Conquering Stage Fright

When you perform, you get nervous. That will probably always happen because you care about doing well and that causes a surge in adrenaline. Stage fright is a more extreme reaction. Your heart beats hard, your breathing becomes short, your voice shaky and you are too self-conscious to have any comfort or freedom. Stage Fright… read more »

Backstage At Rock Star: Supernova

I have had one of the most exhilarating and exhausting summers of my life. I haven’t seen the sun, my family or friends since June because I’ve been the vocal coach for the CBS TV show Rock Star: Supernova. For those of you unfamiliar with it, it is a reality show with the job of… read more »

How Did They Do That?

Every day someone brings a CD into my studio and asks me ‘how did she sing that high?’ or ‘how does he scream like that?’ I’ll try to answer some of these questions by making a pretty good guess based on my experience with thousands of singers for 30+ years and also based on information… read more »

Your Business Team: Who They Are And When To Get Them

You’re writing songs and getting your band together in rehearsals. Wouldn’t it be great to get your business team together now: to have a manager step in to make contacts for you and an agent to get you some work? Unfortunately neither of these two professionals is going to be interested in working with you… read more »

The Courage To Learn

By Lis Lewis with Kayla Morales I don’t like finding out that I’m not good at something, especially when I thought I was. I want to ignore it and pretend I didn?t need whatever it was anyway. I remember when a friend of mine gave me some notes after a performance telling me that I… read more »