Countdown to Christmas: Voice Lessons To Go
With the economy the way it is, one of the many things parents have had to cut from their children’s lives is music training. With all the shows on TV now like American Idol, Nashville Star, and America’s Got Talent, you can understand why kids want to improve their voice. Your kids may not even be reaching that high — they may just want to get a part in the choir or play. Private lessons have always been pretty costly, and depending on where you live, may or may not even be available.
Ariella Vaccarino has changed all of that. Ariella is an opera singer and an experienced teacher based out of Los Angeles. She is also the creator of Voice Lessons To Go. Voice Lessons To Go is a 4 volume CD box set. You can buy them as either a set or singly. Volume 1 is called Vocalize and Breath. It shows you singing warmups and breathing excercises. Volume 2 is Do Re Mi Ear and Pitch Training. It filled with vocal excercises. It will improve your sense of pitch by concentrating on scales and chords. Volume 3 is Pure Vowels. It is compiled of vocalizes seperated by ah, ey, ee, oh, oo, and i. Volume 4 is Stamina. This is a group of vocal exercises to challenge and strengthen your abilities. She also offers on her site the ability to submit your voice and receive a vocal assessment. For $9.99, you can submit one minute. If you spend $39.99, you are able to send 3 songs! She will give you her full assessment and recommend song choices and exercises. She’ll also get back to you within one week with that!
With the range of products and pricing, there is definitely something for everyone. This makes a great stocking stuffer or Christmas gift for the aspiring singer in your life. Since I think this is such a great product, I had a set of these sent to me to give away to one of my lucky winners! The winner of this giveaway will receive all four CDs! Here’s what you need to do:
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This giveaway will end on November 25st at 8:00 pm and is available to US residents only. Good luck!
November 11th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
I would love to win this for my kids who love to sing.
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November 11th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Nice prize!
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November 11th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
always something interesting on the site. and this sounds like a nice prize
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November 11th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
my daughter wants to learn to sing
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November 11th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
I would love to win this for my daughter. She loves to sing . Before our cross country move, she sang in the church children’s choir. She looked forward to practices and even more to performances. I can’t seem to find anything here and school choir is still several years away.
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November 11th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
My oldest daughter would LOVE this. She is a good singer but needs “help”. we will eventually give her voice lessons but this is a great start
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November 11th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
would love this
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November 11th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
My niece would love this.
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November 11th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
I wouldn’t mind receiving this.
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November 11th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
my son would love this!!
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November 11th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
I would like this for myself! Taking voice lessons was always on my wish list of accomplishments for life!
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November 12th, 2008 at 5:10 am
Nice prize,hope I win.
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November 12th, 2008 at 6:53 am
I absolutely love this idea ! My son is in local theatre, he’s in piano and guitar lessons and we just can’t possibly add on vocal lessons. Since I know he won’t be over here at your site, I can speak freely, right?
The child needs vocal lessons in the worst way!!!
I love the fact that this can be done at home and how wonderful that one can submit voice and get assessment. Why it’s just like having an instructor!
I would LOVE to win this for my son.
I’m off to do all the extras I can.
Christmas recital is coming up and he wants to sing with his piano recital. OH NO!
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November 12th, 2008 at 6:55 am
Tweet Tweet, I twittered. My name is missmannequin
Thanks again!
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November 12th, 2008 at 6:58 am
I’m sorry. Twitter is imabrat
Stumble is missmannequin
This time I’ve tweet(ed?)
Above was stumble
Oh I’m so excited about this I’m getting all confused!!
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November 12th, 2008 at 6:59 am
I am a loyal subscriber!
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November 12th, 2008 at 7:01 am
and I’m off to decorate my sidebar with your button.
I don’t belong to any social networks…
I don’t get out much!
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November 12th, 2008 at 8:14 am
What a great way for my 13 year old to explore her options.
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November 12th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
My son has just started singing, This would help him alot.
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November 12th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Nice prize. Count me in!
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November 12th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
What a neat idea! My daughter loves to sing, and I’d love to give her some help. (And I might even try them out myself!)
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November 12th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
I have your button on my blog:
http://mom2ways.blogspot.com
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November 13th, 2008 at 12:40 am
Hope I win it’s my Mother’s birthday on the 20th of November and I cannot afford a gift so this would be ideal.
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November 13th, 2008 at 1:54 am
I’d love for my daughter to learn to sing!
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November 13th, 2008 at 1:54 am
I subscribed!
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November 13th, 2008 at 9:30 am
My roommate’s always wanted to take singing lessons and I don’t know what’s holding her back. This would be a perfect Christmas gift!
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November 13th, 2008 at 9:33 am
I subscribed!
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November 13th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
i;d give this to my niece, she’d think i was cool
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November 14th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
I’d actually love to win this for myself. I sang in choir in high school and in college, I loved it. After I left college I never had formal training and I’m sure (I know) my voice has “rusted”.
