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What does a real week look like when you run a vocal coaching business?

In this episode, we take you behind the scenes of our actual working week, the conversations, the decisions, the small wins, and the moments that don’t usually make it onto social media.

We talk about the reality of being a singing teacher or vocal coach, including the balance between teaching, running a business, supporting a community, and navigating the constant question of value and pricing. We also reveal some of the conversations and techniques we share with our Registered Teachers, our latest cohort of singing teachers and choir leaders, and our private 1-1 performance coaching and teacher training sessions.

This is the unpolished version. No highlight reel. Just what the work actually looks like.

If you’re a singing teacher or vocal coach, you’ll probably recognise more of this than you expect.

Our Master-Apprentice Model survey link is here - please fill it in if you are an independent singing teacher, vocal coach or choir leader.
https://www.cognitoforms.com/VocalProcess1/Master-Apprentice-Model-In-Singing-Teaching

Making Music That Matters, the book by Melissa Forbes we talk about, is here:
https://www.routledge.com/Making-Music-That-Matters-Positive-Music-Leadership-for-Social-Health/Forbes/p/book/9781032724157
Gillyanne said this about it: "Extensively researched, theories of positive psychology and leadership are interwoven with reports from singing and music leaders. For any musician looking to make a difference for themselves and their communities."

Claire Underwood's This Is A Voice episodes on guiding high-profile actors in new singing roles are here https://youtu.be/yI0y7gEQAXg
and here https://youtu.be/MLZoBdVq-dQ

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You can find out about our Teacher Accreditation for singing teachers, vocal coaches and choir leaders and start your own journey here
https://vocalprocess.co.uk/teacher-accreditation/

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For the best self-guided learning, check out the Vocal Process Learning Lounge - 22 years of vocal coaching resources (over 600 videos) for less than the price of one private singing lesson.
Click on the link https://vocalprocess.co.uk/learning-lounge/learning-lounge-level-2-deep-dive/

If you want to discover if our singing teacher training programme works for YOU, message us - we can share the process for joining Cohort26. https://www.cognitoforms.com/VocalProcess1/TheAccreditationProgramme

Get the One Minute Voice Warmup app here, it's got a 4.9star rating
Appstore https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/one-minute-voice-warmup/id1212802251
Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.speechtools.warmup&hl=en_GB

Check out our Voice Journal, written with Rayvox's Oren Boder https://www.rayvox.co.uk/products/voice-journal?ref=VOCALPROCESS

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In vocal health and voice rehabilitation, where does the speech language therapist's role end and the singing teacher’s role begin?

In part 2 of this conversation, Jeremy Fisher and Dr Gillyanne Kayes go deeper into the relationship between the singing teacher and the SLT/SLP, exploring where the overlap is helpful, where boundaries matter, and why referral is sometimes the most professional thing you can do.

They unpack some of the practical questions raised while teaching SLTs on a recent course in Northern Ireland, including breath management, phonation, pressure and flow, resonance strategies, vocal identity, and the challenge of helping singers transfer healthy voice function into real speech and singing.

This episode also gets into the human side of voice work. What happens when a change in speaking or singing function feels like a change in identity? Why can the right exercise feel completely wrong to a vulnerable singer? And how can both professions work together without overstepping their expertise?

You’ll also hear some wonderfully odd but effective voice exercises, including pitch-play, negative practice, conversation training therapy, and toothbrush intelligibility work.

If you heard part 1, this episode takes the conversation further, into the real-life overlap between professions, and why mutual respect, collaboration and clear boundaries are essential for healthy voice work.

In this episode:
00:00 Teaching vocal function to SLTs
02:01 Breath, phonation, registers, pressure and flow
04:32 “That’s not me”, identity and singing sound
07:45 Registers, chest voice, fluty soprano, and bridging mechanisms
09:18 Why a new vocal setup can feel out of tune
13:42 Weird exercises that actually work
14:56 Permission slips, silliness, and experimentation
16:04 Humming, inner hearing and finding pitch
19:10 Meaning, melody & “Feed the dog”
20:13 Starting with real speech, not isolated drills
24:37 The toothbrush exercise for intelligibility, jaw release & tongue freedom
29:05 What singing teachers can learn from clinical practice
31:15 Respect the boundary, keep the collaboration

Listen if you’re a singing teacher, SLT, vocal coach, choir leader, voice trainer or singer who wants a clearer sense of who does what, and why it matters.

Remember to like, subscribe, and hit the bell icon for more insightful episodes. Leave a comment below on what inspired you the most! 👇

You can find out about our Teacher Accreditation for singing teachers, vocal coaches and choir leaders and start your own journey here
https://vocalprocess.co.uk/teacher-accreditation/

We've also got this ↓

For the best self-guided learning, check out the Vocal Process Learning Lounge - 22 years of vocal coaching resources (over 600 videos) for less than the price of one private singing lesson.
Click on the link https://vocalprocess.co.uk/learning-lounge/learning-lounge-level-2-deep-dive/

If you want to discover if our singing teacher training programme works for YOU, message us - we can share the process for joining Cohort26. https://www.cognitoforms.com/VocalProcess1/TheAccreditationProgramme

Get the One Minute Voice Warmup app here, it's got a 4.9star rating
Appstore https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/one-minute-voice-warmup/id1212802251
Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.speechtools.warmup&hl=en_GB

Check out our Voice Journal, written with Rayvox's Oren Boder https://www.rayvox.co.uk/products/voice-journal?ref=VOCALPROCESS

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