Latest Vocalists Podcast Episodes
Demystifying Microphones: A Guide for Singers
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - March 27, 2024 02:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsOn this episode of Living A Vocal Life, we’re diving into the world of microphones, exploring how the right mic can amplify your artistry and protect your vocal health. You’ll also get a peek at the latest module of my course, Becoming A Singer, where we take a look at the art of rehearsing and ...
Empowering Singers Through Creativity Coaching with Jess Baldwin
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - February 26, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn this episode of 'Living a Vocal Life,' my guest is Jessica Baldwin, a multi-talented popular music voice specialist, creativity coach, and indie singer-songwriter. Jess's early exposure to a music-rich environment nurtured her journey across various musical genres, leading to her distinctive ...
Authentic Voices: Rosi Amador's Transformative Journey in Music & Voiceover
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - December 05, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn this episode, you’ll hear the inspiring journey of Rosi Amador, a bilingual singer, percussionist, and voiceover talent. Her relationship with music has been life-long, profoundly influenced by her parents, who themselves were performers. Rosi takes us from her roots in Puerto Rico through a ...
Resilience & Rising Above: The Inspirational Journey of Whitney Jones
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - October 13, 2023 20:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn this episode, you'll hear the voice of Whitney Jones, a remarkable musician, songwriter, and singer. Her journey began with singing gospel call and response with her mother during bath time and blossomed into a passion for music and songwriting. Despite facing challenges and adversity, includ...
The Rhythm of Life: Singers Share Their Insights on Motherhood & Creativity: Part Two
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - July 14, 2023 19:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWelcome to Episode Two of this special series of Living a Vocal Life, all about balancing motherhood and creativity. In this two-part series, you'll hear from 11 singers who generously agreed to answer three questions about how they navigate creativity and motherhood. In Part One, you heard how...
The Rhythm of Life: Singers Share Their Insights on Motherhood & Creativity: Part One
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - July 10, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWelcome to Episode One of this special series of Living a Vocal Life, all about balancing motherhood and creativity. In this two-part series, you'll hear from 11 singers who generously agreed to answer three questions about how they navigate creativity and motherhood. In Part One, you'll hear h...
Episode #29 Building a Life in Music: An Insightful Conversation with Singer, Teacher, and Entrepreneur Danielle Tucker
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - April 19, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn this episode of Living A Vocal Life, we dive deep into the remarkable musical journey of Danielle Tucker. Danielle's passion for performance began when she auditioned and won a spot on Ed McMahon's Star Search in the early 90s. She didn't win, but what she learned from the singer she compet...
Building a Life in Music: An Insightful Conversation with Singer, Teacher, and Entrepreneur Danielle Tucker
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - April 19, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn this episode of Living A Vocal Life, we dive deep into the remarkable musical journey of Danielle Tucker. Danielle's passion for performance began when she auditioned and won a spot on Ed McMahon's Star Search in the early 90s. She didn't win, but what she learned from the singer she compet...
A Journey through Music: N'Kenge on Opera, Musical Theater, and Motherhood
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - March 17, 2023 04:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn this episode, I had the opportunity to speak with the extraordinary singer and performer N'Kenge. Her vocal range spans five octaves and 11 different languages. She can sing any style of music, from Broadway to pop, soul, and opera. Her impressive resume includes leading roles in various Broa...
Episode #28 A Journey through Music: N'Kenge on Opera, Musical Theater, and Motherhood
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - March 17, 2023 04:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn this episode, I had the opportunity to speak with the extraordinary singer and performer N'Kenge. Her vocal range spans five octaves and 11 different languages. She can sing any style of music, from Broadway to pop, soul, and opera. Her impressive resume includes leading roles in various Broa...
Welcome To Season 3: Celebrating Singers Who Teach
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - March 13, 2023 20:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThis season, the Living a Vocal Life podcast offers a special edition of interviews with successful vocalists who have turned to teaching the next generation of singers. In today's episode, host Valerie Day, an accomplished singer and voice teacher, talks passionately about how underrated and es...
China Forbes from Pink Martini
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - April 30, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThis month’s guest is China Forbes, whose voice is heard around the world. She’s the lead vocalist for the globe-trotting band Pink Martini. You might have seen her on Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show, or over 70 different symphonies. You can hear her voice on duets wit...
Karen Mason Award-Winning Broadway Cabaret Singer/Actor
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - April 01, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMy guest this month has been called a poet of the vocal cords and "the Queen of Cabarets." Karen Mason originated the role of Tanya in the Broadway production of Mamma Mia and has had starring roles in Wonderland, Hairspray, Sunset Boulevard, and the first U.S. tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Lov...
Tabitha Fair: Singer, Songwriter & Backup Singer To The Stars
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - February 18, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMy guest this month is a singer and songwriter who’s led an extraordinary vocal life, Tabitha Fair. Tabitha was born and raised in Oklahoma, the daughter of a preacher and a mother who ministered through music. By the time she was five years old, Tabitha knew she wanted to be a singer and have...
Stephanie Schneiderman Singer-Songwriter
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - November 15, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThis month’s guest on Living A Vocal Life is singer-songwriter, Stephanie Schneiderman. Blending elements of folk, indie pop music, Americana, and electronic music, Stephanie’s songwriting is often compared to artists like Imogen Heap, Regina Spektor, and Jem. As a singer-songwriter, her solo c...
