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Melissa Forbes

Unlocking the power of persuasive academic writing: Insights from Time to Write Persuasively by Karyn Gonano

I love reading books about writing. I find they can really help when motivation is waning. Some of my favourites are: Write No Matter...

Melissa Forbes

Alicia Keys' voice crack during the Superbowl halftime show reminds us that "to err is human", and that we are all singers

As a society, we have impossibly high standards for professional singers and a low tolerance for imperfection. We then apply these same...

Melissa Forbes

Your voice is like a car...is that the full picture, though?

Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash There's a well-known analogy within singing voice pedagogy circles that the voice is like a car. The...

Melissa Forbes

Being music podcast

In this episode, Dr. Melissa Forbes from the University of Southern Queensland in Australia discusses the relationship between performing...

A place for germinating ideas on singing, music for health and wellbeing, (Q)ualitative research, becoming a researcher etc