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  Seth Riggs is considered by many to be the best and most successful voice teacher in the world. He is certainly the busiest. No other teacher, past or present, has ever matched his phenomenal track record. His students are a veritable "Who's Who" of singers, actors, dancers, and entertainers throughout the world.

Seth Riggs's vocal technique and the methods he uses to teach the technique were forged and tempered by the fierce demands placed on the world's top performers, who must often perform several shows a night - night after night!
A great deal of money is always at stake, so his clients' voices must be able to function easily, without strain. It is no wonder that whenever singers come to Los Angeles from other parts of the world, producers, directors and fellow performers send them to see this master vocal technician.

In the pragmatic world of show business, where time is money, Seth Riggs is the man professionals turn to for results.
 
Instructor at camp for:
Technique with Seth


  With nearly 20 years' experience training singers, Dave Stroud can quickly assess any vocalist's strengths and challenges. His love of the craft and innate drive to push students to find their potential led him to create opportunities around the world for high quality vocal education that transcends musical styles. Whether giving master classes in a university setting or preparing singers signed with prominent labels and management companies, Stroud always keeps what is best for his client's voice at the forefront of his teaching.

Working closely with his mentor, world renowned vocal instructor Seth Riggs, Dave created the Speech Level Singing Instructor Certification program to make the SLS method accessible to as many singers as possible. As a member of the SLS Instructor Management Team, he is responsible for the ongoing education of pre-certified and certified instructors.
Stroud works with vocalists and entertainers of all genres. He is able to pinpoint the specific, unique skills singers must acquire to fulfill a particular role, or prepare for recording, tours and live shows. His clients have included singers such as Brian Wilson, Terry Ellis (En Vogue), Wendy Moten, Matt Scannell (Vertical Horizon), Jaime Cullum, Rain (K-pop), and Rosie Gaines (Prince & the New Power Generation); actors such as Evan Rachel Wood, (Thirteen, Pretty Persuasion); Val Kilmer, Luke Perry, Tanya Pinkins and stage performers such as cast members for national companies of The Lion King, Mama Mia and RENT, Cole!, Les Miserables, and many others.
 
Instructor at camp for:
General Instructor / Director


  In the past few years, Chuck was producer on recordings for many of todays top bands (developing to Multi-Platinum) including Simple Plan (Lava/Atlantic), Trapt (Warner Brothers), Something Corporate (Geffen), Sparta (Dreamworks/Geffen), Coheed and Cambria (Columbia/Sony and Equal Vision), De La Soul (Spit Kicker), Blackalicious (Quannum), Talib Kweli (Geffen), Pharoah Monch (MCA), Dilated Peoples (Capitol), Aceyalone (Project Blowed/Decon), Hawthorne Heights (Victory), The Starting Line (Geffen), Fall Out Boy (Island/Fueled by Ramen), Thursday (Island), Matchbook Romance (Epitaph), Gratitude (Atlantic), Jack's Mannequin (Maverick), Full Blast (Black Box Recordings), Smashing Pumpkins (Virgin), and many others.

You can see some of his work on MTV2 and on FUSE TV.
 
Instructor at camp for:
Producer's Circle - Artist Development 101



 

"All I want to do with music is give it to others... share my heart and soul," says Franki Love.

Named the "Female Singer/Songwriter of the Year" at the L.A. Music Awards, Franki's song, "Shadow" won the "Adult Contemporary Single of the Year" award from the L.A. Music Awards. ASCAP, a membership association of more than 300,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers, presented Franki with its "Popular Award". In 2009, Songwriter Universe, awarded Franki with "Best Song of the Month" for her song "Love Like It's Never Gonna Hurt".

Franki is a classically trained pianist and has been playing the piano since the age of five. She has composed music for television and film including a recent project for Tony Kaye, director of "American History X". Besides her shows on stage (accompanied by world top musicians), she also was handpicked by Sony Japan to be the vocalist on the new Sony Playstation game: "Wild Arms 4" and just finished vocals on a new Doritos commercial. Her songwriting book, "Writing Songs from Your Heart" is scheduled to be released in early 2010. In addition to keeping busy performing & composing music, Franki has an undeniable passion for teaching and sharing her knowledge with others. Franki works with students of all ages on a regular basis and teaches them how to play the piano, compose music and turn their experiences into songs.

