John Raineri’s Singing Studio

Interview 1 - Tom

Tom was into heavy metal for many years in his youth. He talks about his journey of learning guitar and the mistakes he made along the way. In seeing live metal bands and was drawn to the lead vocalist and talks about self learning screaming and singing. We then go on to talk about creativity, learning processes, balancing your skills, maturing and how it changes our lifestyle choices which leads to changes in musical tastes and much more...

How wide should my mouth be when singing??

Open Throat vs Splat vowel singing and jaw dropping and jaw tension

13 yr Old Singing Advice

What would my advice be to a 13 year old who has a dream of being a broadway singer??

(The Ugly Truth) My Experiences with Universities and Auditions

I try and be fully transparent about my failures in auditions and the struggles I have had with University. I don't mean to offend anyone or discourage anyone from going to these amazing places with a huge array of knowledge, but here is my experience with it.

Emotion in the Voice

How can you sing with emotion? Where does it come from and what does it sound like?

Vocal Types are Nonsense??

How do you determine your vocal type? Why do we have them and what makes them different from your vocal range!

Vocal Range

Do you need to know your vocal range? Are you damaging your voice by trying?

The Voice and AI

Will Artificial Intelligence take over the human voice and singers? How far can we go with technology providing everything for us?

High Larynx Singing

How to achieve a low larynx while singing

Singing Basics