YouTubers who watch my Super Short Singing Lessons (a video series I do on my channel) have requested a vocal warmup video. And behold! I have done it!

Guest teacher, singer extraordinaire, and all around handsome dude Sam Port (you may recognize him from other such riveting videos as this or this) joins me as we discuss what exercises will help you to hone singing technique, why you should celebrate "crack," and how you can prepare for your next performance. Hope you like it!

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Greeting, blog readers! The end of summer is nigh! I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to fall, a.k.a. the season in which I can wear clothes not solely to avoid nakedness (which would be preferable in the oppressive heat) but rather layered outfits with an eye toward style!

On a completely unrelated note, here's the latest installment of my Super Short Singing Lesson videos! It's about palate and tongue placement and mouth shape when you sing.

(Also, I decided to intersperse Baroque-inspired title cards, on a whim.)

Enjoy!

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Yo dudes and dudettes! I just posted a new SINGING TIPS video about singerly breathing on my YouTube Channel. Check it out below or visit my channel here!

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This article on Jezebel.com (from a longer one on LiveScience.com) is one of the more bizarre and sad things I've read. Apparently, two unlucky people in Louisiana used Neti Pots -- a homeopathic cold treatment that passes water up through your nose and sinus (watch my demo here) -- and a deadly amoeba living in their tap water burrowed its way into their brains and killed them. Double yikes.

Apparently this is extremely rare, but in light of this, I'm revising my Neti Pot stance from blanket advocacy to PLEASE BOIL THE WATER BEFORE YOU USE IT IN YOUR NETI POT SO AMOEBAS DON'T EAT YOUR BRAINS!

Thank you.
--FLR

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Hi friends! A brief post tonight to announce:

1) Unnaturally Green turns one-month old today! Yay! I remember the day it was born like it was, well -- one month ago.

2) More importantly, 40 signed copies of Unnaturally Green are now available for worldwide shipping! Fill out this form to inquire about shipping cost. (Copies can be personalized upon request; get yours before they're sold out!).

3) I've just made a new singing tips video in response to questions I got about "vocal blend." Check it out below!

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