Immediately after high school I moved up to San Francisco prepared to get my degree in psychology. When one bright winter day as I was walking across campus I asked myself what my one regret might be if I never allowed myself the courage to go after it. I didn’t need more than a moment to know what the answer was. I finished the semester and then enrolled at the American Conservatory Theatre where I studied for 3 years while simultaneously receiving a full 2 year scholarship at Blue Bear School of American Music for my singing/songwriting.

During this time I worked with a local music producer, of RebarSound, on various projects for commercials and compilation albums while singing in a rock bank 3 nights a week, still all of this with no formal vocal training. I was moderately happy with the way my voice was sounding but I knew I didn’t have the control and confidence some of the other singers I worked with did. One evening the producer I was working with approached me after a long and diligent recording session, saying I might want to consider getting some vocal training. At first I was not very open to it, but after a few more tenuous sessions I decided I might give it a try.

I went to a few highly recommended vocal coaches in the area and tried very hard to remain focused and diligent but ultimately found they were not actually teaching me anything I didn’t already know. “How could this be,” I asked myself, “these teachers with years of experience can’t even show me or explain to me how to connect my chest voice to my head without breaking or hurting?” It didn’t seem possible to me. So, after about a year of this, I decided to quit my vocal lessons and try to be complacent with where my voice was.

This is when I found Speech Level SingingTechnique, through a fellow singer/songwriter, whom I had always admired, vocally. After my very first lesson with Sandi Cressman of San Francisco, I truly felt the difference in my voice. The connection and control was justified not only in the vocalizations we would practice each lesson but also in the explanation themselves by Sandi. I studied with Sandi for the remainder of my stay in San Francisco while she then introduced me to TheGoodrich Vocal Studio upon my arrival in Los Angeles. Here, I not only study with Jennifer and Michael Goodrich,  I am honored to be teaching as an associate vocal coach. Talent may get you to where you want to be but training will keep you there. I look forward to helping you meet your vocal goals!