About Me
Brett Manning is one of the most sought after vocal coaches in the country. With over 20 years of experience, Manning has trained some of the most recognizable music artists including Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Brian White, Hayley Williams of Paramore and members of Take 6. His client roster includes Grammy and CMA Award winners, artists on both independent and prominent record labels including Capitol Records, Columbia Records, Atlantic Records, Interscope Records, Lyric Street Records, MCA and Sony Records.
Manning's work on Broadway includes coaching the casts of Les Miserables and Jekyll and Hyde, as well as the Broadway tour of Elton John's Aida. He is the founder of Singing Success, which implements his revolutionary vocal techniques through seminars, workshops and a collection of CDs with basic to advanced exercises. Manning shares his life with his four children and his wife, Bethany. They live near Nashville, Tennessee.
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I believe the Universe is an incredibly complex design. Designs always have designers. The myth of evolution presupposes trillions of tiny miracles going from nothing to everything and all without causality.
I'm a .... vocal coach, style coach, success coach, singer/songwriter, arranger, producer, author, husband, brother, father, friend, b-ball player, sports freak, music nut, worshipper, theology buff, wanna-be history/philosophy buff, food and drink connoiseur, dart thrower, fisher, movie lover, book lover, people lover... enough!
INFLUENCES: my influences and tastes are bettalynn, jeff buckley, queen, ours, lenny kravitz, matthew ward, cardigans, radiohead, alanis morrisette, travis, muse, paramore, pink floyd, pavarotti, bocelli, bach, chopin, puccini, amel larrieux, keith urban, diamond rio, dolly pardon, alison krausse, jeffrey steele, vince gill, elvis presley, beatles and tom jones.
FILMS: any cool guy flick... braveheart, etc. and anything with christopher walken! also the luther and passion.
TV: simpsons, sports, 24 and fox news.
BOOKS: The Bible, Revolt against maturity- R.J. Rushdoony and anything else by R.J.R, Voice of the mind-E. Herbert Ceasari, all of C.S. Lewis, George Grant, John Piper, John Calvin, John Knox, Days of Vengeance -David Chilton (not 'Tilton'), ... more to come.
HEROES: Mash potatoes... i could eat 2 plates and beg for more. Book binders.... without them i would have to carry around loose paper all the time. God.... without him, there be no us. protools... without that, most of us would suck. a vintage camero w/ 4 on the floor or a bicyle made for two. the can opener. all the great authors, teachers, theologians, philosophers.
