*To be accepted into the studio, you must first register for a professional evaluation and consultation with us.
Click here to register for your CONSULTATION AND VOCAL EVALUATION. This is an introductory session where you will meet with Tricia Grey, MM, to have your singing or songwriting professionally evaluated, discuss your goals, and find a regular weekly spot in the schedule.
Welcome to Sing Like A Star Studios-the premier source for singing lessons and songwriting classes in Atlanta, Alpharetta, and Marietta, (and throughout the world with distance lessons) where you will:
- Sing higher
- Sing stronger, with more power
- Eliminate vocal strain and voice breaks
- Sing well in the style of music YOU like
- Learn how to sing riffs, runs and licks for R&B and gospel styling
- Record in the studio
- Write your own songs
- Develop your performing skills and artistry
- Learn the vocal technique used by today’s top recording artists and Broadway stars, including 130 Grammy and Tony Award winners
- Learn the vocal technique recommended most often by the music industry’s most successful producers-the technique recommended by the producers of American Idol, Glee, The X-Factor, Made, and The Voice
- Learn to sing like a star!
WELCOME VIDEO
Founded in Los Angeles by renowned vocal instructor Tricia Grey, MM, Sing Like A Star Studios provide unparalleled training to aspiring and professional singers and songwriters in every musical genre. Sing Like A Star Studios bring the world’s most sought after vocal instruction and voice lessons to the greater Atlanta area including Marietta, Alpharetta, Dunwoody, Johns Creek, Cumming, Roswell, Kennesaw, and other surrounding areas with in-person lessons at our two conveniently located studios (Marietta 30068 and Alpharetta 30004-30009), and to the world via skype, ichat and speakerphone distance lessons.
Sing Like A Star Studios educate, prepare and inspire a wide-ranging clientele from all genres of music. Rock, pop, country, jazz, R & B, gospel, contemporary Christian, and musical theatre singers develop the vocal skills at Sing Like A Star studios that allow them to shine in their chosen musical style.
We work with all levels of ability from beginning to advanced levels and we specialize in keeping the professional singer’s voice healthy and strong, without changing their unique sound and style!
This vocal method is the preferred training for hundreds of Grammy and Tony winners; it is the most sought after vocal technique in the music industry today. It is the vocal technique recommended by the producers of American Idol, The Voice, X- Factor, and Glee, along with many of the music industry’s most respected producers.
Here is Katrina, Tricia’s vocal student in 1990 winning on the TV show Starsearch:
From the 1990 season of the television hit Star Search Junior Vocalist Champion Katrina Abrams takes on challenger and future R&B star Aaliyah Haughton. Katrina was perfect beating Aaliyah 4.0 to 3.25. This clip features full rare performances from both artists.
And here she is today, with 2 hit songs on the radio:
“Tricia is a fantastic vocal coach! The best! I love her!”
Katrina Red Red
Sing Like A Star singers deliver effortless power, amazing vocal control, great high notes, and authentic vocal styling with total consistency- no wonder Sing Like A Star trained singers are at the forefront of today’s music industry. Tricia Grey, MM, will help you to sing stronger, sing higher, and sing with total confidence- in any vocal style.
We also believe that songwriting is an essential component to success in today’s music business, and many students take a voice lesson, followed by a songwriting lesson every week.
But Sing Like A Star singing lessons are not just for aspiring professionals; anyone who loves to sing should consider vocal training. “I can teach anyone to sing, if they practice” says owner Tricia Grey. “Many people think that singing ability is something you either have or you don’t- but nothing could be further from the truth. I have had many students through the years who came to me with very little natural ability, but with tremendous drive, discipline, and work ethic, who now have professional careers!”
Consider vocal study at Sing Like A Star if you are:
- A professional singer who would like to maintain vocal health for life, and improve your vocal technique without changing your unique sound.
- An actor/actress who would like to be a “triple threat”.
- A high school student who would like to get the lead in the musical, or make All-State.
- A singer who loves to sing popular music in today’s styles, rather than a teacher’s favorite style.
- Auditioning for colleges or professional musical theatre roles.
- A person with a “bucket list” who always wanted to sing.
- An aspiring pop, rock, jazz, R and B, gospel, or country star.
- A theatre singer wanting to make it on Broadway.
- A contemporary Christian or church choir singer.
- An aspiring songwriter who wants to learn how to write hit songs.
- Anyone who loves to sing!
Whether you are a young singer, a professional, or just have a “bucket list”, Sing Like A Star singing lessons will make your dreams come true!
