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Job Description: Voice Coach

  Voice Coach There’s a lot of behind-the-scenes work that goes into the making of a star. In many cases, a well-known singer, actor, or entertainer will have a coach guiding them, ensuring that they perform to their potential and take care of their assets, whether that be their bodies, instruments, or other equipment. Especially for a singer, a good vocal coach can be extremely important for ensuring long-term success, as the voice is an instrument that is poorly understood and easily damaged when overused or mistreated. Other times, a good vocal coach can help a singer come into their own as a musician, and transform them from a solid vocalist to a top performer. From all things including stage presence, preparation for competitions, vocal doctoring, and many others, a vocal coach is there to help a singer with the various aspects of their performance and help them achieve the goals they want to attain.  As a vocal coach, there are several aspects to the job: Accumulating a ...

Who You Are Matters

Where do I come from? I come from Cupertino, CA in the heart of the Silicon Valley. I was born to a city girl from Beijing and a farm boy from southern China who both ended up with PhD's in biology in pursuit of the American dream. Not a single one of their three children are pursuing careers in biology. Unfortunately. Where am I going? I can really only see where I'm going, maybe a few feet in front of me. As a senior with an offer out of school in a finance/accounting job, it's hard for that not to be my immediate destination. Beyond that, however, the path is a lot less clear. I might stay in that job, but I might abandon that career altogether, who knows? I want to go wherever feels natural for me in the moment, not being swayed too much by an expectation of where I should be, but rather by what makes sense and what feels right in the moment. How do I plan to get there? Since I don't even really know where I'm going, I'm just doing the best I can and letting...