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🎶 🦓 Sarah Algoet * voice teacher & vocal coach * for singers & speakers * performance coach * public speaking coach * mentor for teachers & coaches * international lecturer and masterclass leader * voice researcher * voice illustrator Je stem strategisch, creatief, functioneel en gezond gebruiken? Leer het hier!

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Welcome to singsing!, the private school & coaching practice for singers & speakers of Sarah Algoet. Using your voice in a strategic, creative, functional and healthy manner? Learn it here!

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Bienvenue à singsing!, l'école privée et pratique de coaching pour les chanteurs et les orateurs de Sarah Algoet. Utiliser votre voix d'une manière stratégique, créative, fonctionnelle en utilisant et saine?

19/10/2026

🗣️ You can have a solid technique in any genre and still run into vocal problems because of how (much) you talk.

Speech pathologist and voice specialist Cazden, who spent 18 years in a Los Angeles voice clinic, talked about a study with singers who wore a dosimeter for a week: a small device that measures how much, how high and how loud you use your voice.

Everyone expected the classical singers to come out best. The genre turned out to matter less than the amount of talking: the chats between classes, the lively evenings, the outgoing personality that never stops.

A voice is a voice. Every conversation counts as vocal use, just like your practice time does.

Joanna's tip for teachers: if a student has a huskiness that doesn't go away whatever you do technically, loses range or high notes, or runs out of stamina, have a whole-person conversation. Ask about their social life and how they talk, not only about how they sing.

💬 How much do you talk on a day you have to sing? Tell me in the comments

📌 Save this for the next time you blame your technique for a tired voice

📤 Share it with a singer friend who loves a good chat

📚 This clip comes from Joanna's webinar "Everyday Voice Care for Singers, Actors and Talkers". Watch the whole recording in The singsing! Sofa Library.

Ask me to send you the link, subscribe and get:

🎶 60+ webinars on vocal technique, voice care, performance anxiety, storytelling and so much more

🎓 Guest webinars with leading experts on voice and performance

🙋 A live Ask-Me-Anything session every month

✏️ Access to VocalDrawings.com, with 276 drawings of voice anatomy

🤝 10% off private voice lessons and mentoring

📖 Study: "Differences Between Female Singers With Phonotrauma and Vocally Healthy Matched Controls in Singing and Speaking Voice Use During 1 Week of Ambulatory Monitoring", Toles et al., American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2021

17/10/2026

🤝 Asking "could we go somewhere quiet?" the night before a performance is part of the deal you make with your voice.

Cazden, a speech pathologist and voice specialist who spent 18 years in a Los Angeles voice clinic, calls it the vocal bargain.

Take that dinner in a busy restaurant the day before your performance. To be heard over the music and chatter, you speak louder and higher without even noticing. And because the conversation goes on for hours, your vocal folds work hard the whole evening, so your voice is already tired before the concert has even started.

That can feel awkward, because the people around you don't always understand why you do it. Friends may tease you for leaving the party early or call you a diva for wearing a scarf. Joanna's advice? Claim it. A guitarist takes care of their guitar, and your voice deserves the same care. The difference? A guitarist can put their instrument back in its case after the gig. We carry ours with us all day, and use it for talking, laughing and calling across the room. So caring for it doesn't stop when the performance ends.

📚 This clip comes from Joanna's webinar "Everyday Voice Care for Singers, Actors and Talkers". Watch the whole recording in The singsing! Sofa Library.

Ask me to send you the link, subscribe and get:

🎶 60+ webinars on vocal technique, voice care, performance anxiety, storytelling and so much more

🎓 Guest webinars with leading experts on voice and performance

🙋 A live Ask-Me-Anything session every month

✏️ Access to VocalDrawings.com, with 276 drawings of voice anatomy

🤝 10% off private voice lessons and mentoring

💬 Which part of the vocal bargain is hardest for you: sleep, food and drink, or saying no to a loud night out? Tell me in the comments

📌 Save this for the next time you feel guilty about leaving the party early

📤 Share it with a singer friend who needs this reminder

15/10/2026

🦓 Some voice teachers keep hypermobile singers away from loud singing, to protect them. I understand the instinct, because volume without strain can indeed be challenging in some hypermobile voices. But totally avoiding it can hold the singer back.

Building volume and intensity is muscular training. Every time a singer works on a fuller, stronger sound, the muscles around the larynx learn to coordinate and support it. That creates stability, which is exactly what a hypermobile voice often lacks.

What helps:
🔊 Start small and build in tiny steps
🔊 Pace the work, because stamina works very differently in a hypermobile body
🔊 Expect slower progress than with other singers, and don't read that as failure

Slower progress is still progress. A hypermobile singer can develop a strong, healthy voice when the training respects how their body works.

