The Choir Guy

When boys aren’t singing clearly, don’t rehearse harder.

Instead of fixing it inside the music…
take the concept out of the song.

Speak it. Clap it. Feel it.
Then put it back in.

🎯They lock in immediately because now they know what success feels like.

Instant clarity. Instant buy-in.

Save it. Steal it. Use it tomorrow. ✨

Middle school boys struggle with tone…
because we’re speaking a different language.

When we say “create space,” they hear words.
When we attach it to movement, they feel it. ✨

So we turned it into a game:
Eyebrow push-ups.
Physical anchor.
Instant difference.

🎯With boys, the body often unlocks what the voice won’t.

Save it. Steal it. Use it tomorrow.

Meet me at TMEA 2026! 🎶🎉

I’m excited to see familiar faces, meet new ones, and talk all things tenor–bass choir. If you see me, stop me — let’s chat!!

See you there! 🔥

I’m not yelling. I’m not arguing.
I’m not repeating myself 12 times. 😮‍💨

I give them a cue.
We run it.
If it slips, we run it back.

📌That’s it.
That’s the system.

Save it. Steal it. Use it tomorrow.

🤯PART 3 (Final): Connect Sound to Singing 🎶

This didn’t start with singing.
It started with safety.

🎯Before boys are ready to sing,
they have to feel safe enough to make sound.

When sound is allowed to be raw…
when it’s encouraged instead of corrected…
when it’s anchored with trust…

sound becomes singing.

Every voice you hear here found its way into head voice
not through force,
but through patience, movement, and belief. 🔥

Boys will sing.
Boys want to sing.
Let them. 🎤

🤯 PART 2: Move the Sound…

Before boys are ready to sing,
they have to feel safe letting their sound move.

I start where their voice already feels safe, then guide the sound up using:

• movement
• familiar context
• airflow

This is how sound becomes singing—
without breaking trust.

Part 3 is where it all connects. 🔥🎶

100 Middle School Boys…😱

First time meeting this group…
Some chose choir. Some didn’t.

🎯 But I’ve learned that before boys feel safe enough to sing, they have to feel safe enough to make sound.

So we start there.

Sound builds trust.
Trust builds buy-in.
Buy-in leads to singing.

🎤 Boys need to be BROUGHT IN before they BUY IN.

How to get 75 students’ attention without raising your voice‼️🤯

First time meeting this group.
75 students. Zero raised voices.

🎯 I’ve learned that attention isn’t about being louder — it’s about giving students something to follow.

The very first thing you do sets the tone before you ever start teaching or singing.

Set the tone. Stay in the zone. 😎

Waiting to conduct an honor choir,
but THIS happened instead…✨

Fill it low. Let it flow. 🎒💨

Backpack Breathing is a game-changer for you tenor-bass singers—helping them build the foundation of breath support needed to unlock a stronger, freer, and more supported tone! 🔥