About Greenwich Voice Studio

Who writes this

My name is Daniel, and I have spent most of my working life on both sides of the glass. For about twelve years I taught singing: private lessons, small group classes, a lot of work with people who had never sung into a microphone before and were convinced they sounded terrible. Somewhere along the way I started recording my students so they could hear themselves back, and that hobby turned into a second craft. These days I split my time between coaching singers and engineering sessions, which means I spend a lot of hours thinking about the exact place where the two meet.

Why this site exists

Most vocal advice online assumes you are either a beginner who needs to breathe from the diaphragm or a professional mixing your own album. There is very little for the singer standing in front of a condenser mic for the first time, or the guitarist recording a friend’s vocals in a bedroom, wondering why the take sounds thin. I write here because I answer those questions constantly in lessons and sessions, and I got tired of repeating myself. Putting it in writing also forces me to be precise, which makes me a better teacher.

What you will find

Practical material on microphone technique, including distance, angle, and what to do about plosives without buying anything. Notes on getting a nervous singer comfortable enough to deliver a real performance, because the best gear in the room cannot fix a tense jaw. Workflows for tuning and comping that keep the emotion of a take intact instead of sanding it into something robotic. Plugin choices explained in plain language, with an ear toward what actually helps a vocal sit in a mix, and technique pieces grounded in what I hear in lessons rather than theory for its own sake.

How to reach me

If something here raises a question, or you want to talk about lessons or session work, the contact page on this site is the right place to start. I read everything that comes through it.