💬 Do you avoid singing loudly, or have you learned to build it step by step? Tell me in the comments

📌 Save this for the next time you're tempted to keep a hypermobile singer quiet

📤 Share it with a bendy singer friend or with a voice teacher who works with hypermobile singers

This clip comes from my EuroVox 2026 workshop "Teaching Hypermobile Singers". Subscribe to The singsing! Sofa Library to watch the whole recording!

Want to work with me? I offer:

🎶 One-on-one voice lessons and vocal coaching

🦓 Monthly online Solo Group Lessons for hypermobile singers

🤝 Mentoring for voice teachers and coaches who work with hypermobile singers

🔗 Just ask me in the comments and I'll send you allll the links.

13/10/2026

🦓 For years, I called it talent.

Pole, aerial hoop, splits, backbends: my body could do it all without ever taking a stretch class. I had no idea that every one of those shapes was pushing my joints further than they could safely go.

The same goes for the jaw. Fitting four fingers between your teeth is not a party trick. It is a sign that the jaw joint moves further than it should. Please don't try it.

Something unexpected happened with my thumb. Touching it to my forearm used to be easy, until I started bioidentical HRT. Since then, it no longer goes that far. For me, that showed how much oestrogen matters for the joints of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. If this sounds familiar, it is worth a conversation with your doctor.

Today I live with these conditions, all quite early for my age:
🦴 Disc degeneration and a disc protrusion (sometimes a hernia) at L4-L5
🦴 Osteoarthritis of the facet joint
🦴 Stenosis of the lateral recess and foramina
🦴 Osteopenia on the verge of osteoporosis (T-score -2.3)

If you work with hypermobile singers from around 35 or 40 onwards, keep this risk in mind for them too.

💬 Which "party trick" did you think was just flexibility? Tell me in the comments

📌 Save this for the next time someone asks you to show off a party trick

📤 Share it with a bendy singer friend or with a voice teacher who works with hypermobile singers

This clip comes from my EuroVox 2026 workshop "Teaching Hypermobile Singers". Subscribe to The singsing! Sofa Library to watch the whole recording!

Want to work with me? I offer:

🎶 One-on-one voice lessons and vocal coaching

🦓 Monthly online Solo Group Lessons for hypermobile singers

🤝 Mentoring for voice teachers and coaches who work with hypermobile singers

🔗 Just ask me in the comments and I'll send you allll the links.

11/10/2026

🦓 A massage that relaxes one singer can destabilise another.

Laryngeal massage, manual therapy and stretching are common ways to release tension. In a hypermobile body, the same techniques can move a joint further than it can safely go, with a risk of subluxation or dislocation. That applies to the joints of the larynx and to every other joint in the body.

So before someone works hands-on with you, check whether they know about hypermobility. A good therapist will be glad you asked.

For voice teachers: referring on to doctors, physiotherapists, trainers and coaches is part of good teaching. We cannot help a singer with everything. Make sure the people you refer to understand hypermobility too.

💬 Have you ever had a treatment that made things worse instead of better? Tell me in the comments

📌 Save this for your next appointment with a new therapist

📤 Share it with a bendy singer friend or with a voice teacher who works with hypermobile singers

This clip comes from my EuroVox 2026 workshop "Teaching Hypermobile Singers". Subscribe to The singsing! Sofa Library to watch the whole recording!

Want to work with me? I offer:

🎶 One-on-one voice lessons and vocal coaching

🦓 Monthly online Solo Group Lessons for hypermobile singers

🤝 Mentoring for voice teachers and coaches who work with hypermobile singers

🔗 Just ask me in the comments and I'll send you allll the links.

09/10/2026

🦓 Hypermobility can affect your breath, vocal fold closure and vocal stability in ways that are hard to explain to people who don't live in a bendy body. In a group of hypermobile singers, you can skip the explaining and get straight to the singing.

Online Solo Group Lesson for Hypermobile Singers
Live online on 15 October, 18h / 6PM CEST

Two ways to join:

🎶 Active Participant: your own 30-minute slot for a song, a technical question or something in your voice you'd like to explore. You're welcome to record your slot.

🎶 Fly on the Wall: watch every slot and join the conversation if you like, without singing yourself. A good fit on a low-energy day, if you're not sure yet whether you're hypermobile, or if you're a voice teacher who wants to learn by observing.

All levels welcome! No external microphone or complicated tech needed.

💬 Comment: what would you love to work on in your own 30-minute slot?

📌 Save this so you don't miss the next group lesson.

📤 Share this with a bendy singer who needs to hear they're not the only one.

07/10/2026

🎶 Oestrogen and testosterone do very different things to your voice.

📋 Oestrogen plumps the surface layer of the vocal folds, keeps the mucus thin and watery, and helps maintain the collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid that give them their springiness.

📋 Testosterone and other androgens can add mass to the vocal folds when they are unopposed by oestrogen and levels go above the female range. Your pitch can drop, your range and colour can change, and your voice can get raspy or breathy. Some of these changes can be irreversible.

That is why the delivery form matters so much: it needs to be reversible and titratable. Pellets can't be removed and last three to six months.