Lachi: Pop-EDM-Dance Music/Disability Advocate
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - September 30, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMy guest today is Lachi. She is a force of nature — a whirling Diva with non-stop energy who sings, writes, produces, acts, and is visually impaired. As she says in her YouTube series, Off Beat: "I'm a black girl, going blind, just trying to stay fabulous. I'm here to motivate. I'm here to educ...
J. Breckenridge
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - August 28, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsJosh Breckinridge is a triple threat, a singer, dancer, and actor, and he excels at all three. He's best known for his standout roles on Broadway and appearances on hit TV shows the Blacklist, Bluebloods, and FBI. Currently, he's a part of the Apple Original Films live filming of the award-winni...
J. Breckenridge: Singer Dancer & Actor
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - August 28, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsJosh Breckinridge is a triple threat, a singer, dancer, and actor, and he excels at all three. He's best known for his standout roles on Broadway and appearances on hit TV shows the Blacklist, Bluebloods, and FBI. Currently, he's a part of the Apple Original Films live filming of the award-winni...
From Practice To Performance: A Singers Guide To Successful Rehearsals (Solo Episode)
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - August 24, 2021 04:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsAfter a year of practicing alone, making music again with others is a joy. Yet, for many of us, rehearsal is a means to an end—a necessary chore to get to the main event — performing. What if rehearsals were something you looked forward to? What if they gave you energy rather than depleting it?...
Episode #20 From Practice To Performance: A Singers Guide To Successful Rehearsals
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - August 24, 2021 04:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsAfter a year of practicing alone, making music again with others is a joy. Yet, for many of us, rehearsal is a means to an end—a necessary chore to get to the main event — performing. What if rehearsals were something you looked forward to? What if they gave you energy rather than depleting it?...
Ara Lee James Singer/Songwriter
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - February 02, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMy guest in this episode is Ara Lee James. Ara has a voice that can sing anything and a way with words that is truly transcendent. Her voice is powerful — in its strength and its tenderness. And I’m not the only one who thinks so. Music Presenter, Sue Svendsen, wrote, “Ara Lee is the best singe...
Episode #19 Ara Lee James Singer/Songwriter
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - February 02, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMy guest in this episode is Ara Lee James. Ara has a voice that can sing anything and a way with words that is truly transcendent. Her voice is powerful — in its strength and its tenderness. And I’m not the only one who thinks so. Music Presenter, Sue Svendsen, wrote, “Ara Lee is the best singe...
Episode #19 Ara Lee James — Left Coast Soul Singer
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - February 02, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMy guest in this episode is Ara Lee James. Ara has a voice that can sing anything and a way with words that is truly transcendent. Her voice is powerful — in its strength and its tenderness. And I’m not the only one who thinks so. Music Presenter, Sue Svendsen, wrote, “Ara Lee is the best singe...
Episode #18 Jeanette Jurado from Exposé
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - December 26, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe guest on this month’s episode of the podcast is Jeanette Jurado — one of the members of the multiplatinum-selling group Exposé. From 1985 to 1995, Jeanette, Gioia, and Ann ruled the Top 40, R&B, and Adult Contemporary charts in the US and throughout the world. Their albums garnered seven b...
Jeanette Jurado from Exposé
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - December 26, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe guest on this month’s episode of the podcast is Jeanette Jurado — one of the members of the multiplatinum-selling group Exposé. From 1985 to 1995, Jeanette, Gioia, and Ann ruled the Top 40, R&B, and Adult Contemporary charts in the US and throughout the world. Their albums garnered seven b...
Episode #17 Solo Episode: How To Look At Your Love Of Singing Through The Lens Of Career
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - October 24, 2020 19:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHow a short 10-minute talk by Elizabeth Gilbert finally clarified my troubled relationship with music and the music business and why what I learned might be helpful to you too. Elizabeth Gilbert’s talk helped me to see that career and vocation are not the same things. A career is not the beatin...
How To Look At Your Love Of Singing Through The Lens Of Career (Solo Episode)
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - October 24, 2020 19:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHow a short 10-minute talk by Elizabeth Gilbert finally clarified my troubled relationship with music and the music business and why what I learned might be helpful to you too. Elizabeth Gilbert’s talk helped me to see that career and vocation are not the same things. A career is not the beatin...
Carlos Battey (Jackie's Boy): Grammy-nominated Hit Songwriter
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - August 15, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsAs a songwriter, Los Battey’s career has been extraordinary; he and his brother Steven have penned hits for artists like Madonna, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown and Bruno Mars. They’ve been nominated for a Grammy Award four times, winning in 2010 for their contribution to Madonna’s “Revolver” remix....
Episode #16 Carlos Battey (Jackie's Boy)
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - August 15, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsAs a songwriter, Los Battey’s career has been extraordinary; he and his brother Steven have penned hits for artists like Madonna, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown and Bruno Mars. They’ve been nominated for a Grammy Award four times, winning in 2010 for their contribution to Madonna’s “Revolver” remix....
Episode #15 Solo Episode: Why Learning How To Listen Will Make You A Better Singer
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For Singers - August 02, 2020 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsSingers love to sing. But sometimes, listening gets neglected. If you want to be a good listener (and a better singer), it’s essential to practice listening. In this solo podcast episode, you’ll discover how you can learn to listen more deeply to other singers, the world around you, and your o...