* Are you an artist looking to take it to the next level? We are excited to be partnering with a hit production team from New York City who are looking for young, exceptional pop artists and songwriters to develop and collaborate with for major label projects. Their credits include a number one single, gold and platinum albums, and a hit TV show. We provide many industry connections to qualified students!
In addition to the world’s best vocal training, we also offer performance opportunities every 3-4 months in a professional theater. Our Sing Like a Star Showcases enable students to combine their new vocal technique with performance skills, and they are great fun too!
If you want to have fun singing in a group, we offer a Glee Class for all ages and levels of experience.
We have two great studio locations for private study:
| Alpharetta Studio 348 South Main Street (Hwy 9) Alpharetta, GA 30009(exit 10 from I-400) |
Marietta Studio 320 High Meadow Dr Marietta, GA 30068 (Just Outside The Perimeter-Windy Hill exit from I-75) |
Long-distance students have the option of taking phone lessons or internet video lessons via two-way computer cameras using skype or ichat. Speakerphone and facetime (iphone) lessons are also available. Many students study using skype on their cell phones. Technology now makes it possible to have a voice lesson from anywhere in the world! Even local students often use these methods to save driving time.
“Tricia Grey is an incredible teacher. She has given me a strong, powerful voice with great high notes. She knows how to build voices, and she understands the science of vocal production. If you want a teacher who can “do it” as well as “teach it”, a professional who will get you there fast, call Tricia Grey. You’re just wasting your time and money anywhere else! Tricia is the reason I am a recording artist today.” – Chantal Roberts, recording artist
“Tricia is not only great with professional level singers-she knows how to get the best out of younger singers too. My daughter had a “typical child’s” voice when she started with Tricia at age 9 and now she is a powerhouse- singing professionally, doing gigs all around Atlanta, and learning to write her own songs. She even has a record deal in Nashville, thanks to Tricia Grey. We will be with her for life!” - Sandy Jacobs, mother
“Tricia Grey works miracles with voices! She is the BEST in the business!” – The Producers of MTV’s show “Made”
The following is an interview conducted by I Am Entertainment magazine in April 2012:
Tricia Grey, MM
ATLANTA VOCAL COACH
IAE: Please tell us where you’re from and what got you interested in a career in the music business?
TG: I am from Los Angeles, CA. I always sang, and even graduated high school early to go on the road. I was always inspired by the rock female vocalists and thought the life of a singer must be so much more glamorous and exciting than any regular job. I sang in all kinds of bands all around LA; blues, rock, R and B, jazz and lots of original bands, where I learned how to write songs. It was really fun to be a young rock chick playing all those clubs on the Sunset Strip- the Whiskey, the Roxy, etc. Later on, I also got the opera bug and got a Master’s Degree in Voice and Opera, and did several leading roles in professional opera companies. I always believed that if you have sound vocal technique and a good ear you should be able to sing in any style! Of course, the vocal technique required for opera is a different approach than for pop or rock. It is definitely NOT true that if you can sing opera you can sing anything, but it does help to develop the upper register! To sing pop or rock you need a very strong “mix” in the upper register, rather than a “heady” classical sound.
IAE: When did you decide to become a vocal coach and why did you choose that profession?
TG: I was singing 6 nights a week in really loud rock bands and thought I should make sure my voice held up, so I started working with Seth Riggs in Hollywood, who was the originator of the SLS (Speech Level Singing) technique used by Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, James Ingram and just about everyone else in the music business in LA. I was about 20 years old at the time, and quite soon Seth started referring clients to me. That was over 30 years ago and I have been teaching full time ever since, training thousands of voices, and I never stopped learning along he way! I was always fascinated by the study of vocal pedagogy and how the voice works, and I spent countless hours educating myself by reading every vocal pedagogy book ever written clear back to the Bel Canto era, and of course getting my degrees was helpful in learning even more about the science of how the voice works. And there are new studies coming out all the time that I stay current with. I love the science behind it all, and I think such knowledge is essential if you are going to a real teacher. Training voices correctly is a science. I’m glad I had the 20+ years of being a professional singer, along with the educational component. I think you need both to be a great teacher.
IAE: There are a lot of fly-by-night vocal trainers out there who don’t understand the voice. What should singers look for when choosing a vocal coach?
