Vocal Coach Singer
Vocal Coach
www.VocalCoach.com
615.280.0554
Have you ever wanted to improve your
singing voice—either for singing in
church or a special occasion or just because you want to? Vocal Coach, created by Chris and Carole Beatty, might
be just the thing for you. It’s like having
your own personal trainer at your beck
and call! They offer a variety of products, for adults and children alike. The
Schoolhouse Review Crew reviewed
two products: Teaching Kids to Sing
and Vocal Coach Singer. Since I sing
in church and have a bit of experience
with singing lessons (I took lessons in
high school), I asked to review Vocal
Coach Singer, which is the program
suggested for older students and adults.
Vocal Coach Singer is available in
two formats: the physical product that
includes CDs and a guidebook or a
downloadable version with MP3s and
PDF files. I received the MP3 version,
and an email with a link to the downloads arrived very quickly. Once I had
downloaded the zip files (the files are
quite large so they could take a fair bit
of time if your Internet speed is on the
slow side), I extracted them and started
listening and reading.
What’s included: After extracting
the files, you’ll have ten folders to look
through, each with multiple files to lis-
ten to or read. It’s a very full program!
Here’s what you’ll find:
•;7;Training;CDs;or;MP3;Folders:
Getting Started ( 10 audio files)
Complete Warm-Up ( 25 audio files)
Complete Tone ( 17 audio files)
Complete Expanding Your Range
( 16 audio files)
Complete Diction ( 10 audio files)
Complete Performance ( 13 audio
files)
•;2;Workout;programs:
Daily Workout High Voice ( 36 audio
files)
Daily Workout Low Voice ( 36 audio
files)
•;PDF;Files:
Getting Started Journal
Guidebook
Song Evaluation
Complete Breathing
Complete Expanding Your Range
Complete Tone
Complete Warm-Up
Daily Workout High Voice
Daily Workout Low Voice
Singer’s Journal
After downloading the files, you’ll
want to begin with the “Getting Start-
ed” materials: the MP3 audios and the
PDF journal. It contains an introduc-
tion for every area of vocal practice
(listed above under Training CDs).
After familiarizing yourself with the
program, you should begin with the
breathing exercises and systematically
move through the breathing, warm-up,
tone, expanding your range, diction,
and performance exercises before mov-
ing into the daily workouts. The cre-
ators of the program also suggest that
you continually review the first three
sections: breathing, warm-up, and tone,
throughout your vocal studies.
RECON Curriculum
Bill Perry
InterFACE Ministries
www.reconweb.com
www.iface.org
Recon is a Christian Worldview Curriculum for high school juniors (11th) and
seniors (12th), and can also be used by
college students. It is designed to help
students cope with what they will encounter on college campuses and from
their professors. It can be completed in
one semester ( 18 weeks), by doing 4 lessons per week, which is the pace we are
typically using. RECON means “a collection of strategic intelligence to prepare for a military operation in hostile
territory.” Depending on the college,
“hostile territory” is a very appropriate
description.
RECON was created by Bill Perry,
Christian father of seven! Bill is Chief of
Staff and Director of Training Materials
for InterFACE Ministries. (. . .)
How we are using RECON: I aim
for us to do the 4 lessons a week, as
suggested, but sometimes it is only
two or three. The workbook is broken
down by days, Day 1, Day 2, and so on
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