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Pippa

Ultimate Backing Vocalist

About Me

I am working for a brand new record label, 'Starfisch Records', who are launching a brand new artist, 'Karen Louise' this summer. My husband has co-written her album with her and I co-wrote 3 of the songs and sang backing vocals for 11 out of the 12 tracks, plus I arranged the strings. There have been some great producers, including Tommy D and Prince Sampson. The mix engineers have been incredible - they include Ash Howes, Andy Bradfield, Jeremy Wheatly and Adrian Bushby. It doesn't get much more exciting than this. Obviously it's early days, but when you believe in something and pour your heart and soul into it, something wonderful is bound to come out of it... Everyone in this company is amazing... the whole team. Watch this space for the future! I regualrly book singers for session work, (backing vocals in particular) and string players for pop tracks and live work. I do a huge amount of vocal coaching; one on one private tuition. I regularly coach actors who have big auditions coming up. I specialise in teaching harmonies; recognising the chords, hearing the harmonic movement, etc. I have also done some string arranging for a new singer, Dee Anderson, whose album will be realeased very soon. I studied music at Manchester for 3 years and Graduated with a 1st! Totally unexpected seeing as I didn't do so well at GCSEs or A Levels, but hey, that's where my amazing boyfriend at the time clearly inspired me to excel in music! I am now married to him and we have a little boy called Joshua.

My Interests

Great novels, Tennis, Classic movies, "Friends" (in a very big way, own all the DVDs)

I'd like to meet:

People who love music, love fun and love to live!

Music:

Karen Louise, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Anastasia, Kelly Clarkson, Destiny's Child, Pink, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Bill Withers, Tina Turner, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Jamiroquai...

Movies:

Some like it Hot, Shawshank redemption, The Birdcage, The Rock, Notting Hill, Singing In The Rain, On The Town, Pretty Women, Dirty Dancing, Star Wars, All James Bond, All Disney (esp. the animated musicals!)...

Television:

Friends, America's Next Top Model, Will and Grace, Alan Partridge, The Office, The Apprentice, Parkinson, Frasier...

Books:

Harry Potter, Lord Of the Rings, Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series, Rebecca, Dorien Gray, All Jilly Cooper!

Heroes:

My parents - they are the reason I now have a career in music. They recognised my talent from an early age and put everything into my education. They spent a small fortune on piano lessons, violin lessons and singing lessons. The even moved, to get me in to one of the top schools in the country, so I owe them so much. My mother is a professional classical singer, with years spent in the BBC singers. My father is a wonderful actor - between them, I found my niche.

My Blog

"Allo Allo" reunion shock!

I watched Allo Allo last night. My Dad plays one of the british airmen (John D Collins) and I have to say... I was appauled. Gordon Kaye was READING his script. All the other cast had clearly taken th...
Posted by Pippa on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:53:00 PST

Hear my BVs on Radio 2!

Hi guys - for those of you who don't know, I do all of Karen Louise's Backing Vocals!  Aled Jones is playing "Life's not a song" on Radio 2 between 7-9am on Sunday morning.  Have a listen!&n...
Posted by Pippa on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:51:00 PST