With the economy the way it is, one of the many things parents have had to cut from their children's lives is music training. With all the shows on TV now like American Idol, Nashville Star, and America's Got Talent, you can understand why kids want to improve their voice. Your kids may not even be reaching that high — they may just want to get a part in the choir or play. Private lessons have always been pretty costly, and depending on where you live, may or may not even be available.
Ariella Vaccarino has changed all of that. Ariella is an opera singer and an experienced teacher based out of Los Angeles. She is also the creator of Voice Lessons To Go. Voice Lessons To Go is a 4 volume CD box set. You can buy them as either a set or singly. Volume 1 is called Vocalize and Breath. It shows you singing warmups and breathing excercises. Volume 2 is Do Re Mi Ear and Pitch Training. It filled with vocal excercises. It will improve your sense of pitch by concentrating on scales and chords. Volume 3 is Pure Vowels. It is compiled of vocalizes seperated by ah, ey, ee, oh, oo, and i. Volume 4 is Stamina. This is a group of vocal exercises to challenge and strengthen your abilities. She also offers on her site the ability to submit your voice and receive a vocal assessment. For $9.99, you can submit one minute. If you spend $39.99, you are able to send 3 songs! She will give you her full assessment and recommend song choices and exercises. She'll also get back to you within one week with that!
With the range of products and pricing, there is definitely something for everyone. This makes a great stocking stuffer or Christmas gift for the aspiring singer in your life. Since I think this is such a great product, I had a set of these sent to me to give away to one of my lucky winners! The winner of this giveaway will receive all four CDs! Here's what you need to do:
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I would love to win this for my kids who love to sing.
Nice prize!
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my daughter wants to learn to sing
I would love to win this for my daughter. She loves to sing . Before our cross country move, she sang in the church children's choir. She looked forward to practices and even more to performances. I can't seem to find anything here and school choir is still several years away.
My oldest daughter would LOVE this. She is a good singer but needs "help". we will eventually give her voice lessons but this is a great start
would love this
My niece would love this.
I wouldn't mind receiving this.
my son would love this!!
I would like this for myself! Taking voice lessons was always on my wish list of accomplishments for life!
Nice prize,hope I win.
I absolutely love this idea ! My son is in local theatre, he's in piano and guitar lessons and we just can't possibly add on vocal lessons. Since I know he won't be over here at your site, I can speak freely, right?
The child needs vocal lessons in the worst way!!!
I love the fact that this can be done at home and how wonderful that one can submit voice and get assessment. Why it's just like having an instructor!
I would LOVE to win this for my son.
I'm off to do all the extras I can.
Christmas recital is coming up and he wants to sing with his piano recital. OH NO!
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What a great way for my 13 year old to explore her options.
My son has just started singing, This would help him alot.
Nice prize. Count me in!
What a neat idea! My daughter loves to sing, and I'd love to give her some help. (And I might even try them out myself!)
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Hope I win it's my Mother's birthday on the 20th of November and I cannot afford a gift so this would be ideal.
I'd love for my daughter to learn to sing!
I subscribed!
My roommate's always wanted to take singing lessons and I don't know what's holding her back. This would be a perfect Christmas gift!
I subscribed!
i;d give this to my niece, she'd think i was cool
I'd actually love to win this for myself. I sang in choir in high school and in college, I loved it. After I left college I never had formal training and I'm sure (I know) my voice has "rusted".
My fiance has begged me to sing since I told him I use to but I'm so afraid of what will croak out of my throat if I try. I'd love to be trained again and sing for him as a wedding gift.
My daughter would love to take voice lessons and I can't afford them. This would be a great help for her to give it a try.
I would like to develop any talent my grandchildren have.
i want to win this for my kids they love music
you are just to cool
Ever since I lost my voice from a bad bad case of laryngitis over seas I have been trying just about everything to get my voice back. Maybe this can help.
I blogged it!
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I'd love to finally be able to sing and not have my cat hate me for it.
This would be great for me and my daughter. Thank you!
As a performing musician it is sometimes difficult to remember to practice. This would be a good tool to have.
Perfect for my daughters!
My holiday wish list for a special child.
I've been singing all my life. My kids can't carry a tune in a bucket. Alas, they won't take instruction from me.
I would like this for my son
my daughter wants to grow up to be a singer, this could help her!
I think the potential is there because my mom has a lovely voice but I've never really learned how to use my voice properly for singing.
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I took voice lessons for many years, and really miss them. But they're not in my budget anymore, so I'd love this!
It's great because Lisa reviews cool stuff objectively and gives away great prizes!
I would love to have something like this. I can't carry a tune at all. I know it's pretty bad when my son asks me not to sing since it hurts his ears. Out of the mouths of babes but the truth.
For my niece Hannah
I find the information that you have about new products on your website. Very nice.
Thank you! My son will love This!
I'd love to win this because my voice is too low, and I want to improve the way it sounds.
I took voice lessons when I was in college and trying to get into musicals in theatre. It's been a long time, though, since I've done any singing besides in the car when I'm alone. I'd love to win this so that I can turn that alone-time in the car into something useful and after some practice, maybe I can even audition for a musical again.
My granddaughter would love this, please enter me.
would love this for my twin daughters. They think they can't sing, would love to show them that it is the same as with their piano lessons. You learn through practice and knowledge. Thanks
i would love to win this for my daughter she is always singing something 🙂
I want to win this awesome prize because I would like to improve my singing skills.
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I would like to win this for my daughter, who sings along to all her favorite movie/TV theme songs.
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-Mike
😆 My daughter wants to become a singer. She is taking chorus in school. I would love this prize to improve her singing voice.
I would love to win this. My son loves to sing but the poor guy is so off pitch.
Thanks for a great giveaway! Pick me! Pick me!
My brother in law loves to sing and does so often-in public. The problem is-he can't. I would love to have to give this as a gift for him. Maybe it would help him to work with what he's got. The family would appreciate it as much if not MORE than he would! 😆 Thanks!!!
I'd love to learn how to sing. I'm going through menopause and my singing voice has dropped down to a deep bass. I give myself headaches when I try to sing.
I'm toooo excited to see this! My daughter is amazing (to me), but I would love to make sure she is doing everything right and isn't hurting her voice in any way (because girl, she belts!). Thanks so much for the opportunity to win it!
Twittered – choochoo428 (three times – – apparently, I'm excited)
My kids and I like to sing. it would really help us.
I subscrbed
I put your button on my blog.
I would love to win this for my grandkids who love to sing.
With kids myself, I think it's extremely important to promote ANY kind of music lessons- great post. If any of your readers are asking "how can I get a better singing voice?" you should check out this blog.