Vocal Tips in 10 with Amber Mogg Cathey
Sep 2, 2026 · 11 min · 9 segments
Your voice gives you clues when something isn’t quite right — if you know what to listen for. In this episode of *Vocal Tips in 10*, Amber Mogg Cathey shares two simple tools you can use to check in…
Amber Mogg CatheyHostI want to give you a couple of tools today that you can use to check in on your voice on a regular basis to make sure it is feeling good, it is ready to go for whatever you need and want it to do.
One of the difficult things about being a vocalist, a vocal artist in any capacity, a speaker, a singer, especially professional singers and speakers, is that we can't see our instrument.
So other athletes that have, let's say, an ankle injury, you can see that ankle.
And if it doesn't get better pretty darn quickly, I'm going to go reach out to a professional to help me get it better.
And so that causes a lot of stress for a whole lot of you, for a whole lot of us.
So you can really know, am I getting some warning signs or is it all good? The first tool is called the bastion swelling test.
I want to give you a couple of tools today that you can use to check in on your voice on a regular basis to make sure it is feeling good, it is ready to go for whatever you need and want it to do.
One of the difficult things about being a vocalist, a vocal artist in any capacity, a speaker, a singer, especially professional singers and speakers, is that we can't see our instrument.
So other athletes that have, let's say, an ankle injury, you can see that ankle.
And if it doesn't get better pretty darn quickly, I'm going to go reach out to a professional to help me get it better.
And so that causes a lot of stress for a whole lot of you, for a whole lot of us.
So you can really know, am I getting some warning signs or is it all good? The first tool is called the bastion swelling test.
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