Kim Chandler

Industry Vocal Coach and Session Singer

Based: Marbella (Spain)

Working: Online worldwide

Main Singing Styles: ‘Breathy to Belt’ in Pop, Rock, Soul, Dance, Jazz etc

Main types of work: Studio Sessions, Industry Vocal Coaching

Instruments Played: Piano, Flute

Additional Skills: Sight Reader, Choir Director, Vocal Arranger, Vocal Producer

Vocal Coach

Kim is one of the UK’s top vocal coaches. She runs a busy private vocal studio where she teaches an elite team of professional singers, artists and other vocal coaches. Kim is a regular presenter at national & international voice conferences and is a past President and Director of the prestigious British Voice Association. She has coached (and still coaches) a wide range of high profile clients, such as the following:

Birdy
Cassyette
Courtney LaPlante – “Spiritbox”
Courtney Love – “Hole”
Crissie Rhodes – “The Shires”
Danny McNamara – “Embrace”
Dave McCabe – “The Zutons”
Hannah Reid – “London Grammar”
Jess Glynne
Josh Franceschi – “You Me At Six”
Kevin Rowland – “Dexys”
Laura Mvula
Matt Tuck – “Bullet For My Valentine”
Oli Sykes – “Bring Me The Horizon”
Olli Appleyard – “Static Dress”
Paloma Faith
Paul Young
Rob Swire – “Pendulum”
Sam Carter – “Architects”
Sam Fender
Travis Mills – “Girlfriends”

Kim’s media work as a vocal coach has included:

- “The Vocalist Magazine“
- “Simon Mayo Show” (BBC Radio 2)
- “Derren Brown: Fear and Faith” (Channel 4)
- “The One Show” (BBC1)
- “Mig Og Min Mor” (Danish TV, Kanal 4)
- “X Magazine“
- “Cristo Foufas show” (LBC 97.3)
- “The No.1 Family” (ITV1)
- “Just The Two Of Us” (BBC1)
- “Rock Around The Block” (ITV1)
- “Have Boy Bands Gone Busted?” with Alex Zane (MTV)
- British Satellite News
- BBC5 live
- Radio 1 live events & website
- “Trading Places” (BBC1)
- “Life’s Too Short” (BBC1)
- “Now” magazine
- “The Stage” newspaper
- “Classic Rock” magazine
- “Bliss” magazine
- “The Singer” magazine
- “The Music Teacher” magazine
- “Inside Out” magazine
- The Voice Council online magazine

Session Singer

Kim has been a highly successful session singer since 1990. Aside from singing on thousands of jingles, hundreds of songs and on many films, her recording and/or live performance credits also include:

Barry Manilow
The Bee Gees
Björk
Brian May
Cerys Matthews
Gareth Gates
Jocelyn Brown
Kevin Rowland (‘Dexys Midnight Runners’)
Leo Sayer
Michael Bolton
Michael McDonald (including Lulu and Hamish Stuart)
Natalie Cole
Neil Diamond
P Diddy
Randy Brecker
Rick Astley
Susan Boyle
Thelma Houston
Uriah Heep

Musical Director

Equally at home as a musical director & vocal arranger, Kim worked regularly at London’s legendary ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS leading their corporate group recording events (up to 200 people) and has directed choirs for:

Westlife (no.1 single “Queen of my Heart“)
Michael Bolton (Brisbane Entertainment Centre)
Rick Astley (Shepherds Bush Empire)
Barry Manilow (Brisbane Entertainment Centre)
The “Six Nations” rugby tournament (Twickenham stadium)
The “Worthington Cup” final (Wembley stadium)
“The Sun” newspaper TV adverts

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