Zoom Settings
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Working with The Golden Voice
Get your vocal cords warmed up, because your first lesson is right around the corner. Please look for a system message confirming the date and time as well as the location (in person or Zoom). Remember, no reschedules allowed, so make sure to mark your calendar and set a million alarms if you have to.
Your First Session
I can’t wait to meet you and hear your amazing voice! During our first session, I’ll have you sing for me and ask you a bunch of questions to help you reach your goals. My mission is to help you unlock your full potential and have a blast while doing it. If there’s something specific you want to focus on during our session, just let me know. And hey, if you’re not sure, I’ll guide you in the right direction.
- Ahead of your lesson, please pick out 2-3 cover songs you’d like to learn from artists that correspond to your gender. This helps us best develop your voice within a specific vocal range, especially at the beginning.
- Make sure there’s both a lyric track and a karaoke track with lyrics on YouTube. Click the links for examples.
- Don’t stress if you don’t have the songs down just yet. I’ll probably only have you run through the first verse and chorus.
- Bring room temperature water to keep those vocal cords hydrated!
- If you’re under 18, you can bring one guardian with you to the session otherwise sessions are closed.
- Sorry, no friends, siblings, or entourage allowed (I once had an unmentionable A-Lister bring 10 people…. and their very tiny but loud dog)!
What To Expect
Top of the line professional services. I work with celebs and professional singers (in addition to my favorite AWESOME newbies), and I will give everyone the same premier service. You will have immediate and drastic results after each session.
Zoom Students
On the day of our session please join me here: Zoom link {click}
If your lesson is on Zoom, please test your audio and video before our session. If you don’t have zoom, please download the app (not the browser plug-in) here: https://zoom.us/download
Ensure that the following settings are turned on in Zoom:
- Zoom > Preferences > Video … test that your video camera is working
- Zoom > Preferences > Audio … test your speaker and microphone to ensure they are working
- Zoom > Preferences > Audio … select ‘Original Sound for Musicians’ and ‘Echo Cancellation’ (see screenshot below)
Sharing Background Music
You’ll play your youtube video or backing track on your computer so we can both hear it. Your microphone will pick up both the music and your voice but for the best audio possible:
- On the Zoom meeting toolbar, click the green Share Screen arrow. The share selection window will appear.
- In the window, click the Advanced tab.
- Click the Computer Audio option.
- In the bottom-right corner of the Computer Audio option, click the down arrow to view additional audio options to switch between Mono and Stereo (high fidelity) for the audio shared in the meeting.
- In the bottom-right corner, click Share to begin sharing with your device’s audio.
- Zoom will share and play your computer audio. This allows you to play music from anywhere—whether streaming services or YouTube. Meeting participants will be able to listen to your music without seeing your screen.
You’ll find helpful article on both of these Zoom settings at the links below:
