What were they like?

Did you really improve?

How long did you take them and would you do it again?

Yes, awkward then normal, yes, one year and yes.

my dad's a singer teacher ; classical

i don't like classical singing

Yeah they can definitely help. But be prepared to be uncomfortable, as SM said.

it all just depends on breathing from the stomach
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I took singing lessons for a year when I was in 8th grade. It was required to be in the school's 8th grade chorus. I absolutely hated them I've always loved singing and I still do it all the time, but I dreaded going. I didn't like my instructors. With that said, I did improve. I ended up quitting Chorus all together the next year

I have.. Only took them for a couple of months though cos my insructor usually had her 5 year old son in the same room with us!! and her 13 year old daughter would quite often just walk in to ask her mum a question while I was doing my scales, which always made me feel uncomfortable.

I would take lessons again though if I could find the right instructor.

No, but I could definitely use some

So my next question is how do you find a good teacher?

I had a racist italian bitch for a vocal coach once

horatio said:

Can you sing now?

yes m'am.

my last teacher about 3 years ago was an old school dude from Broadway, in the 80's and 90's did all the major productions, but broke his teeth singing behind stage performers such as Lena Horne, Pearl Bailey, Debbie Allen, Rita Moreno, Chita Rvera, ect. He's really funny, extra nice, and a hot flamboyant mess...that is, until you have to start excercises. Then all of a sudden his ass transforms into a piano player the likes of Stravinsky and he conducts class as if he were heading militaristic, fascist regime- with a consistently furrowed brow, robotic, non-engaing manner... unless you complete your tasks correctly and all you get is a "very well" ...

littlemissG said:

I think alot of it depends on where you're located, so you can check out the "pool" as it were for the type of instructors are available for regular classes, residencies, clinics, etc.,...

littlemissG said:

*clears throat*


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no

horatio said:

horatio said:

We had obigatory music lessons in primary school.

That bitch was crazy I tell ya.

She sang every word to us and required the same from her students.








Yes, I had to sing for permission to go to the bathroom.

littlemissG said:

Does high school count in choir? If so yep took it for 4 years I was a high soprano.

rushing07 said:

my grade school music teacher smoked! and in the class room!
She was a big woman who often wore mumus and fish-bowl glasses that I swear the lenses were smoke stained.

horatio said:

I wanna be just like her when I grow up.
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littlemissG said:

Well, that's not necessarily easy without a recommendation. Start talking to people. Check out a music dep't at a college. A lot of grad students teach or have private instructors that they could recommend.

Take single lessons with several teachers, and I think you'll get a sense of whether they know what they're doing.

Then, don't be afraid to study with multiple teachers even if you find one you like. Different perspectives & opinions will really help. I once had a single guitar lesson with a someone when my regular teacher was sick, and the one thing this guy taught me in a half hour has stuck with me 20 years later!

Also consider that there are different kinds of vocal teachers. You can get a classical lesson or you can get a rock lesson. If you want to sing jazz, classical lessons might help, but why not just study with a good jazz singer, right?

rushing07 said: