Last Monday, I said goodbye and laid to rest my dear friends, George Hall and John Jones.
“The curtain falls, the memories remain.”
George Hall & John Jones ❤️
🚫 “Support = pushing the stomach” is a myth.
⚠️ It usually causes more tension, less efficiency, and worse vocal fold closure.
🎤 The voice works through resistance to airflow — not forcing air out.
❌ More push ≠ more power
✅ Coordination > force
Last Monday, I said goodbye and laid to rest my dear friends, George Hall and John Jones.
“The curtain falls, the memories remain.”
George Hall & John Jones ❤️
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Good voice day ✅
Bad voice day ❌
No idea why? 😭
As a singer, I didn’t know why.
Now I do — as a coach — and I teach that.
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@EE Oh, a favour for your complete and continuous incompetence, any chance you can change the “on hold” songs; I’m a vocal coach, but 17 hours total after 9 weeks, even I’m a bit sick of the same song back to back?
@EE Your Broadband and Customer Service is nothing short of appalling. 4 Engineers, 9 weeks, 17.5 Hours being on hold, yet again another complaint you’ve “closed” and yet, nothings been fixed and another 2 hours in the phone today. I had better service with dial-up. Appalling.
@EE They’ve advised me the same things, once a week, for 9 weeks and the same again today. You’ll mark it as closed in 3 days and nothing will be resolved?
Introducing ….🎧 Friday Feels:
A Ben Mann Bucket List (before you get pissed)
1 Song a week you need to hear, ahead of that well-earned, ice-cold beer.
I suggest = You Spotify and listen = You’re Welcome = Beers on You 🍻
🎬 The Tongue — The Apex Vocal Tract Predator 🦈
Season 1 — Episode 1 of 5
Just when you thought it was safe to sing again…
The Tongue returns.
🎤 This Friday: Core Sung Vowels
Establishing open space before chaos strikes.
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✨ A rewarding day with the incredible cast of Black Power Desk the Musical at Brixton House.
“The first ever British Black History musical.”
This cast inspire daily — pushing vocal limits as the piece evolves.
Is it time for a vocal MOT? 🚦🎤
When your voice is stuck, it’s like a car in the wrong gear — all you can do is rev as hard as you can to make it move. Awareness is key. Stop guessing & start making real vocal progress. 💌 DM me to book!
Vowel training = tongue training 🎤
Do you know what shape, position & sound you’re aiming for in core sung vowels? Drop the tongue back and your larynx shuts down — range, projection, clarity & high notes suffer.
✅ Tip 1 of 5 in my tongue training series. Follow for the next
“Well, if Cynthia does…” ✨
“Once a week, in a small Manhattan studio, actress Cynthia Erivo, blows bubbles through a straw, humming up and down scales, as her vocal coach Joan Lader, watches intently to identify tight vocal and physical imperfections”
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