Andy’s was the first request, 4 and a half years ago now. He wanted voice lessons, and while I’d never taught voice, I was almost positive I didn’t want to. I’d taken vocal lessons in high school and, of course, been in choir throughout college while working on my music degree but I’d found the process of vocal lessons to often be too “one-size-fits-all” with a lot of dusty Broadway tunes that rarely fit the range of the student in question with some pretty scathing critiques scattered throughout until the student was further from their authentic voice and more confused and discouraged than when they began lessons. None of that appealed to me an educator.

What intrigued me about Andy’s request was that he identified as being “completely tone-deaf.”

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