Our special guest for this week's This Is A Voice #podcast is jazz singer, recording artist, composer, educator and past president of the British Voice Association Louise Gibbs.  It's a meeting of three practical minds in a deep & fascinating conversation about authenticity (for the singer and for the music), training authentic singers, exploring style envelopes and when to push their boundaries. 00:00 Being yourself to stand out 02:10 Why Gillyanne didn't like "I don't know how to love him" 03:12 Personal authenticity versus style authenticity 06:00 Jeremy on authentic self v authentic context 07:20 Playing devil's advocate - home studios 08:54 Why you're co-creating even when working alone 11:17 Is music ever misappropriated? 15:00 Jeremy on what music is and isn't 18:24 How do we train singers to be authentic? 23:04 Authenticity in the recording studio + the engineer 27:40 Energy flow, study, practice, rehearsal, performance We've also got this! ↓  For real 1-1 attention on your own voice, book a voice coaching session in the singing studio with Jeremy or Gillyanne https://DrGillyanneKayesJeremyFisherInspirationSession.as.me/  Watch us give a masterclass live online, where we work with singers we've never met and then share what we did to help them improve instantly  https://vocalprocess.ck.page/products/more-than-a-masterclass-july-12-2023 The 12 Hours to Better Singing Teaching course online, with voice coaching techniques, vocal articulation exercises and a LOT more for the up-to-date singing teacher is here https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/12-hours-to-better-singing-teaching 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 and choose a Level https://vocalprocess.co.uk/learning-lounge/   If you want to discover if our singing teacher training programme works for YOU, message us - we can share the process for joining Cohort23. Sign up for the Vocal Process newsletter https://vocalprocess.co.uk/news-and-media/freebies/  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 brand new 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  #careermentoring #professionaldevelopment #CPD #vocaltechnique #voicetraining #thisisavoice #vocalcoach  #singingteacher #voice