SONGWRITING

Most voices show up to a session cold, and everyone pays for it in takes, time, and budget. There's a five-minute fix, and almost nobody uses it right. Whitney Nichole (Founder of Songbird Studios, creator of the Singing/Straw) puts a straw in every attendee's hands and teaches straw phonation live, then gets specific: how an artist warms up before a take, how a performer holds up across a run of shows, and how a producer gets a better vocal without burning the singer out. Singers come up throughout so the room hears the before-and-after in real time. You'll leave knowing what to do and how to use it in your next session.