The Vocal Detective
A 12-week Course designed to uncover the root causes of and solutions to your vocal issues.
Join master teacher Tom Burke to uncover the hidden causes of your vocal issues in this series of 12 self-assessments.
PSA: This program IS NOT for someone currently experiencing acute vocal issues like polyps, nodules or vocal fold hemorrhage unless you've been cleared by your medical team. If you have experienced sudden voice loss or hoarseness for more than two weeks, you must see a Laryngologist (i.e. an Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor who specializes in voice) first.
You've spent countless hours
wondering and worrying
about why you can't use your voice
the way
you want,
when
you want
for as long as
you want.
It's time to get to the root causes of the issue.
Because, let's face it — you are DONE with...
Risking your voice and career with annoying technical issues like pushing or fatigue that wind up causing inconsistent or exhausting auditions & performances.
Constantly ask yourself if you sound too bright,
too dark, too heady, too chesty, too breathy, or too nasal and not knowing how to do anything about it.
Always have to push or flip into your head voice or mix, when all you really want is to be able to consistently speak loudly or belt with ease.
If you’re like me, what really matters is having full access to your voice on demand.
Imagine getting to the root cause of the issue and knowing how to leverage the four pillars of vocal success.
BRAINWORK
Leverage meditation, mindfulness, and motor learning principles to practice more effectively and get out of your head and into the story.
BODYWORK
Increase the power, consistency, and stamina of your voice with tools for optimal Alignment, Anchoring, and Airflow.
VOICEWORK
Overcome registration and resonance issues with more control of your vocal folds, vocal tract and velum.
SPEECHWORK
Improve the consistency and power of your voice across your range with Diction Tricks & our signature technique called "Aliens."
I created the
Vocal Detective
for singers, actors, & voiceover artists — who want a simple way to speak or sing with ease and power in any style.
...without having to invest
thousands of dollars or
thousands of hours
trying to figure it out alone.
P.S. Speech-language pathologists and voice teachers who want to learn this assessment protocol and vital vocal tools are also welcome!
P.P.S. This program IS NOT for someone currently experiencing acute vocal issues like polyps, nodules or vocal fold hemorrhage. If you have experienced sudden voice loss or hoarseness for more than two weeks, you must see a Laryngologist (i.e. an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor who specializes in voice) first.
You already have the voice.
We just need dial in a few things
about your technique
to unlock your full potential.
The Vocal Detective
Here's everything that's included...
12 Classes
Self-Assessments
Vocal Exercises
Masterclasses
Q&A
Private Community
All designed to help you get to the root causes of your vocal issues and start using your voice the way you want, when you want for as long as you want without effort or fatigue.
Here’s how it works...
Each class, we'll investigate a new vocal suspect.
You'll participate in a self-assessment of a different "subsystem" of voice (i.e. breathing, resonance, articulation) to determine what variables may be impacting your ability to use yoru voice the way you want in the style you want.
You'll then learn practice techniques to overcome the challenge of the week.
Here's the lineup
Week 1: The Vocal Vampire: Identify the environmental factors harming your voice and develop a gameplan to vanquish them.
Week 2: The Inner Critic: Identify the negative self-talk that may be distracting you from succeeding and learn how to leverage "Magic Words" to quickly find your ideal sound.
Week 3: The Drill Sergeant: Eliminate complex warmups or overly technical exercises, and develop a practice routine that actually works.
Week 4: The Sloucher: Work on the alignment issues that might be undermining your vocal ease.
Week 5: The Wobbler: Work on the support issues that might be impacting your power, stability and consistency.
Week 6: The Chihuahua & St. Bernard: Work on the breathing issues that might be undermining your stamina and yielding unnecessary effort.
Week 7: The Buzzer: Address issues with the vocal folds themselves like vocal fold adduction, onsets, and the thickness of your vocal folds.
Week 8: The Bottleneck: Identify the vocal tract issues that might be causing the timbre issues (i.e. brightness and darkness) of your voice.
Week 9: The Nasalizer: Work on controlling the degree of nasality of your voice.
Week 10: The Alien: Work on optimizing your resonance for optimal ease, consistency, projectability and beauty.
Week 11: The Elocutionist: Identify which consonants might be tripping you up and how to overcome them with Diction Tricks.
Week 12: The Pitch Pirate: Identify the tricky lyrics that might be causing you rough vocal seas and how to stabilize the ship.
You shouldn’t have to do this alone.
Hey, I’m Tom Burke
I'm a speech-language pathologist and voice teacher who over the past 20+ years has helped Broadway singers, Hollywood actors, TED speakers, Google execs and more overcome vocal injury and develop voice & storytelling skills that enable them to give awesome performances. I'd love to be of service and help you use your voice the way you want, when you want for as long as you went.
Nothing’s worse than having a vocal issue and not knowing what to do about it.
Can I show you exactly what this looks like?
One of the first assessments you'll do in the Vocal Detective is identify your "Magic Words" - the words where you are already succeeding so that you leverage those to improve faster. Check out this coaching session to see Magic Words in action.
The Vocal Detective
Here's everything that's included...
12 Classes
Self-Assessments
Vocal Exercises
Masterclasses
Q&A
Private Community
All designed to help you get to the root causes of your vocal issues and start using your voice the way you want, when you want for as long as you want without effort or fatigue.
You're covered by our 100% money back guarantee.
I'm so confident you'll love these assessments, exercises and community that you are welcome to experience the program for 4-weeks. If at that time, you don't feel it's for you, I'll give a full refund.
The Vocal Detective
Here's everything that's included...
12 LIVE Classes
Self-Assessments
Vocal Exercises
Masterclasses
Q&A
Private Community