Working with Your Voice: Vocal Book

Name: Working with Your Voice: Vocal Book
Brand: Alfred Music
SKU: 00-36791
Price: 19.99 USD
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The Career Guide to Becoming a Professional Singer

By Jaime Babbitt

Item: 00-36791

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You say you want to become a professional singer. Where do you start? Is it really possible to make a living doing what you love? With over 25 years of experience as a professional singer, Jaime Babbitt has been there, done that, and knows the drill. In this book, Jaime looks at everything involved with having a career as a singer and offers you her first-hand experience. She applies a Zen approach to her invaluable tips on singing, gigs, marketing, and the professional singer's lifestyle. You'll realize your goal of becoming a successful working singer and how your voice, body, connections, technique, and attitude all help you every step of the way. Whether you're a pop superstar in the making, a stone-cold rocker, a Broadway baby, an R&B diva, or a jazz crooner, Working with Your Voice helps you become the singer who's great at whatever they do---and who knows how to do it all .

"Anything you want to know about singing is in this book. Jaime Babbitt shares her vast knowledge of every aspect of how to be a pro singer."

---Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, award-winning and world renowned songwriting team

"Jaime Babbitt is one of the best singers I've ever heard. She knows the artistic side of her profession, and in this book she shares everything the up-and-coming session singer or recording artist would ever need to know about getting started and about staying in the game."

---Jimmy Webb, Grammy® award-winning, singer-songwriter/composer, and Chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Publisher: Alfred Music

Page Count: 264

ISBN10: 0-7390-7595-0

ISBN13: 978-0-7390-7595-1

UPC: 038081408309

SKU: 00-36791

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About the Author: Jaime Babbitt

Jaime Babbitt began her professional singing career at 15 and has since worked across multiple genres and contexts: session work in New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville; touring with Leon Russell as a backup vocalist and percussionist; live and recorded collaborations with artists ranging from George Strait to Miley Cyrus; and hundreds of commercial jingles for major brands. Her versatility earned her roles in Disney Records projects and other high-profile recording work.

Beyond her performing career, Babbitt has taught vocal technique, studio performance, and stage craft both for Disney Records in Los Angeles and through private instruction in Nashville and Los Angeles. She holds a degree from Columbia University in English and writing, bringing both artistic depth and clear communication to her teaching philosophy.

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Why we love this

This is written by someone who has actually lived the working singer's life across commercial, session, and performance contexts, not by a theorist observing from the sidelines. Rather than generic advice, you get candid answers about gigs, marketing, technique, and the daily reality of sustaining a singing career across multiple genres. It's the kind of book singers keep returning to because the guidance applies whether you're chasing session work, performing live, or building your own projects.

What to expect

Practical and grounded, stripped of romantic illusions about the singer's life. Babbitt writes from experience rather than inspiration, offering concrete perspectives on technique, business, and persistence that feel like mentoring from someone who has navigated the exact challenges her readers face.

Who it's for

Singers serious about building careers in commercial music, session work, live performance, or any context where singing generates income. This serves both emerging singers beginning professional work and established performers looking to sustain or expand their careers. It's equally valuable for high school and college singers exploring whether professional singing aligns with their goals.

How to get the most out of it

Build your connections deliberately and maintain them consistently; the people you work with become your network, and that network sustains a career far more reliably than talent alone
Treat your body as a professional asset by developing vocal technique through proper study, not just natural ability, so you can deliver across multiple takes, styles, and performance conditions
Approach marketing and self-promotion with the same professionalism you bring to your singing; many talented singers plateau because they underestimate the business side of a music career
Cultivate adaptability across genres and contexts rather than limiting yourself to one style; versatility directly increases your working opportunities and income potential

How to use it

Assign this to your serious vocal students as summer or winter break reading. It complements technical voice study by addressing the professional context in which technique actually gets used. Pair it with repertoire study and performance opportunities throughout the year so students can test the book's advice in real time.