"Never in a million years would I have thought I would be a singer/songwriter/teacher", Franki says. "But after I wrote my first song, there was no turning back. I knew I had found my purpose. To me there's nothing better than creating something solely from your heart and sharing that with others."

"Franki Love", her soulful debut album, is now out and can be purchased at www.frankilove.com and Itunes.

 
Instructor at camp for:
Beginning Songwriting, Co-Writing Songs


  Musician, lead vocalist, background vocalist, songwriter, arranger, and producer, Claytoven Richardson's musical career spans nearly three decades, during which he has been awarded several gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards. He has since performed on recordings featuring Celine Dion, Michael Bolton, Elton John, Peabo Bryson, New Kids on the Block, Ricky Martin, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole, Young Jeezy, and many others.

In 2000 Claytoven founded the "Studio Training Workshop for Vocalists", a workshop designed to bridge the gap between the academic and professional music worlds by providing aspiring singers with the knowledge and hands on experience necessary to pursue a career as a professional recording vocalist.
He currently teaches this and other workshops at San Francisco State University and for various other music programs across the country.

From the fruits of those labors he has also penned a book that is fast becoming the go to professional guide for singers, "The Professional Studio Vocalist". Though he is involved with many educational and literary projects, he remains active as a prolific musician.
 
Instructor at camp for:
Background Vocals


 

Loren Israel grew up in Hollywood, California, and later moved to the  San Fernando Valley. His start in the music industry began when he  played in several bands starting at the age of 15. He went on tour, he  opened for every band from Bad Religion, to the Sugarcubes, to Soul  Asylum, Social Distortion, the Damned, and the Smithereens. One of the  bands he was in that did pretty well was called One Day, where he  played guitar and wrote songs. Then he switched gears, went to  college. However, he could not stay away from music and put on several  benefit concerts because he enjoyed it. This led to him being scouted  by an A&R executive who saw him at these shows, and ended up offering  Loren an internship at Capitol Records. A few years later, Loren was  offered a permanent job at Capitol as an A&R executive.

As an A&R executive for Capitol, Loren brought Less Than Jake, Jimmy  Eat World, and Annie Stella. He independently produced and signed The  Hippos to Interscope Records, Automatic 7 to A&M / Vagrant Records and  Jason Morphew to Sony Music. He was as an A&R consultant to Jimmy Eat 
World's self-titled CD for DreamWorks.

Outside of Capitol Records, Loren began developing independent artists  in 2001. He worked extensively with Rock Kills Kid from 2001-2004 and  produced and managed the band's first EP release on Fearless Records 
in 2003. This led to the band being signed to Reprise Records and in  2006 released their first major record label record, Are You Nervous.

Loren also scouted and developed the Plain White T's. He produced and  managed the bands first two albums Stop (2001) and All That We  Needed(2005). He was directly responsible for the band establishing a  marketing presence on Myspace with 200,000+ friends. The popularity of  the band garnered them a deal with Hollywood Records in 2006 and  released Every Second Counts September, 2006.

In addition, Loren worked on Sugarcult's 2006 Album Lights Out  released in September.

Loren currently does A&R consulting for Virgin Records, Epic Records,  and Warner Bros. Records, and also runs two companies. The first, Band  Boot Camp, is where Loren personally assists artists in the areas of  songwriting, stage presence, and self marketing in a one-day workshop  in a studio in Hollywood. Second, his Music Mentor Program, allows him  to work with emerging artists on a longer basis.

 
Instructor at camp for:
Gate Keepers


 

Michele's vocal arrangements are performed by The Manhattan Transfer,  New York Voices, M-Pact, Beachfront Property, Chanticleer, Voice Trek and  her orchestral works played by the Boston Pops, the Buffalo, Cincinnati and Pacific Symphonies, and others. Other compositions and arrangements have been featured on the Shari Lewis TV show, Disney's 101 Dalmations Sing-along CD, and the Holland America Cruise line.

