VocalScope Host: Juliette Caton

Presented by Juliette Caton. Edited by Sam Benoiton.



Can music make you sick? Is being a music artist detrimental to a musician's wellbeing and mental health? What are the impacts of saturation caused by the digital age on the music maker and the consumer? How can the music industry be totally transformed into a better music making and consuming world for us all?



Sally Anne Gross is both a music industry practitioner and an academic who in 1993 was the first women to work as an A&R manager at Mercury Records and in the same year she chaired the first ever panel on women in the music industries at ‘In The City’ music conference in Manchester.



She was also a founder member of Out on Vinyl the first ever UK record label for the LGBTQ community. Sally Anne has been working in the music industry for three decades as an artist manager, record label director and international business affairs consultant. 



In her current role at the University of Westminster, she is the program director of the MA in Music Business Management where she teaches Intellectual Property and Copyright Management, Artist & Repertoire and Music Development. 



In 2016 she founded ‘Let’s Change the Record’ a project that focuses on bridging the gender divide in music production by running inclusive audio engineering and song writing workshops for people identifying as women or non-binary.



Sally Anne is interested in working practices in the music industries and the conditions of digital labour and specifically how they impact on questions of diversity, equality and mental health. 



VOICE CHOICE Listen to Sally’s favourite vocal performance ‘Nothing Compares To You' by Sinead O'Connor on the VocalScope Podcast Guests Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0



Sally Anne Gross' website www.sallyannegross.com



Can Music Make You Sick?



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Presented by Juliette Caton / Edited by Sam Benoiton

Matthew Mills (he, him) is a Lead Consultant Speech and Language Therapist, and Head of Speech and Language Therapy at the London Gender Identity Clinic, where he has worked since 2009. He is a National Adviser in Trans Voice for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, founder member of the Trans Voice Clinical Excellence Network and External Examiner for the Voice Studies MA/MFA at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Matthew is current President of the British Association of Gender Identity Specialsts (BAGIS).



VOICE CHOICE Listen to Matthew’s favourite vocal performance ‘Home' MJ Rodriguez on the VocalScope Podcast Guests Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0?si=8380f4264b42464e 



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Presented by Juliette Caton

Edited by Sam Benoiton

Gillie Stoneham began her career as a speech and language therapist and after completing her Masters in Human Communication was a Senior Lecturer on a BSc Speech Language Therapy programme for many years. 



She began to specialise in voice both within this role and through her company which offers theatre skills in the workplace to build personal impact.  



Through clinical practice within her lecturing role she first worked in gender affirming voice and communication in 2006  in the South West of England, and has developed a specialist role in the 17 years since. 



She presents nationally and internationally in specialist conferences and study days and took up a part time consultancy role for the Tavistock & Portman Trust at the London Gender Clinic in 2016, working closely with Matthew Mills. 



It was whilst she was in this post, that she co-authored 2 books with Matthew Mills and designed and delivered specialist training programmes for voice therapists nationally. 



Gillie is a founding member of the Clinical Excellence Network (known as the CEN) in trans voice and communication and also of BAGIS which is the (British Association of Gender Identity Specialists). She also helped in writing the competency framework for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT). 



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Join Gillie for a deep dive into coaching transgender voices, drawing on her specialist knowledge to deliver introductory and orientation material right through to professional competence and vocal coaching implications – and everything in between.



https://voicestudycentre.com/online-certificated-courses/certificate-in-gender-affirming-voice-communication-coaching-with-gillie-stoneham/#overview



Gillie's Website: www.actorfactor.co.uk 

Gender Identity South West - www.genderidentitysouthwest.co.uk



Gillie’s socials: @gilliestoneham /  @ActorFactorinfo 

Linked In: Gillie Stoneham



VOICE CHOICE Listen to Gillie’s favourite vocal performance ‘Hope There's Someone' from the album I Am A Bird Now by Anohni - (Antony Hegarty transitioned and is now known as Anohni) Antony & the Johnsons on the VocalScope Podcast Guests Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0?si=8380f4264b42464e 



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Vocalscope Podcast & Book Club Host, Juliette Caton, announces the 2023 VocalScope Book Club Reading List, which launches with the first two seasons - 'Trans & Non-Binary Voices' (Season 1 - January to March) and 'Sounds of Race' (Season 2 - April to July). 



In the VocalScope Book Club members get to:

READ & DISCUSS
Nominate and vote for the monthly book selection. Share the journey of reading and learning along the way with like-minded practise focussed peers in our online members group.



QUESTION & PROCESS
VocalScope Podcast Presenter, Juliette Caton, will host a members only monthly Q&A event giving you direct access to ask the Author of the Month your questions, before we open it up for group chat and discussion.



INSPIRE & IMPLEMENT
Harness new learning by exploring and developing together innovative yet practical ways that allow our reading and discussion to inform, elevate and transform future practise in our respective studios, clinics, practises, conservatoires, institutions & performing careers.



Find out more and sign up: https://vocalscope.ac-page.com/book-club-sign-up



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Jesse Smith is a rock singer, musician and songwriter based in London. A rock and pop vocalist, a self releasing singer songwriter and also currently working as a singer on the BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ series under the genius musical direction of Dave Arch, Jesse is the front man for the band Romances, The Legacy Showband, The Classic Rock Show, Boot Led Zeppelin and London's premier rock night - Rock The Boat.

Jesse also starred in Thriller Live in the West End and has toured Europe with the cult heavy-metal cinematic experience Gutterdämmerung.

With these projects Jesse has performed all over the world in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Arena, The London Palladium, The Olympic Stadium - Munic

AND having started his singing career early was a finalist for Junior Eurovision with appearances in three of the Harry Potter movies!



Jesse's Website: www.jessesmithuk.com 



VOICE CHOICE Listen to Jesse’s favourite vocal performance Freddie Mercury singing Innuendo on the VocalScope Podcast Guests Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0?si=8380f4264b42464e 



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Tessa Niles first entered the music scene in 1981 and has since become one of the best known session singers of the past three decades.
With her versatile voice and ability to blend within a myriad of styles, she has hundreds of recording credits and live appearances to her name, performing with some of the biggest names in the music industry.
If you were listening to music during the 1980’s and 90’s then chances are that she performed live with some of your favourite artists and sang on your most loved tracks as she has worked with Bowie, Tina Turner, Sting, Duran Duran, Annie Lennox, Tears For Fears, The Pet Shop Boys,The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams..
In 2015 she turned author with her memoir titled ‘Backtrack’ - the voice behind music’s greatest stars.
“She was described by Producer and Musical Director Steve Anderson as “the ultimate backing singer, not only because she does it with grace and excellence but because her knowledge of harmony is second to none. I fall in love with voices rarely - he says - but I fell in love with hers the moment we did our first session together and have been that way ever since.”
Tessa's Website: www.tessaniles.com
VOICE CHOICE Listen to Tessa’s favourite vocal performance Stevie Wonder singing All In Love Is Fair on the VocalScope Podcast Guests Playlist on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0?si=8380f4264b42464e
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