Vocal Tips in 10 with Amber Mogg Cathey
Jun 10, 2026 · 9 min · 9 segments
After 20+ years of coaching singers professionally, vocal coach Amber Mogg Cathey has heard the same questions come up again and again — and in this episode she's answering the five biggest ones. From…
Amber Mogg CatheyHostQuestion number one, why do I sound so different on a recording than I do in my head to myself? And I love this one because it's just mind-boggling to me that none of us will ever really know exactly what we sound like to other people, because as I'm speaking to you right now, I hear my voice resonating in my body, so it's gonna have a different tonal quality than you hear it outside of my body.
But a tip that I love to play with, if you want to hear as close as we can to what your voice sounds like to other people, is take your hands and put them right in front of your ears.
Question number one, why do I sound so different on a recording than I do in my head to myself? And I love this one because it's just mind-boggling to me that none of us will ever really know exactly what we sound like to other people, because as I'm speaking to you right now, I hear my voice resonating in my body, so it's gonna have a different tonal quality than you hear it outside of my body.
But a tip that I love to play with, if you want to hear as close as we can to what your voice sounds like to other people, is take your hands and put them right in front of your ears.
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