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Balancing Your Voice and the Brain: How to Sing Anything with Freedom and Stop Overthinking Your Voice with Jonathan E. Smith

Sing with freedom, confidence, and emotional connection without forcing, overthinking, or fighting your voice.

Many singers struggle not because they lack talent, but because of self-judgment and over-analysis. This workshop explores how to combine the analytical and intuitive sides of the brain to create healthy, expressive, and effortless singing.

By the end, participants will:
- Learn how the left and right brain work together in great singing
- Understand how overthinking interferes with vocal freedom and coordination
- Improve confidence by learning how to trust trained vocal instincts
- Learn how to organize practice sessions for optimal vocal growth
- Understand how resonance, breath, and vowel shaping affect the brain’s sense of ease and control
- Gain exercises that balance “thinking” the voice and “feeling” the voice

Jonathan E. Smith is an international vocalist, songwriter, and voice teacher with 10+ years of experience helping singers unlock their vocal freedom. He has performed in Japan and Mexico, most notably with Yoshikazu Mera of Studio Ghibli, and is the #1 Amazon bestselling author of How I Learned To Sing. He now teaches a growing audience on TikTok as TheAuthoredVoice.

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