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Do Talented Singers Need Voice Lessons?

When I first meet with a client, I always ask them to share with me the goals that they have for their voice. They usually mention the singers that they most admire like Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, or Beyonce. Sometimes they will then say, “I’m sure they wouldn’t need voice lessons!” It’s always a delight for me to let them

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Get To Know Carrie Welling

Vocal coach by day, and incredible indie-artist and songwriter by night! Carrie has opened for artists like David Cook (winner of American Idol), Delta Rae…

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Catching Up with Rebecca Gray

Rebecca! You have been on the team at Jacob Burton Studios since July of 2019. It has been an honor to have you a part of the team! What is your background as a vocal coach? First of all, I just want to say how much I have loved being a part of this amazing vocal community you’ve built! I

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Ten Questions With Hollie Hammel

What would you say is your greatest accomplishment as a singer? “I think my greatest accomplishment has been contracting choirs of 16-32 for large arena tours! I got my first opportunity at being a director in this realm on the Hans Zimmer Live Tour. It was definitely the proudest moment of my career thus far.”

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Ten Questions with Dani Elliott!

Hello Dani! It is a pleasure to have you on the team at JBVC! Tell us a little about yourself! I’m a singer, songwriter, vocal coach, owner of a couple small businesses and overall a person who loves to create and learn as much as possible! Awesome! Well let’s play a fun little game of 10 Questions!  1. If you

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Ten Questions with Molly Rocklind

Hello Molly! It is a pleasure to have you on the team at JBVC! Tell us a little about yourself! I am a singer, songwriter, and educator based out of Nashville, TN. I teach voice both privately and at the National Praise and Worship Institute of Trevecca University. Before moving to Nashville, I worked in Los Angeles as a professional singer

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How to Sing and Speak CLEARLY

Eh-hem.  Pipe down everyone, it is time for our dramatic poetry reading… “She sells seashells by the seashore. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” *dramatic snaps* Besides when you’re reading tongue twisters at your local poetry bar, do you ever find yourself getting tongue-tied? Mumbling? Speaking

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Release Tongue Tension While Singing

Hello my singing, blogging, reading audience! Today we will be digging into the wonderful world of tongue tension! Tongue tension effects about 90% of the singers that I work with.  The incredible break throughs that happen when tongue tension is disengaged will blow. your. mind.  I’m going to take ya’ll to church real quick. In James 3:5 it says “the tongue

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The 3 Must-Haves for Vocal Maintenance

Long ago, in a galaxy far far away, I was a voice student. One day my vocal coach told me about a few items that I should purchase in order to take better care of my voice. Being the perfect student, I emphatically assured her that I would buy those items. Unfortunately I was also a procrastinating and broke college student,

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What Is Mix Voice?

So, what’s mixed singing anyway? In my last blog post I covered the big question: “Can I Improve My Range?” In short the answer was “yes.” Today we are going to dig a little deeper into the “how” behind that answer, which is mix voice. Mix voice is the blending of the chest voice and the head voice. It is

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Is It Possible to Improve My Range / Add High Notes?

Is It Possible to Improve my Range? In my first blog post I answered the question I get asked most often which is Can You Really Teach ANYONE How to Sing? In today’s post, I am going to answer one of the next most popular questions that I hear, which is “Can I Really Improve My Range?” I love this

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