Michele is has been featured as guest vocalist at hundreds of  educational jazz festivals and is a former member of the Grammy-nominated vocal  group "The PM Singers." As a pianist, she has toured extensively with a  variety of artists, including singer Bobby Vinton. In her role as Music  Supervisor for the DreamWorks film, "Prince of Egypt," she journeyed through Europe and Asia overseeing music production for the film's foreign language dubs.  Her solo CD with jazz guitarist Bruce Forman is titled, "The Sound of  Music."

Currently serving on the faculty of University of California, Los  Angeles (UCLA), Michele taught previously at USC, CSU Long Beach, and the Phil Mattson School. Highly respected as a teacher and clinician, her work  has
taken her to more than 22 countries around the globe. Recent notable presentations include the World Choral Symposium, the IAJE Conference,  and the ACDA National Conference. Michele's educational book/CD sets, "Vocal Improvisation" and "Jazz Singer's Handbook" are available worldwide. 
Her new book/CD Set, "Jazz Piano Handbook " (Alfred Pubs.) was released in  January,
2008.

Michele is a member of S.A.G., A.F.T.R.A., A.S.C.A.P. and N.A.R.A.S.

 
Instructor at camp for:
THE CREATIVE SOUL- Jazz Singing Basics, EXPRESS YOURSELF - Jazz Singing Intensive


 

Tafiq has worked as a personal trainer, group fitness instructor and dance instructor for over 13 years. He is certified through American Muscle & Fitness and have training in Tae Kwon Do, both jazz & modern dance, yoga, pilates, plyometrics, resistance training and nutrition. He also interned with a world reknown chiropractor, worked alongside a sports medicine physical therapist and continue to study and learn more about the human body everyday.

He utilize all of the training and expertise that he has learned over the years to provide his clients with effective and knowledgable information, and workouts that will help them to achieve any of their health and fitness goals.

He guarantees that he can help you achieve any goal, pertaining to health and fitness. By combining proper nutrition, adequate cardiovascular exercise and the personal 1-on-1 training program that he can design specifically for your goal, success is inevitable.

 
Instructor at camp for:
Tafiq's Total Body Blast


 

Learn from a pro; John-Mark is a singer/ songwriter, producer for  Stealth/EMI and a former Maverick/WB Recording Artist. He has worked  with some of the biggest stars such as Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic,  Matt Scannel from Vertical Horizon, Teddy Geiger, Aaron Kamin from The  Calling, Stacy Jones from American Hi-fi, and Evan Lowenstein from  Evan and Jaron to list a few. He has also studied under and  collaborated with some of the biggest hit-makers and award winning  producers such as Greg Wells, Clif Magness, Shelly Pieken, Jess Cates, Ted Bruner, Dave Basset, Pete Wallace and many more.

John-Mark studied songwriting at the Musicians Institute and Berklee. He has also been a  featured songwriter in Music Connection.

For more information go to www.jmseltzer.com

 
Instructor at camp for:
The Power of the Song!


 

Fashion Designer, Fashion Writer, Image and Style Consultant, Laurie Brucker, comes to Seth Rigg’s Summer Vocal Program with seven years of fashion industry expertise. After receiving a Bachelors Degree In Apparel Merchandising from Indiana University, Laurie worked in New York City as a designer for Betsey Johnson, Daisy Fuentes, and August Silk. Having studied fashion, style, consumer and market trends, her expertise and love for trend analysis led her into the field of Image and Style Consulting. Once receiving her certification in Image Consulting from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, Laurie moved from the big apple, to make Los Angeles the headquarters for Laurie B Style, LLC.

With a passion for working one on one with rising stars, and specializing in musicians, Laurie has already made her mark with some of Los Angeles’ up and coming singers, songwriters and performers. Laurie details, “I pride myself on helping people find themselves in a world of too many opinions on what is right.” With her expertise in the fashion business as well as her love for style, Laurie works towards helping musicians and performers alike find a look that is uniquely theirs. “When a look is truly your own, confidence shines from within.”

 
Instructor at camp for:
Image Drive Through