Questions to ask your provider before you start testosterone:
💬 What exactly are you giving me?
💬 What is the dose, and what is the route?
💬 Will we test my testosterone before I start, and monitor my blood levels?
💬 Can I get a baseline voice exam first?
💬 Can you note in my file that I depend on my voice for my livelihood?

🎧 Watch or listen to the full episode: "Hypermobility, Perimenopause & the Voice: A Vocal Coach's Perspective with Sarah Algoet" on Bendy Menopause.

🙏 Thank you, Vanessa Weiland, for inviting me to Bendy Menopause by !

Want to learn more and/or work with me? I offer:

📚 Blog posts and webinars on the possible effects of hormones on the voice in The singsing! Sofa Library

🎶 Private and group singing lessons

🤝 Mentoring for voice teachers and coaches

🔗 Links in bio or ask me to send you the info!

💬 Comment: did your provider ever talk to you about your voice before starting hormones?

📌 Save this for your next appointment.

📤 Share it with a singer or speaker who is considering testosterone.

05/10/2026

🎶 Losing top notes is not a fixed part of getting older as a singer.

The study I talk about in this clip is Kathy Kessler Price's doctoral dissertation (University of Kansas, 2010). She looked at 307 experienced women singers before, during and after the menopausal transition, with and without hormone replacement therapy.

What stood out for me:

📋 The singers on HRT could still sing a C6 throughout the transition.

📋 The singers without HRT showed a clear pitch drop.

Oestrogen keeps the surface of the vocal folds plump and well lubricated, and it helps maintain the collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid that give them their springiness.

Whether HRT is right for you is a conversation for you and your doctor. If your top notes are slipping away, bring your voice into that conversation too.

🎧 Watch or listen to the full episode: "Hypermobility, Perimenopause & the Voice: A Vocal Coach's Perspective with Sarah Algoet" on Bendy Menopause.

🙏 Thank you, Vanessa Weiland, for inviting me to Bendy Menopause by !

Want to learn more and/or work with me? I offer:

📚 Blog posts and webinars on the possible effects of hormones on the voice in The singsing! Sofa Library

🎶 Private and group singing lessons

🤝 Mentoring for voice teachers and coaches

🔗 Links in bio or ask me to send you the info!

💬 Comment: have you noticed changes in your top notes?

📌 Save this for your next appointment with your doctor.

📤 Share it with a singer who is afraid of losing her high notes.

03/10/2026

🎶 Did your voice teacher ever talk to you about menopause?

For most singers, the answer is no. And there is too little knowledge about the menopausal transition in the whole vocal world: among doctors, laryngologists and speech and language therapists, and among voice teachers too.

A transition you can manage looks like this:

📋 Knowing which changes are possible, so they don't catch you by surprise.

📋 Working with the voice that shows up today, without judgement.

📋 Talking about treatment options with a provider who knows hormones.

📋 A team that looks at your hormones as well as your technique.

🎧 Watch or listen to the full episode: "Hypermobility, Perimenopause & the Voice: A Vocal Coach's Perspective with Sarah Algoet" on Bendy Menopause.

🙏 Thank you, Vanessa Weiland, for inviting me to Bendy Menopause by !

Want to learn more and/or work with me? I offer:

📚 Blog posts and webinars on the possible effects of hormones on the voice in The singsing! Sofa Library

🎶 Private and group singing lessons

🤝 Mentoring for voice teachers and coaches

🔗 Links in bio or ask me to send you the info!

💬 Comment: did anyone ever talk to you about menopause and your voice?

📌 Save this for when your voice starts to change and you need a different story than "decline".

📤 Share it with a voice teacher who works with singers in midlife.

01/10/2026

🦓 Jaw and tongue tension in a hypermobile singer? Stretching it away is often not the answer.

When connective tissue is lax, the body looks for stability somewhere, and the jaw and tongue are easy places to brace. Stretch them passively and you take away the stability the body was creating. That can do more harm than good.

What I do instead with the singers I work with:

📋 Look for where the stability is missing, not only where the tension shows up.

📋 Offer stability in a more efficient way, for example with proprioception tools such as a band around the ribcage or a ball between the knees.

📋 Notice the tension let go once the brain understands it is no longer needed.

🎧 Watch or listen to the full episode: "Hypermobility, Perimenopause & the Voice: A Vocal Coach's Perspective with Sarah Algoet" on Bendy Menopause.

🙏 Thank you, Vanessa Weiland, for inviting me to Bendy Menopause by !

Want to learn more and/or work with me? I offer:

📚 Blog posts and webinars on hypermobility and the voice in The singsing! Sofa Library

🎶 Private and group singing lessons

🤝 Mentoring for voice teachers and coaches

🔗 Links in bio or ask me to send you the info!

💬 Comment: where does your body brace when you sing?

📌 Save this for the next time someone tells you to "just relax your jaw".

📤 Share it with a hypermobile singer or a voice teacher who works with them.

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