My fiance has begged me to sing since I told him I use to but I’m so afraid of what will croak out of my throat if I try. I’d love to be trained again and sing for him as a wedding gift.
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November 15th, 2008 at 10:51 am
My daughter would love to take voice lessons and I can’t afford them. This would be a great help for her to give it a try.
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November 16th, 2008 at 5:43 am
I would like to develop any talent my grandchildren have.
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November 16th, 2008 at 11:01 am
i want to win this for my kids they love music
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November 17th, 2008 at 8:43 am
you are just to cool
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November 17th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Ever since I lost my voice from a bad bad case of laryngitis over seas I have been trying just about everything to get my voice back. Maybe this can help.
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November 19th, 2008 at 10:35 am
I blogged it!
Thanks for the extra entries and wishes!
http://fracturedtoy.blogspot.com/2008/11/giveaways-and-rants-and-thanks.html
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November 19th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I’d love to finally be able to sing and not have my cat hate me for it.
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November 20th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
This would be great for me and my daughter. Thank you!
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November 20th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
As a performing musician it is sometimes difficult to remember to practice. This would be a good tool to have.
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November 21st, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Perfect for my daughters!
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November 22nd, 2008 at 2:02 am
My holiday wish list for a special child.
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November 23rd, 2008 at 7:11 pm
I’ve been singing all my life. My kids can’t carry a tune in a bucket. Alas, they won’t take instruction from me.
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November 23rd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
I would like this for my son
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November 24th, 2008 at 5:34 am
my daughter wants to grow up to be a singer, this could help her!
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November 24th, 2008 at 6:39 am
I think the potential is there because my mom has a lovely voice but I’ve never really learned how to use my voice properly for singing.
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November 24th, 2008 at 6:44 am
I twittered!
http://twitter.com/blueviolet/status/1020747757
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November 24th, 2008 at 6:44 am
I stumbled
(bluevioletof2)
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November 24th, 2008 at 8:01 am
I am subscribed!
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November 24th, 2008 at 8:02 am
I have your button!
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November 24th, 2008 at 10:30 am
I took voice lessons for many years, and really miss them. But they’re not in my budget anymore, so I’d love this!
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November 24th, 2008 at 10:47 am
It’s great because Lisa reviews cool stuff objectively and gives away great prizes!
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November 24th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
I would love to have something like this. I can’t carry a tune at all. I know it’s pretty bad when my son asks me not to sing since it hurts his ears. Out of the mouths of babes but the truth.
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November 24th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
For my niece Hannah
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November 24th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
I find the information that you have about new products on your website. Very nice.
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November 24th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Thank you! My son will love This!
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November 24th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
I’d love to win this because my voice is too low, and I want to improve the way it sounds.
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November 24th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
I took voice lessons when I was in college and trying to get into musicals in theatre. It’s been a long time, though, since I’ve done any singing besides in the car when I’m alone. I’d love to win this so that I can turn that alone-time in the car into something useful and after some practice, maybe I can even audition for a musical again.
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November 25th, 2008 at 12:43 am
My granddaughter would love this, please enter me.
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November 25th, 2008 at 6:44 am
would love this for my twin daughters. They think they can’t sing, would love to show them that it is the same as with their piano lessons. You learn through practice and knowledge. Thanks
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November 25th, 2008 at 8:44 am
i would love to win this for my daughter she is always singing something
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November 25th, 2008 at 8:48 am
I want to win this awesome prize because I would like to improve my singing skills.
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November 25th, 2008 at 8:49 am
I subscribed to your email feed.
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November 25th, 2008 at 8:55 am
I would like to win this for my daughter, who sings along to all her favorite movie/TV theme songs.
Thanks!
-Mike
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November 25th, 2008 at 9:12 am
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November 25th, 2008 at 11:13 am
I would love to win this. My son loves to sing but the poor guy is so off pitch.
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November 25th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Thanks for a great giveaway! Pick me! Pick me!
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November 25th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
My brother in law loves to sing and does so often-in public. The problem is-he can’t. I would love to have to give this as a gift for him. Maybe it would help him to work with what he’s got. The family would appreciate it as much if not MORE than he would!
Thanks!!!
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November 25th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
I’d love to learn how to sing. I’m going through menopause and my singing voice has dropped down to a deep bass. I give myself headaches when I try to sing.
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November 25th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
I’m toooo excited to see this! My daughter is amazing (to me), but I would love to make sure she is doing everything right and isn’t hurting her voice in any way (because girl, she belts!). Thanks so much for the opportunity to win it!
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November 25th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Twittered – choochoo428 (three times – - apparently, I’m excited)
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November 25th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
My kids and I like to sing. it would really help us.
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November 25th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
I subscrbed
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November 25th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
I put your button on my blog.
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November 25th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
I would love to win this for my grandkids who love to sing.
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