Here are just some of my favorite messages that people have written to me. Some came to me through email, some through my Contact Page, and some from my YouTube Channel. I selected these to put on this page because I’m thrilled to hear that my work has helped people get better with their singing. I love helping others and I love all of the positive responses! Please let me know how my tips, videos, and DVD have helped you too!
03/26/10 – From “Stephen Cheverie” via email:
You saw my faults right away!! One of the major being that I push too much air and you taught me in a few minutes how to change that. Second was support and you taught me exactly how to use the correct support since even support I was doing incorrectly after lessons with other teachers and reading online. Third was how to put finesse into my singing. So my singing has taken a huge turn for the better!! I am now singing with feeling, resonance, and hitting high notes with no tension all of this after one half-hour lesson with you. Thanks so much, Jill!
Steve Cheverie
Note from Jill: Listen to Steve sing on his MySpace site: MySpace.com/PieceOfCheverie.
03/26/10 – From “Rich Knight” via Contact Page:
Hi Jill,
I just purchased your DVD through your site. I’m a blues guitarist and I have decided I must sing too. I sang for the first time last week after 15 years of playing…it was FUN!
Your quick tips are what gave me the confidence to try (I saw your ad in Southland Blues magazine and read the tips)
Anyway…I am sure I am going to want to follow up the DVD sessions with a private lesson.
Your studio is in L.A. area? What are your lesson prices?
(I’m the guitar player in the band linked here: www.buxmanbluescruisers.com I’ll be singing the types of songs in the video clips…)
thanks for posting your free tips in the ad and on youtube, I don’t believe I would have tried singing if I hadn’t seen them!
looking forward to a follow up private lesson after I go through the DVD.
best regards,
Rich Knight
Richard later added the following:
Your tips are like opening a whole new life–they affected me like some tips did about swimming when I was learning to be a triathelete–I became world champion. I love learning to use my right brain–it feels really good to explore emotions and feel different feelings. You made me feel “I don’t have to already be a musician or study singing for a long time–I just want some tips so I can be world champion again an you have them!!!!
02/25/10 – From “Karen Killion” via email after purchasing the DVD:
Dear Ms. Jaxx,
Thank you very much for your excellent video, Learn to Sing Better Fast. I received it yesterday and I have watched it twice. Your tips have helped me in so many ways already. You have a great way of explaining methods so they are easy to understand and to remember. If you make more instructional videos, please let me know.
I’m happy that you considered me one of your students. I’ll keep you posted on my progress. My goal at this point is to sing well enough that my cats don’t leave the room when I go for the high notes! Thank you, again. And thank you for the speedy service.
Best of luck with your current movie projects.
Sincerely,
Karen Killion
05/01/10 – From YouTube user “TheCauseOfInsanity”:
Hi, I just want to say this channel has some of the best singing instructional videos online. Very straight forward and I could almost immediately notice my voice sounding a little nicer and easier to sing.
06/15/10 – From YouTube user “vtwilight”:
Yup I got your message. Thank you sooooo much you really helped me out. You’re the best. WOW YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH YOU HELPED ME!!!! thank youuuu.
06/19/10 – More from YouTube user “vtwilight”:
Well first of all, your videos helped me tons! I knew I could trust what you said and realized using the tips in them they actually worked!
Second, the “Imagine a sparkling golden light…” thing worked fantastically. When I was feeling nervous or unsure I would use that technique and the sick feeling in my stomach would dissapear so I felt great and ready to sing!
Last, was the fact that you actually wrote back to me! Not many people would take time off their day to help other people by using their own experience. I have also noted that you help other people when they comment on your videos too, that seems really nice of you.
P.S. I performed on thursday and it went great! I loved the feeling of being on stage!
From Rick Willingham via email:
Hi Jill,
I wanted to write something that you could put up on your website that is specifically for those people that are considering taking a private lesson from you. You know how much you’ve helped me and danalyn with your lessons – we both sing better now and look forward to getting even better still. Our Knightlyghter band practices sound so much better now! Any way, here’s my “testimonial” for you to post:After having been a student in Jill’s class at LA Harbor College and also having received a few private lessons, there’s something that I must say about taking lessons from Jill; they’re so totally worth it.
I’ve read books, I’ve watched videos, and I’ve had my friends tell me how to sing. But I’d never improved. No matter what I did, I just never got better. My tone was nasally, I’d slide up to pitch and then couldn’t hold it there, and my range was very limited. The experience of having a pro guide me along and tell me exactly what I was doing that hampered my voice from coming out and what to do to allow it to happen is invaluable.
I’ve watched Jill work with others and I’ve noticed how she works with me. On the one hand she treats everyone the same. She’s kind, ecouraging, and supportive. She listens, she watches carefully how you’re singing. And then she explains what you are doing and what you should be doing. She gives you excercises that bring out the best in you. And that’s the “other hand” that makes taking a lesson from Jill so great – she treats everyone as a unique individual.
An Invitation To You:
Feel free to visit my YouTube Channel for free tips and to read more of what people are writing about how much my videos help them learn how to sing better!
