How do you tell the good from the bad when it comes to good singing advice? With all the information on the net nowadays, it is still possible. Yes, there is a lot of free advice out there, and this article will show you how to be cautious in determining and selecting the good information from the bad. What do you look for? How will you be able to tell?

Good vocal tips, advice, and informational articles on how to sing better will provide you with basic information on breathing, voice care, proper warm-ups, both physical and vocal, and the best ways to increase a singer's range.

1. Good tips on breathing. A clinical study of thousands of participants over a 30-year period presents convincing evidence that the most significant factor in peak health and long life is how well you breathe. Basically, that means, breathing properly is really, really good for you! Articles especially focused on singing need to give you good tips on breathing. Breathing advice in regard to singing should always include relaxation techniques for quiet inhalations, specifically. For example, yawning as you inhale relaxes the muscles surrounding the vocal cords. Singing tips should address the diaphragm and upper and lower lung fields and how they work. Of course tips and tricks on what not to do as well, like, do not move your shoulders as you learn to breathe properly. They should also include exercises to assist you in developing better breathing control and stamina without hurting the singing voice. This could include exercises like breathing in through a pretend straw for better breath control and development.

2. Good vocal advice will also include proper care of the voice and how overall physical and even emotional health will relate to the development of your singing voice. It is believed that 7.5 million people have diseases or disorders of the voice, some of which can be avoided by taking care of your voice. For example, lukewarm water is the best form of liquid to soothe the cords for the best possible care. Singing tips should include good and poor health habits to increase your rate of success and development of your natural capabilities and talents. For example, excessive smoking and drinking, dry air, abuse of vocal cords, etc., are not good habits for proper vocal health.

3. Good basic solid warm-ups for overall better singing should always include stretching exercises, breathing exercises, and vocal warm-ups appropriately used. Warm-ups, as in weight training, are used to stretch the muscles to prepare them for work without injury (Dr. Ingo Titze of the National Center for Voice and Speech). Including these vocal warm-ups is the key to increasing the singer's range along with further development and proper care of the voice, according to the individual's independent abilities and voicing. If you or I do not warm up, it would be like taking a track athlete and just putting him or her on the track and making them run full out! Yikes! Would the muscles have trouble? You bet! And the long-term consequences could be disastrous, not including the overall body having future difficulties.

4. Finally, a good vocal article should always mention that this information should not take the place of private vocal coaching/teaching lessons. It is impossible to assist you, I, or any person with a cookie-cutter method, without hearing and evaluating each individual and their singing voice, since we are all made differently.

So, you want to learn how to sing better? Then follow these tips to assist in sorting out that all-confusing mirage of information on the internet. I do feel very strongly that these tips will help you discern information that is of high quality and more thorough. Yes, the information is out there, and with these statistics to back the criteria, I do hope this will assist you in becoming more discerning on your search for learning how to sing better! So, let's get started on taking care of that voice, breathing, and warming up!