
Hosted by Estelle Idoko - Voice Teacher, Singing Coach, Singer, Actor, · EN
Hi performers! Welcome to the Sing Confidently, Live Creatively podcast, a show for professional and pre-professional performing artists who want to build confidence in their singing!
Are you intentionally pursuing a professional career as a musical theatre actor but your voice is not as powerful or reliable as you'd like?
Do you want to feel confident in your voice at auditions or on-stage, but don’t know how to develop your vocal technique?
Do you wish you could learn how to belt, mix, improve your vocal range, or sing riffs, but you don't know where to start?
I get it! Hi, I’m Estelle, a Professional Singer, Actor, and Voice Teacher in my online studio, Creatively Performing Arts. I also teach and music direct locally in North Carolina at various music studios and theaters!
I grew up performing, but everyone kept telling me to save the arts for retirement or the weekends. So after college, I went to medical school, thinking that was the safest path. But I realized I had those creative passions for a reason and couldn't stay in a career that hid my gifts. So, I decided to leave. Dramatic, I know, but I'm in theatre after all!
After I left medical school, I started a Masters in Music and Music Education at Columbia University (hybrid) and developed my voice intentionally while helping other singers along the way. I began to build confidence in my dreams and my voice beyond what I'd ever known!
I want to help you do the same - build confidence in your singing voice so you can live your creative dreams!
On this show, you will learn how to sing with more confidence, how to train your voice consistently, how to prepare your songs for auditions, how to belt, how to develop mix technique, how to breathe properly as a singer, and more!
You’ll get mindset tips to help you take action on your creative gifts in spite of imposter syndrome, self-doubt, rejection, and fear of what people think.

GROUP SINGING CLASSES - join the waitlist here! Try a free, 10 minute voice consult with me HERE! Hi Singers! Want to improve your vocal technique by developing your tone? Your tone is essential to your unique voice. If you want to "improve your tone" (create the tone you like), then listen in to learn about... - Creating a more resonant tone - What vocal placement means - How you can create the tone you want with resonance and vocal placement DISCLAIMER: Be sure to listen to your voice. If any note feels uncomfortable or painful, stop singing. WHAT NEXT? → Book your voice lesson! - creativelybyestelle.com/studio → Free vocal warm up track! - creativelybyestelle.com/warmup → Free online community! - creativelybyestelle.com/community → Join the email list HERE! → Contact me: - Email: hello@creativelybyestelle.com - Instagram: @creativelybyestelle

GROUP SINGING CLASSES - join the waitlist here! Try a free, 10 minute voice consult with me HERE! Hi Singers! Are you ready to pursue a career in the performing arts space for real but don't feel inspired? Are you struggling to stay motivated on the journey as you audition, practice, take lessons, etc? There are ways we as creatives can keep ourselves inspired even when we don't "feel" it. We have to keep going - listen in to learn a few ways to keep going today. You'll learn about... - Ways I have stayed inspired in my performing arts career path - Things you can do to keep growing in your vocal skills - Why creative community matters and more! WHAT NEXT? → Book your voice lesson! - creativelybyestelle.com/studio → Free vocal warm up track! - creativelybyestelle.com/warmup → Free online community! - creativelybyestelle.com/community → Join the email list HERE! → Contact me: - Email: hello@creativelybyestelle.com - Instagram: @creativelybyestelle

GROUP SINGING CLASSES - join the waitlist here! Try a free, 10 minute voice consult with me HERE! Hi Singer! Ready to warm-up your voice but don't have enough time? Try this quick vocal warm-up, follow it up with a verse, chorus, or audition cut of a song your working on, and you've done your voice practice for the day. It can be this simple. Just be consistent, and keep working to develop your vocal technique little by little each day. Sing along with the following: - Lip trills on an octave slide - Hoo-hoo-hoo/ha-ha-ha interval skips - Nyeah/No descending 5 tone scale DISCLAIMER: Be sure to listen to your voice. If any note feels uncomfortable or painful, stop singing. WHAT NEXT? → Book your voice lesson! - creativelybyestelle.com/studio → Free vocal warm up track! - creativelybyestelle.com/warmup → Free online community! - creativelybyestelle.com/community → Join the email list HERE! → Contact me: - Email: hello@creativelybyestelle.com - Instagram: @creativelybyestelle

GROUP SINGING CLASSES - join the waitlist here! Try a free, 10 minute voice consult with me HERE! Hi Singers! Are you building a career as a performer and creative in the midst of a busy season? Are you struggling to get in your voice training, performance development, etc. because there's no time? I understand! Let's talk about how you can practically make time to train as a performer, pursue your creative calling, and improve your performance skills in small amounts of time even when life is overwhelming. Listen in to hear about: - A way to do your voice practice in a simple way - Small ways to be creative daily - How to keep going when things are overwhelming WHAT NEXT? → Book your voice lesson! - creativelybyestelle.com/studio → Free vocal warm up track! - creativelybyestelle.com/warmup → Free online community! - creativelybyestelle.com/community → Join the email list HERE! → Contact me: - Email: hello@creativelybyestelle.com - Instagram: @creativelybyestelle

