Working With Your Voice: Career Guide to Becoming a Professional Singer

You say you want to become a professional singer. Where do you start? Is it really possible to make a living doing what you love? With over 25 years of experience as a professional singer, Jaime Babbitt has been there, done that, and knows the drill. In this book, Jaime looks at everything involved with having a career as a singer and offers you her first-hand experience. She applies a Zen approach to her invaluable tips on singing, gigs, marketing, and the professional singer's lifestyle. You'll realize your goal of becoming a successful working singer and how your voice, body, connections, technique, and attitude all help you every step of the way. Whether you're a pop superstar in the making, a stone-cold rocker, a Broadway baby, an R&B diva, or a jazz crooner, Working with Your Voice helps you become the singer who's great at whatever they do---and who knows how to do it all.

"Anything you want to know about singing is in this book. Jaime Babbitt shares her vast knowledge of every aspect of how to be a pro singer." ---Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, award-winning and world renowned songwriting team

"Jaime Babbitt is one of the best singers I've ever heard. She knows the artistic side of her profession, and in this book she shares everything the up-and-coming session singer or recording artist would ever need to know about getting started and about staying in the game." ---Jimmy Webb, Grammy® award-winning, singer-songwriter/composer, and Chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 - Getting Started
• Chapter 2 - Taking It to the Sreets
• Chapter 3 - Business Tips for Professional Singers
• Chapter 4 - Professional Live Performance 101
• Chapter 5 - Singing in the Studio
• Chapter 6 - Touring as a Professional Singer
• Chapter 7 - Giving Back and Paying It Forward
• Chapter 8 - Interviews

Publisher:	Alfred
Composer/Author:	Babbitt, Jaime
Catalog Number:	36791
Pages:	264