Back To The Basics

Wayne goes through the roof if anyone comes to him asking him how to breathe properly for singing. The reason is because, as he often says, we were born breathing correctly, then we spend the rest of our lives figuring out how to screw it up. If you look at puppies or babies breathing when they are asleep, their belly moves slowly up and down. Same with any of us when we are sleeping. But somehow when we are "trying" to sing, we forget how to breathe naturally and start trying to "help." Breathing correctly for singing is as much about expiration as it is inhalation. We should be like bagpipes or an accordion. As the breath comes up from the diaphragm it crosses over the vocal chords creating sound. If you cut off the breath from below and try to sing from your throat, you won't have much sound or resonance. When it comes to singing and breathing, it's important to get back to the basics.