Vocal Tips in 10 with Amber Mogg Cathey
May 27, 2026 · 12 min · 10 segments
If you’ve ever felt like you know what to do technically — you have the skills, the talent, the exercises — and yet something still feels blocked when you sing… this episode is for you. In this…
Katie CrooksGuestAmber Mock CaffeeHostNow, when you're kind of sharing your first experience thinking about this.
My first experience thinking about this was when I was a young artist myself, I'd just moved to Nashville, I'd graduated from Berklee College of Music.
I'd only been in Nashville a handful of months, and I got this really major opportunity to do some session work for Sony Music.
And I thought, "Okay, well, I know technically, artistically, musically, I can learn that and deliver, no problem." The problem was that for those hours I was working on it, I was getting myself keyed up thinking, "This is it, Amber.
If you knock this out of the park, you will do this for your life." I put that much pressure on myself.
I thought, "You're blowing this," which of course, what did that do? Made everything tighten more.
They knew I could do it, and after a few times I relaxed enough, I got it out.
And when I think about it years later, I'm like, "I fully did that to myself." [laughs]
Now, when you're kind of sharing your first experience thinking about this.
My first experience thinking about this was when I was a young artist myself, I'd just moved to Nashville, I'd graduated from Berklee College of Music.
I'd only been in Nashville a handful of months, and I got this really major opportunity to do some session work for Sony Music.
And I thought, "Okay, well, I know technically, artistically, musically, I can learn that and deliver, no problem." The problem was that for those hours I was working on it, I was getting myself keyed up thinking, "This is it, Amber.
If you knock this out of the park, you will do this for your life." I put that much pressure on myself.
I thought, "You're blowing this," which of course, what did that do? Made everything tighten more.
They knew I could do it, and after a few times I relaxed enough, I got it out.
And when I think about it years later, I'm like, "I fully did that to myself." [laughs]
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