If you want to develop your voice to it's maximum potential nothing works better than private voice lessons. Train with me at Vocal Dynamics Orange County voice studio or in your home from anywhere in the world using Skype. Beginners are welcome.
Why not try a first lesson? There's no risk. The first lesson is FREE if you come to the studio. I'm so confident you'll like the quality of voice lessons at Vocal Dynamics I also offer a 100% money-back guarantee if you're not completely satisfied with your first paid lesson.
The first lesson (introductory voice lesson) is FREE if you come to the studio and $55 if you do it with SKYPE. It will be approximately 45 minutes long. This includes 10 to 15 minutes of explanation about how your voice works and one half hour of voice training. You'll learn a lot of important fundamentals and I will get to know exactly what you can and can't do with your voice. After the Intro lesson, lessons are usually one hour long for $110. For sessions longer than an hour the rate is $110 per hour billed in quarter of an hour increments. I recommend completing 12 Fundamental Series Lessons before we start working on songs so you will be skilled enough to follow the direction given when working on a tune. In addition to learning how to sing high notes without straining you'll learn how to breathe for singing, how to develop vibrato, how to adjust the tone of your voice, and how to sing in tune. Famous singers that have sold millions of records have all gone through the 12 Lesson Fundamental Series. Follow their example. Lay a firm foundation of vocal technique, then start building on it with stylization and advanced training.
After you've completed the12 Fundamental Series Lessons, there are nine 10 lesson series of Advanced Training Lessons all ready for you - carefully organized and designed to give you all of the voice training you'll ever need as a singer.
You can take your voice lessons at a slow or faster pace. It really depends on how quickly you want to improve. A general rule of thumb is, the more often you train, the faster you will advance. Singers who take more lessons per week will have a better understanding of how their voice works - primarily because they're so emersed in the training. You just have to decide how quickly you would like to advance. Hour lessons work better than half hour lessons. You can take one lesson per week, two sessions per week, a lesson every other week... or as many do who want really fast results, two to three hours per day for up to 6 days in a row.
IIf you want fast results and prefer in-studio voice lessons you can fly/drive here, stay at a local hotel and train 6 days per week for the duration of your stay. The standard format is to take two to three hour lessons per day with at least an hour break between sessions, for as many days as you schedule. The benefit of 100% supervised practice allows singers who train this way to improve rapidly with solid advancement in their vocal technique in a very short amount of time. Singers routinely fly in from around the world to train here like this for 1-4 weeks at a time. They've come from Germany, France, England, The Netherlands, Japan, Austria, Central America, South America, Australia, New York, Maryland, Alaska, New York, Michigan, Idaho, Tennessee...to name a few.
The average range increase for singers trained here is 7 notes for male and female singers. Many singers get 12-15 note range increases. After your vocal technique is in good shape, you'll learn how to apply what you've learned to the songs you bring you want to work on. You'll learn how to apply your new voice with style and how to perform all of the vocal tricks that make for a heartfelt vocal performance.
Setting up a lesson is easy. Just call the Vocal Dynamics studio number (949) 382-5911 or send an email to thomas@vocalinstruction.com. You can take voice lessons here six days per week (Monday through Saturday) from approximately 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. On Saturdays all voice lessons conclude at dusk. Special arrangements can be made for earlier/ later weekday sessions and Sunday evenings.
If you want to put together a demo, I can help. I can write, arrange, record, and produce all of your music at Vocal Dynamics recording studio. If you're recording an album at another studio, letting me coach you BEFORE you record vocals is wise. Many singers who record before training with me sing the songs on their album a lot better afterwards. Point being, you'll sell more records if you train with me ahead of time. If you'd like to hear examples of music I've written and produced, they're here at this website. From the main menu, click on "Audio Examples of Singers Trained by Thomas Appell." Most of the songs here came from simple poems brought in by my students which I set to music. If you'd like to improve your songwriting skills I can show you how to write better songs and help you improve the one's you've already written.
If you train with me there's lots of original music you can use for FREE! This includes most of the songs featured on the Audio Examples page. This is a tremendous opportunity for any singer and it will save you a lot of money. I would recommend checking out the sample of songs to see for yourself the extremely high quality level of the songs available.
