“I’ve studied voice with Gerald for over a year now and I have to say that I’ve never met anyone who can teach with utmost sensitivity to each student’s particular voice and style but also demonstrate and use everything that he’s teaching in his professional life. Not only is Gerald a superb teacher but he is forever a student of music. He is one of those rare musicians who can navigate around his voice in the same way he glides across the piano. It’s because of this superb flexibility that he is able to teach in both mediums with the skill of one who has spent a lifetime mastering one.” 

To be honest, the very fact that I was physically ABLE to do a 9-day, 9-performance tour is a bit of a miracle… which I attribute to a man named Gerald White, a vocal coach extraordinaire based in Santa Monica (he’s also a phenomenal studio vocalist and songwriter).
If you’ve ever heard me perform some of my more intense songs like “One Power” and “Everything New”, you know that I really hold nothing back. I’m proud of that, of course — I couldn’t stop it if I wanted to! — but I’ve been singing full-out for 8 years, thousands of performances, without proper technique. About 6 months ago, while performing “My Soul Remembers”, I reached a point where I could no longer ‘force’ a note to come — in fact, I missed it entirely. Scary stuff for a singer. But an important wakeup call: if I don’t take care of my body, of my instrument, there will come a day, sooner rather than later, when I’m no longer able to sing my own songs.
And so I began lessons with Gerald. And 6 months later, using Gerald’s techniques and exercises, I’m able to sing, full-voice, 9 performances in a row, including SEVEN 2-hour concerts. I can even talk the day after! So Gerald, THANK YOU.