mercredi 5 octobre 2016

Trainings And Experiences Of A Voice Coach

By Sandra Martin


Another common term for voice coach is vocal coach. These coaches are teachers that teach and instruct a singer to improve his or her techniques and as well as to take care and develop the voice. Some of the coaches privately teach master classes, lessons, and work shops. They serve as guides for the singers doing a practice or doing a song recording. Usually, coaches focus more on music that are either classical or popular. But some may focus only on the techniques for singing like breathing and word diction and pronunciation.

Mostly, the voice coach is both the writer and the producer of arrangements for harmony of the backup vocalists and the developer for the melody of secondary vocalists. Some serve as advisers to bands and to singers for lyric writing of musical productions. There are critics concerning on the issues of popular recordings in which it credits the singer for the work done by the voice coach Los Angeles and not acknowledging coaches who did the lyric writing for singers.

In year 2000, there is already a number of soft wares used for recording that contain the different types of algorithms for the vocal processing and also pitch correction devices. The soft wares have made a reduction in works of vocal coaches. Producers before hires a person who would sing the song even without skills, and the producer would let him or her undergo vocal coaching for weeks for learning the song and improving tone and diction.

The education and training of most voice coaches in Los Angeles, CA may vary widely. Most of them are professional singers formerly and may be current singers. Some may also have undergone formal trainings like Masters of Music, Bachelors of Music, have Conservatory Diplomas, or may have degrees that are related to foreign languages, to posture techniques, to human kinetics, or to breathing methods.

There are some who may have little experiences only of formal trainings which is the reason why they enhance their skills through performing experiences. Others are not under any trainings and they are usually in the music styles and in the classical milieu. Examples of it are language speakers moving into different countries to teach diction to vocal students, thus, they may develop their singing styles.

Other coaches have professions with relation to music like the pianists in rehearsals accompanying musical theater singers. Other professions are not in relation to musical aspects. These professions include yoga experts and other aspects involving the use of vocal cords and throat.

This profession became very competitive nowadays especially for those in higher professional levels. Their salary is highly dependent on the conditions of work. At times, they can demand their own prices.

Mostly, art and music professionals have lower salaries compared to other professionals. This is possible when both are required to have similar amount of education and experience. Other professionals are the economists and bank managers.

Work conditions vary widely. It depends upon having a part time job or freelance job in the opera or recording companies. Contracts are given for full time workers in most universities and companies of musical theaters.




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