singing tips Archives - Maruja Retana https://marujaretana.com/tag/singing-tips/ 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 singing tips Archives - Maruja Retana https://marujaretana.com/tag/singing-tips/ 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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]]> 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 Best music documentaries https://marujaretana.com/best-music-documentaries/ https://marujaretana.com/best-music-documentaries/#respond Sun, 07 Jan 2018 06:12:15 +0000 https://vocalpsychology.com/?p=29761 Best music documentaries ~ I know, I know, the holidays are over. But I’m not done Netflix & chillin, cuz it’s cooolllldd! (Just kidding, I’m in California. I’m just lazy.) Blockbusters are cool but my favorite thing to watch is a good music documentary. What am I saying, I have standards: I only watch the […]

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]]> https://marujaretana.com/best-music-documentaries/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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