TG: First of all, quite often a “vocal coach” may be someone who can perhaps sing fairly well, and who can “coach” you on how to sing licks or runs or their favorite style, but that does not qualify them to train voices. They can’t fix what is wrong with your vocal production or what might potentially go wrong in the future if you embark on a career without a good foundation in vocal technique. Almost everyone needs professional training to keep the registration balanced in the voice. This is not something you can do for yourself, because you don’t hear yourself at all the way you really sound. A truly qualified teacher is not just a “coach” but someone who understands the physical and acoustical components of vocal production, and is able to provide remedial exercises to create balance between the lower and upper registers of the voice. Understanding how to get through the “bridges” of the voice (the connecting area between chest and head voice is known as the first bridge) is crucial. When you go from your chest voice up, and attempt to sing high notes, there should be a “hand-off” from one muscle group (the thyroarytenoid, which shorten the vocal cords) to another (the cricothroid muscle group which lengthens the vocal cords). In addition, there is a phenomenon known as “resonance transfer” where the sound waves transition to vibrating behind the soft palate as the pitch ascends. If these elements are not in place, along with appropriately adducted (approximated, or brought together) vocal cords and a relaxed low, larynx, you will be producing sound incorrectly. Now, how many singers are able to figure out how to do this for themselves? Very, very few- maybe one in a million. Maybe Aretha Franklin. Most end up pushing chest too high and straining , or else they sing too airy and breathy because they don’t understand the concept of vocal cord adduction. So the teacher must train a new “neuromuscular response” into the coordination so that eventually you default to the correct production rather that the incorrect. What is incorrect?
If a teacher is telling you to push your chest voice too high, you are hyper-extending the vocal cords and probably over-compressing, and on your way to vocal damage. That is the typical “belt”, or “rock” teacher. Just yell as high as you can. Then the other incorrect method is the teacher who tells you to avoid your chest voice altogether and only sing in your head voice. Choral singing, for example, can be very unhealthy because of the emphasis on “head voice only” production, and also because of the airy and breathy sound required to blend in. The right teacher knows how to teach “mix” which means as you ascend from your chest voice, the tone continues to sound powerful, as if you are in chest, but you actually are in an entirely different muscular coordination in the mix. There are a stellar few teachers in the South who teach this way, but not many.
IAE: Many singers believe they don’t need vocal training because they have a naturally gifted singing voice. What are some of the things they may not understand about their voice that could cause them to damage it?
TG: Two words. Adele. Whitney. Yes, smoking, drugs, and alcohol are very damaging to the voice, BUT…..even with a major gift, if you only sing in your chest voice, pushing that chest register up, and never balance it with a mixed registration in the upper, you are going to get in trouble eventually. What aspiring singers don’t understand is they need to do the years of work required to build a great vocal technique BEFORE the career happens, so their voice continues to function well under the stresses of touring and recording and everything else. It’s nonstop. I always chuckle at the number of emails I get from people wanting “a few lessons” just before the Idol or Voice auditions. They don’t realize that even if they do make it on to a show, or get a record deal or whatever, now the pressure is on- they have to deliver perfectly, every time. And to get to that level of excellence takes time and correct, consistent training, just like in athletics. You won’t have time for that after the career happens, and it’s a very scary thing to experience vocal issues while you are in the public eye.
IAE: Why is warming the voice up important before singing?
TG: The “voice” is produced by the vocal cords or folds resisting air from the trachea. Sometimes the cords may become swollen (edema) due to many factors- fatigue, over singing, allergies. You need to get the cords back to their natural, thinned out state in order for the voice to function correctly. Singing on even slightly swollen vocal cords is a slippery slope; you are inclined to push harder to make the sound happen, and then the next day the cords are even more swollen. Disaster. You also need to make sure that there is balance between the lower and upper registers and that the mechanisms involved in the mix voice are lubricated and working properly.
IAE: Do you offer Skype lessons?
TG: Yes. I teach Skype lessons all over the world- London, Africa, Prague, Tokyo, Singapore. If you visit my website at www.singlikeastar.com and go to the SKYPE page you can see videos of skype lessons. I also use ichat, facetime, skype on cell phones, and speakerphone. You can take a lesson from anywhere with these great technologies!
IAE: How can people get in contact with you?
TG: First, visit the website at www.singlikeastar.com and read the FAQ, WHAT YOU WILL LEARN and other pages,. I guarantee any questions you have will be answered there. Check out my You Tube channel, where there are many free vocal lessons for you to try. www.youtube/triciagrey. Then, contact us at information@singlikeastar.com to set up a consultation and vocal evaluation session and to get into the regular schedule.
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For your convenience, Sing Like a Star with Tricia Grey covers the following areas for singing lessons: Marietta, Atlanta, Alpharetta, Duluth, Dunwoody, Roswell, Norcross, Johns Creek, Sandy Springs, Smyrna, Lawrenceville, Suwannee, Buckhead, and Kennesaw.