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EPISODE · Jan 27, 2026 · 41 MIN

The "Not Good Enough" story and the recording never played - special guest episode

from This Is A Voice · host Jeremy Fisher and Dr Gillyanne Kayes

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of our This Is A Voice podcast, we do something we've never done before.We have a “special guest”, not in the studio but on a recording, one that hasn't been played for more than 40 years. You'll have to listen to the first few minutes to discover who the special guest is!This conversation goes straight into the stuff singers quietly carry:The feeling that “good enough” is a place you never reach.How training can install a deficit narrative.Why the master-apprentice model can turn learning into permission-seeking.How confidence regresses when the teacher-student dynamic isn’t handled with care.There’s also a very practical tangent Gillyanne and I both care about.If you never sing music with scales written in them, stop treating scales like the goal. Build exercises from the repertoire you actually perform. Stop singing scales, start practising riffs!We close the episode with a second archival excerpt. Same “special guest”. Same question underneath it all.What would change if you stopped auditioning for permission, and started making music from ownership?***Apologies for the slightly variable sound quality, our microphones weren't working properly***CreditsArchival excerpt 1, Handel (German aria excerpt “Meine Seele hört im Sehen”)Archival excerpt 2, Mozart (Concert Aria K490, "Non temer, amato bene")Special guest singer: ???Violin: Penelope Wayne ShapiroPiano: Jamie ClarkeRecorded 1983Master-Apprentice Survey link: https://www.cognitoforms.com/VocalProcess1/Master-Apprentice-Model-In-Singing-TeachingThe Birmingham Vocal Coach blog on Rethinking Vocal Coaching https://www.thebirminghamvocalcoach.co.uk/blogRemember to like, subscribe, and hit the bell icon for more insightful episodes. Leave a comment below on what inspired you the most! 👇You can find out about our Teacher Accreditation for singing teachers, vocal coaches and choir leaders and start your own journey here https://vocalprocess.co.uk/teacher-accreditation/We've also got this ↓ For the best self-guided learning, check out the Vocal Process Learning Lounge - 22 years of vocal coaching resources (over 600 videos) for less than the price of one private singing lesson. Click on the link https://vocalprocess.co.uk/learning-lounge/learning-lounge-level-2-deep-dive/ If you want to discover if our singing teacher training programme works for YOU, message us - we can share the process for joining Cohort26. https://www.cognitoforms.com/VocalProcess1/TheAccreditationProgramme Get the One Minute Voice Warmup app here, it's got a 4.9star rating Appstore https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/one-minute-voice-warmup/id1212802251 Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.speechtools.warmup&hl=en_GB   Check out our Voice Journal, written with Rayvox's Oren Boder https://www.rayvox.co.uk/products/voice-journal?ref=VOCALPROCESS  Find us - follow us on the socials! 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Vocalprocess   📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vocalprocess  📖 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/vocalprocess #vocalprocess #teacheraccreditation #voicetraining

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