GROUP SINGING CLASSES - join the waitlist here! Try a free, 10 minute voice consult with me HERE! Hi Singers! Want to get better at singing riffs and runs? Today, I'm teaching you, step-by-step, how to sing an incredible pop riff that Zara Larsson does in PinkPantheress' song "Stateside". Let me know if you have another riff you want me to break down. Get ready to sing along! DISCLAIMER: Be sure to listen to your voice. If any note feels uncomfortable or painful, stop singing. WHAT NEXT? → Book your voice lesson! - creativelybyestelle.com/studio → Free vocal warm up track! - creativelybyestelle.com/warmup → Free online community! - creativelybyestelle.com/community → Join the email list HERE! → Contact me: - Email: hello@creativelybyestelle.com - Instagram: @creativelybyestelle

GROUP SINGING CLASSES - join the waitlist here! Try a free, 10 minute voice consult with me HERE! Hi Singers! Do you want to improve the way your voice sounds? Like, you're good with pitch, you have some vibrato, maybe you even feel good about your range, but your tone lacks "richness" or "depth". In that case, let's work on tone! One way to feel more confident as singers is to notice when our true voice is being dampened or hidden. Improving tone can help you release and embrace your unique voice! Sing along to the following exercises: - Hums (resonance) - Ooowee-ooowee-ooowee-ooowee (vocal color changes on each pitch) - Ya-ya-ya-ya vs. Yeah yeah yeah yeah (dark vs. bright tone and resonance shifting) DISCLAIMER: Be sure to listen to your voice. If any note feels uncomfortable or painful, stop singing. WHAT NEXT? → Book your voice lesson! - creativelybyestelle.com/studio → Free vocal warm up track! - creativelybyestelle.com/warmup → Free online community! - creativelybyestelle.com/community → Join the email list HERE! → Contact me: - Email: hello@creativelybyestelle.com - Instagram: @creativelybyestelle

GROUP SINGING CLASSES - join the waitlist here! Hi Singers! Get ready to enjoy an inspiring conversation with Jacob Shipley, Voice Teacher, Vocologist, & Performer! He shares vulnerably about... - his experiences with vocal rehabilitation - how musical theatre singers can learn to sing other contemporary styles - ways you can appreciate and cultivate your voice and SO MUCH more! Connect with Jacob! Website - www.jacobshipley.com Jacob's Voice Studio Instagram Jacob's Personal Instagram More about Jacob! Jacob Shipley is a Voice Teacher, Vocologist, and Performer. He specializes in helping Musical Theatre and Classical singers branch out into contemporary styles and Singer-Songwriters improve their vocal flexibility and health. As a folk-rock singer-songwriter, Jacob’s music is raw, powerful, and emotive. His songs are intimate snapshots from his own emotionally complicated life with humor and a knowing smile that only hindsight can bring. WHAT NEXT? → Book your voice lesson! - creativelybyestelle.com/studio → Free, 10-15 minute voice consult with me HERE! → Free vocal warm up track! - creativelybyestelle.com/warmup → Free online community! - creativelybyestelle.com/community → Join the email list HERE! → Contact me: - Email: hello@creativelybyestelle.com - Instagram: @creativelybyestelle

BUILD CONFIDENCE WITH GROUP SINGING CLASSES - join the waitlist here! Are you a singer struggling with allergies this spring? Here's a quick refresher on how to take care of your voice in general, but especially in spite of allergies! As always, consult your primary doctor to help you with medications, etc. but here's my perspective as a fellow singer and voice educator. We're talking about... - Ways to be intentional about hydrating - Why Grether's (Try them here!) instead of Halls/Lozenges? - What to do instead of coughing - Ways to take care of your voice daily! and more! Listen in! WHAT NEXT? → Book your voice lesson! - creativelybyestelle.com/studio → Free, 10-15 minute voice consult with me HERE! → Free vocal warm up track! - creativelybyestelle.com/warmup → Free online community! - creativelybyestelle.com/community → Join the email list HERE! → Contact me: - Email: hello@creativelybyestelle.com - Instagram: @creativelybyestelle

BUILD CONFIDENCE WITH GROUP SINGING CLASSES - join the waitlist here! Hi Singers, it's time to overcome self-doubt and shame around your singing voice and instead to learn to trust your voice and feel confident in it. This is a process, so as we enter the new season of 🌸 S P R I N G 🌸 with the renewed vigor and enthusiasm the season brings, let's start the process! I'm sharing: - My 4 step process for building confidence as a singer and performer - A simple way to practice singing every day - Inspiration to get started today and fun stories and laughs along the way! Listen in! WHAT NEXT? → Book your voice lesson! - creativelybyestelle.com/studio → Free, 10-15 minute voice consult with me HERE! → Free vocal warm up track! - creativelybyestelle.com/warmup → Free online community! - creativelybyestelle.com/community → Join the email list HERE! → Contact me: - Email: hello@creativelybyestelle.com - Instagram: @creativelybyestelle

Curious about voice lessons? Try a free, 10 minute voice consult with me HERE! Hi Singers! Want to sing with better breath support? Want to get rid of breathiness and feel like you have the right amount of power in your voice? Part of that is making sure your vocal folds are coming together CLEANLY and having the right amount of airflow vs air pressure. We're doing exercises to help you with that today! Get ready to sing along! Exercises: - Hums up and down a 5 note scale - Hums up and down a 5 note scale - adding Nasal Resistance - Ha-ha-ha - staccato notes and engaging abs! DISCLAIMER: Be sure to listen to your voice. If any note feels uncomfortable or painful, stop singing. WHAT NEXT? → Book your voice lesson! - creativelybyestelle.com/studio → Free vocal warm up track! - creativelybyestelle.com/warmup → Free online community! - creativelybyestelle.com/community → Join the email list HERE! → Contact me: - Email: hello@creativelybyestelle.com - Instagram: @creativelybyestelle