holistic-vocal-coaching/ Founder of Vocal Psychology Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:27:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://marujaretana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-favicon-2-32x32.png holistic vocal coaching Archives - Maruja Retana https://marujaretana.com/tag/holistic-vocal-coaching/ 32 32 8 tips for singing on an off day https://marujaretana.com/8-tips-to-sing-well-when-you-have-an-off-day/ https://marujaretana.com/8-tips-to-sing-well-when-you-have-an-off-day/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2020 07:12:03 +0000 https://vocalpsychology.com/?p=42264   Flashback. Back in the day, your girl was part of a female a capella group. (Yeah, I was pretty cool.) Seriously though, we were like the Pentatonix of the Netherlands (in our minds). I’ve had some of my best moments of my life with these girls. And one of the worst. I remember it […]

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]]> https://marujaretana.com/8-tips-to-sing-well-when-you-have-an-off-day/feed/ 0 SINGING IS COMMUNICATION: A mini-training in connecting with your audience https://marujaretana.com/singing-is-communication-a-mini-training-in-connecting-with-your-audience/ https://marujaretana.com/singing-is-communication-a-mini-training-in-connecting-with-your-audience/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2020 04:55:19 +0000 https://vocalpsychology.com/?p=40785   Emotions How does the song you’re singing make you feel? Name all the emotions…and this can change per line, so really take the time to identify all of the emotions. Is the first line bittersweet, or just sad? Is the second half of the chorus overjoyed, or pretending to be fine when you’re hurting? […]

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]]> https://marujaretana.com/singing-is-communication-a-mini-training-in-connecting-with-your-audience/feed/ 0 Why you don’t need to find your voice https://marujaretana.com/why-you-dont-need-to-find-your-voice/ https://marujaretana.com/why-you-dont-need-to-find-your-voice/#respond Sun, 05 Jan 2020 05:06:47 +0000 https://vocalpsychology.com/?p=39418 Why you don’t need to find your voice Confession: The phrase ‘find your voice’  kinda makes me cringe 😖 Simply because it’s inaccurate. I mean… did you wake up speechless? Did it disappear in the washing machine, chilling with your favorite socks? Or did you leave it in your jeans pocket? Darling… you already HAVE […]

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]]> https://marujaretana.com/why-you-dont-need-to-find-your-voice/feed/ 0 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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