Proper Posture

Don't cheat your voice and breath. How you stand while singing affects your voice a great deal. I have been taught to imagine that there is a string pulling you up at the top of your head. Two specific and very important factors of good singing posture is a straight back and an open neck. By doing these two key points, your diaphragm has more room to be filled with energy and air and your neck can be relaxed and long. Click here to watch a vocal professional teach more details about proper singing posture.

Jonathan Morgan Jenkins, in his 25th year of vocal coaching, gave this list of what you will look like on stage if you have poor posture:

1) You don't appear confident

2) You look depressed

3) You look ill

4) You look shy

On the other hand, he gave this list of what you will look like while performing with good posture.

1) You look confident

2) You look happy

3) You look healthy

So, as you can see, there are other positive factors to having good posture including the fact that you will be able to sing better. So why wouldn't you? If you are already set in some habits of bad posture and are learning to sing: start small. Begin by trying to straighten your back throughout the day, whether you are singing or not. This will get you into the habit. Good luck!