How much practice?

• One of the first things i tell my students when they begin is that they must be able to commit at least 3 hours a week practice to experience progress. Following this, i also let them know that this means around 30 mins a day, not a 3 hour cram session the night before!
• This is important, because you are gradually changing your body, so it's no different from doing any other kind of physical exercise. You need to start with short and regular seiions, and build from there.
• It's also important not to overdo it in the beginning, when a singer will often have "bad" habits to break. Learning how to become aware and recognise potentially damaging vocal habits, takes time, so screaming out vocal exercises for an hour a day and screwing up your voice is NOT going to get you far.
• As you become more experience and recognise what NOT to do, a half hour might not be enough. professional singers will often warm up for an hour or more before they even go on stage and start their performance, so you get where this is going.
• You need at least 3 hours committment time that you SCHEDULE in to your weekly routine. Mark it in your diary so you do it, and stick to achieving that 3 hours, slowly working your way up. You'll be really happy with the results.