"The club's second act canceled - now I have to sing for three hours - how do I do that?"  Be a P.E.P. – Prepared Expert Professional. A prepared singer can handle [...]

By Jeannie Deva Musical Genre How do musical genres such as Hip Hop, Pop, Rock or Jazz blend with your personality and vocal skill to establish your personal style? Since these vary from [...]

By Jeannie Deva Vocal Technique You might ask, “What does vocal technique have to do with my style?” Well, I believe that the purpose of vocal technique is to give you the skill [...]

By Jeannie Deva Learn - Don't Clone Copying what others do is a fundamental way to learn. Babies and young children do this all the time. So how do you copy and learn [...]

By Jeannie Deva (Edited excerpt from "The Singer's Guide to Powerful Performances.") "You gotta have style" - a slogan popularized by celebrity fashionista Diana Vreeland, the editor of Harper's Bazaar (1936-1962) and Vogue [...]

Fifth Harmony and their lesser known British counter-parts Little Mix were quite popular for good reason. Besides singing harmonies very well, looking fantastic, enamouring young men and making young women envious, they use riffs, [...]

By Jeannie Deva Here are five steps to help you learn a riff, run or embellishment: 1. First, learn the notes. Most riffs are short, two, three or four-note patterns. Longer riffs are [...]

By Jeannie Deva History of Riffing Most Pop R&B singers I have coached want to sing riffs, runs, and embellishments like Christina Aguilera, Beyonce or Mariah Carey. These divas and other Pop R&B [...]