Broadway Vocal Coach
The Broadway Vocal Coach Podcast is your home base for practical vocal training, musical theatre voice technique, and honest conversations about building a career as a performer.
Hosted by Broadway vocal coach and voice teacher Chelsea Wilson, each episode explores the real-life challenges singers face—from vocal technique, mix voice, and healthy belting to audition preparation, performance mindset, and navigating the musical theatre industry.
If you're a musical theatre singer looking to strengthen your voice and feel more confident in the audition room and on stage, you're in the right place!
Broadway Vocal Coach
98. Self-Tape Survival Guide: How to Stand Out in 3 Takes or Less
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Self-tape takes aren’t rehearsal. They’re the performance!
In this episode, we're letting you in on our Self-Tape Survival Guide — from setup basics (lighting, sound, framing, eye line) to performance choices and the mindset shift that will save you hours of frustration.
You’ll learn:
- How to condense physicality without shrinking intention
- Why your takes get worse after take three (!)
- How to declare your preparation complete
- And how to send it in and let it go
Referenced episodes:
- Episode 83 "Choreographing Attention" with Tom Lipinski
- Episode 89 with Kate Lumpkin
- Episode 73: Eight Dumb Mistakes That Are Ruining Your Self-Tapes
If you’ve ever spiraled into 27 takes, questioned your entire career after watching yourself back, or tried to “find it” while filming… This episode is for you.
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