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JANIE BARNETT
Specialties Voice (pop, rock, contemporary folk, r&b, jazz, broadway), songwriting, sight singing, ear training, harmony and theory, studio and mic technique, creative process, performance, guitar
Teaching Philosophy/Methodology Every student brings to the session different needs and goals. I am there to listen and design a program that responds to those needs, however eclectic or straightforward. I have spent many years refining techniques for developing the voice as an instrument, for bringing out the creativity in every artist/writer, and for fine tuning performance areas. As an artist working in many areas of music — writing, performing, producing — I look forward to facilitating the growth of any student who wants to work. |
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Combining the technical with the ephemeral brings a joy to every learning and teaching experience. Lesson content may vary depending on the ebb and flow of the student's process. My voice lessons focus on healthy power and flexibility. Writing work is very much focused on the personal self-expression of the contemporary singer-songwriter. Performance issues are always about bringing out the inner artist, rather than staging moves and finessing one-liners. Art is motion, and the contemporary musician must embrace process. This philosophy is present in every lesson.
Education Radcliffe, Berklee College of Music, New York University; Private study with voice teachers Eddie Watson, Dante Pavone and Beda Lorenzo, guitar teachers Sophocles Pappas, Peter Lorenzo, Michael Bevin, piano studies with Jay Bianchi
Teaching Experience Over 20 years experience teaching privately and for various schools and organizations including the AIG, The Guitar Workshop in Boston, The New School University, and Arts Horizons NYC
Recording, TV, and Live Credits Celine Dion, Trisha Yearwood, Shawn Colvin, Bonnie Raitt, Jessica Simpson, Rickie Lee Jones, Marc Cohn, Linda Rondstadt, Kevin Bacon, David Johannson, Patti Austin, Michael Bolton, Rosie O'Donnell, Ronnie Spector, Cliff Eberhardt, Bill Morrissey, Patty Larkin, Taj Mahal, Louden Wainwright III, Mike Manieri, Buckwheat Zydeco, Rick Danko, Kate Taylor, Sarah Brightman, others. Nightbirds at the Bottom Line, Downtown Messiah at the Bottom Line, ASCAP songwriter showcases, New York Songwriter's Circle, Saturday Night Live, Today Show, Rosie O'Donnell show,
Jingle Credits Chevrolet, Campbell's Soup, Burger King, McDonalds, Sprite, NY Telephone, Sears, CBS, J.C. Penney, Miller, Prudential, Diet Coke, K-mart, Kellogg's, MCI, countless others.
Discography as Artist Public Domain, an album of standards with Jay Bianchi and John Pattitucci (in pre-production) For Your Consideration, a compilation of New York singer-songwriters (in pre-production) Glass House, The Hollin Hills Jazz Ensemble, 2001 Belong, 2000 Good Coffeehouse Showcase, 1998 Shake The Ladder, 1991 Self-titled, 1988 Independent Music Sampler, 1987 Independent Music Sampler, 1986 Janie has also appeared on several albums as producer and songwriter, performed and composed for various tv, film & theater soundtracks, and performed in major venues up and down the east coast.
Janie's artist web page can be found at www.janiebarnett.com
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