Patriot’s Day was Monday here in Massachusetts (commemorates the first battles of the American Revolutionary War—Lexington and Concord—on April 19, 1775.) Along with battle reenactments and a morning Red Sox Game, it’s also the day of the Boston Marathon. 🏃 🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃
We live a mile from the route, so we head over and join the horns, cowbells, and shouts.
Something about this year’s race brought a tear or two. Hundreds of folks from everywhere running together down Route 135 — the potholed winter-beaten stretch usually host to crusty New England drivers nursing their Dunkies on the way to Framingham — became the scene of the best of the human spirit on display.
These runners! I needed this lift — so many folks together, hours and hours of training converging together in this moment, competing and together. So many badasses.
And when I saw the para athletes putting the road behind them with such rhythm and focus. Truly humbling.
With all fiery dumpsters ablaze in the world, it was a gift to see these amazing folks. So grateful.
Made me think of all the singers I’ve had the privilege to WALK 🙂 the road with. How folks have overcome vocal injury, crippling tension, trauma that seemed to separate them from their bodies, and flung themselves into the unknown of witnessing vibrating musical air move through the body.
Also truly humbling.
And makes me want to say thank you for welcoming me into your inbox, trusting me with aspects of your training, and all the ways this community shares with me. I love hearing from you and how these emails, videos, and lessons have helped. It’s why I do it.
What I keep coming back to is this:
All of that progress (strength, coordination, resilience) happens on purpose. It comes from having a way of working. A structure you can return to when things feel off, unclear, or inconsistent.
That’s what I want for you as a singer. And it’s one of the reasons I built The Voice Map.
It’s a way of understanding how the voice works as a system so you’re not just throwing spaghetti, but seeing how everything connects and knowing what to adjust when something feels fishy.
And now, it also includes 6 months inside the Resource Library, so you’re not doing that work alone.
You’ll have:
- live Q&As
- a community of singers working through the same process
- and a growing set of tools to support what you’re building
So you have both:
📚 the structure of the system
🎉 and the support to apply it
If you’ve been wanting a clearer way to approach your voice (and something you can rely on over time) you can learn more about The Voice Map here:
If it feels like the right time to go deeper to understand your voice and express yourself with clarity and satisfaction, I’d love to see you there.
Please remember there’s only one you. Somebody would love to hear the story only you can sing.
Love much,
Dan
PS Check out these terrific finish line moments shared by the Boston Globe.