X Factor Result

Well done to one of my students seventeen year old Nadia who has just phoned me from Hampden Park in Glasow to tell me that she succeeded in getting through to the next round in X Factor 2009. She is over the moon and so am I as she has only had a four singing lessons from me before her audition. She sang the song "You are so beautiful"

Well done againg Nadia I am keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Susan Boyle

well done Britains Got Talent hopeful Susan Boyle. she certainly took us all by surprise with her excellent performance of I dreamed a dream.
I am looking forward to her next performance on this show.
If you would like to be able to sing like her then you should take singing lessons from a good vocal coach.

Wedding Band Glasgow

Wedding season is getting busy now and I like nothing more that performing with Blazing Pianos Wedding Band Glasgow.

Working with fellow band members keyboard player/singer Kenny Campbell and superb female vocalist Diane Barry.

Working within the glasgow and surrounding areas of Strathclyde, Lanarkshire, Bunbartonshire and Ayrshire we are kept very busy. This along with my vocal coach work keeps me very busy.

X Factor Auditions 2009

Hi,

It's almost time again to be preparing for auditions for the xfactor.

Learn the secrets of exactly what they are looking for from top Vocal Coach to TV's Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus and Fame Academy winner David Sneddon.

There are usually around ten thousand people who turn up at each audition so get the edge over other contestansts by finding out how to succeed in the X Factor auditions.

Good Luck

Robert Wishart

Vocal Coach

Dancers should learn to sing

I was listening to an interview on Radio 2 with Elaine Paige who was interviewing dance choreographer Anthony Van Laast who was the choreographer in the stage and film versions of Mama Mia to name just one of the many hit shows credited to his name.

Anthony was telling Elaine how important it is nowadays for musical theatre dancers to be able to sing as well as dance and also for singers to be able to dance.

He went on to explain that with the tight budgets nowadays in the theatre and film industry, producers can no longer afford to employ dancers and singers and it is easier to get a job if you can do both.

Anthony is now spreading the word to dance schools to tell the dancers to have singing lessons with a good vocal coach as he is no longer interested in auditioning people whoc can't do both.

So if you're a dancer and you want to succeed in todays market of musical theatre I would suggest that you learn to sing. Anyone can be a good singer if you get the correct singing tuition.

Don't SHOUT-Sing!

I had an email from a girl asking my advice on singing the Biork song "Oh so quiet"
She wanted to know how to scream or shout at the louder parts of the song without damaging her vocal chords.

My reply to her was...
... don't ever scream or shout when singing. You will eventually damage your vocal chords.
What may sound like screaming or shouting in a song is a controlled for of singing.

As a vocal coach I know only too well that lots of people who don't learn to sing properly or have any form of vocal coaching will attempt to sing loudly without knowing the correct singing technique.

Anyone who wants to sing should find a good singing teacher, vocal coach in order to sing properly.

BBC choir sing live on radio

Here is a utube link to hear the MacAuley and Co. choir singing live on Radio Scotland.

They were coached by myself (the singing tutor) in only six hours.