Everyone can learn to sing!
Everyone can learn to sing, regardless of what they have been previously told!
If you are a beginner or an advanced singer I am here to help. I have taught people aged 7 up to 80 years old of mixed abilities, from total beginners to professionals preparing for tours, or for people who just want to explore their voice or gain more confidence to perform at an open mic. I love to help people find their voice and build strong, healthy vocal techniques. I really do, believe anyone can learn to sing! I teach Vocal Techniques for the B.A. and Master degree students at BIMM Berlin and have experience across varied areas of the music industry.
I believe in teaching a solid healthy technique where the singer can learn tools to enhance their creative expression and find their inner artist - that is within us all. I have performed on main stages at Glastonbury Festival, sung backing vocals on X-Factor and I continue to be an active session vocalist and songwrite under the artist name Tigerlight.
In-person lessons are held via Zoom or in-person in Helsinki, Finland, in Berlin, Germany at Noisy Music Rooms.
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Each lesson is tailored to the student's unique needs and wishes. Here are some ideas for areas we can focus on:
SINGING TECHNIQUE:
Breathing
Posture and Alignment
Onsets and Offsets
Vocal warm-ups
Tone
Placement
Twang
Chest voice
Head voice
Mix voice
Falsetto
Pitching
Ear Training
Sound colours
Vowel Modification
ORNAMENTATION AND VOCAL EFFECTS:
Vocal ornamentation
Creak and creaking
Vocal breaks
Vibrato
Air added to voice
IMPROVISATION:
Scales
Scatting
Improvisation
Melisma
Agility and dexterity
Call and response between instruments
Rhythm play
THE ARTIST AND ACTOR WITHIN EACH SINGER:
Live and studio performance techniques
Emotional delivery and expression
Musical, physical and vocal dynamics
Interpreting a song
PHYSIOLOGY:
The physiology of the voice
ARTIST DEVELOPMENT:
Career planning and goal setting
Music industry career advice
Feedback on demos and showreels
LIVE PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
Vocal stamina on stage/ tour
Warm ups and warm downs
Live mic techniques
Band leading / practising cueing whilst singing
Stage performance techniques
Working with monitors
What to listen for and ask for at soundcheck
How to talk to a sound engineer
Troubleshooting techniques
STUDIO SKILLS:
Mic technique
Recording Techniques
Layering vocals for record
Backing vocals
Harmony singing
Session singing
Vocal plugins and processing in Ableton
Production skills
ADDITIONAL AREAS:
Songwriting
Music theory
Singing in irregular time signatures
Key changes
My teaching experience:
I was head of vocals at Solent University for their Performance B.A. degree for four years until I left due to my performing taking me on tour. I have taught Vocal Technical Development and Session Singing Skills at The Brighton Institute of Modern Music and I have taught Vocal Studies, Band Coaching and Music Theory at Brighton City college as well as leading music workshops across the UK for all ages and abilities, including extensive work with participants with special needs. I have a strong client base of professional and non-professional singers alike.
Education:
I hold a First Class Honours Music degree from Southampton University & Distinction in Popular Music National Diploma from Northbrook College. I am constantly researching about music and the voice, as science develops so does our understanding of how we can safely work with and manipulate our voices and carve out our own sound. I continue to have one-to-one lessons with top vocal coaches in modern techniques.
Session singing:
As a session singer in the studio and live across Europe and UK I have sung as a backing vocalist for ITV's X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent this included backing vocals for Beyonce, Westlife, George Michael, Christina Aguilera, Robbie Williams, Will.i.am and Rhianna, on Michael Ball's Greatest Hits album and recorded with Andrew Lloyd Webber. The Discovery Channel, Buena Vista and The National German Television Awards and more..
Songwriting, Artist Bio:
Alongside singing soul and jazz I have a dance music alias where I produce dance music and sing under the Artist name Tigerlight. I've performed worldwide under this alias as a DJ and vocalist. As an instrumental music composer I write for TV, Film and adverts. My music has featured on TV and film worldwide.