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In this podcast Line Hilton talks to Laurel Irene and Dr David Harris from VoiceScienceWorks. These two met several years ago on Dr Ingo Titze’s Summer Vocology Institute at the National Center for Voice & Speech and have not been… Read More »Ep.20 Voice science works – it really does! with Laurel Irene and David Harris

Now based in Melbourne, Australia, Lisa Perks started her singing and teaching career in the UK. In this podcast, she talks about moving to a new country as a well established singing teacher and having to completely start over with… Read More »Ep.19 Starting over again with Lisa Perks

This podcast’s guest is Manchester-based vocal coach Hannah Smikle. Hannah attended the Brit School and talks about her experience giving advice on how a singing teacher can help prepare a student who wants to or is attending a performing arts… Read More »Ep.18 Helping singers to create a positive relationship to their voice with Hannah Smikle

If you’re a fan of The Naked Vocalist podcast then this guest’s voice will be a familiar one to you. Line Hilton chats with Steve Giles who is a vocal coach, member of the board of directors and authorised coach for… Read More »Ep.17 How the Naked Vocalist podcast changed my life with Steve Giles

You may already have seen Ryan Luchuck in his two-part webinar series breaking down voice science for beginners (Part 1 & Part 2). One of those multitalented types; Ryan sings, plays the keys, guitar, and a variety of other instruments… Read More »Ep.16 What I learnt about communication from couples therapy with Ryan Luchuck

Not to be confused with singer/songwriter, Cat Stevens, Kat is a singing teacher and owner of Aspire Arts Academy in Towcester. As with many teachers, Kat is trying to balance home life with business. Her academy enrols around 100 students… Read More »Ep.15 Putting on a student show with Kat Stephens

In this podcast, we hear from singing teacher & Intuitive Confidence Coach, Lilli Badcock. Lilli started performing arts at a dancing school as a child but found herself wanting to sing the song rather than dance to it. Lilli talks… Read More »Ep.14 Helping students find their purpose with Lilli Badcock

Like many singing teachers, Juliet Russell juggles a variety of hats including as a singer/songwriter, a vocal coach, choir director and music festival organiser. As well as running her own practice working with artists, Juliet loves to work with choirs, recently… Read More »Ep.13 Juggling all those hats with Juliet Russell

In this podcast Line Hilton talks to Joshua Alamu, a professional voice coach with over 15 years of experience as a singing teacher in the music and television industry. He has been a voice coach for the TV talent shows… Read More »Ep.12 Little Mix’s vocal coach on working with artists under pressure with Joshua Alamu

This podcast is a bit different as I am talking to recent BAST Graduate, Matt Thorns, about his journey. Matt started out singing as a six-year-old chorister in Oxford. He talks about his vocal experience going through puberty. He then… Read More »Ep.11 Just getting started, a new teacher’s story with Matthew Thorns

Many of you will have already encountered this podcast’s guest, the humorous, John Henny. He’s a singing teacher and music school business owner and also provides training and education for singing teachers. His voice journey started when he realised that… Read More »Ep.10 Lessons learned along the way with John Henny

Singer and songwriter Whitney Nichole started her teaching studio back in 2008. Over the past 10 years, her studio has grown from a 2 person operation to 19 teachers, nearly 400 students, from babies and their mums to the elderly, in… Read More »Ep.9 Growing from a two person op to sixteen teachers in four locations with Whitney Nichole

Gemma Sugrue is one of those natural entrepreneurs. She started her own wedding singer business at college and on finishing her degree joined forces with a friend to set up a singing teaching studio, Voice Works, in Cork where they… Read More »Ep.8 The natural entrepreneur with Gemma Sugrue

  From a humble beginning in a local choir to one of the most highly regarded vocal pedagogy in the UK and co-founder of the very popular The Naked Vocalist Podcast, Chris Johnson talks to Line Hilton about his journey… Read More »Ep.7 From hobby to career with Chris Johnson

In this podcast Line Hilton talks to BAST graduate, Sarah Nixey, who did the BAST course online with a trainer, Lisa Haupert. Sarah has extensive industry experience as a backing vocalist and signed artist as the lead singer of UK based,… Read More »Ep.6 The art of patience and the singing teacher with Sarah Nixey

Mindy Pack hails from Salt Lake City, Utah. She began singing professionally from a young age, taking up teaching as it seemed the right thing to do. Like many of us took her voice for granted until the day it wasn’t… Read More »Ep.5 Losing my voice was a turning point with Mindy Pack

Line Hilton talks to BAST Trainer, vocal coach and sound engineer Gareth Henderson. A British expat now ‘living the life in Perth, Australia, Gareth came to singing and teaching through lucky circumstance, and along the way scored his lovely wife, Louise –… Read More »Ep.4 Lessons learnt from building 3 teaching studios with Gareth Henderson

Line Hilton, talks to BAST Trainer, Ian Davidson who is based in Liverpool. They discuss his musical journey and how he became a singing teacher as a result of working for the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA). Line and… Read More »Ep.3 The pros and cons of teaching one methodology with Ian Davidson