Voice lessons should make singing easier, not more confusing. In Sam’s studio, they’re like having a tour guide for your own voice: someone who helps you explore, notice patterns, and get curious about what’s actually happening as you sing. Lessons become a shared investigation, where we experiment together, learn from what your voice does in real time, and gradually turn confusion into clarity.
Sam Johnson has spent more than a decade helping singers develop greater range, freedom, power, and control. He works with everyone from complete beginners to professional singers, helping each student understand how their individual voice works and giving them practical tools to make it work better.
Sam is a board member, and a mentor teacher for the International Voice Teachers of Mix. He is the author of Open Your Mouth: Learn How to Learn How to Sing and has taught singers and voice teachers around the world.
His approach draws from contemporary and classical vocal pedagogy, voice science, and years of working with individual singers. Rather than teaching one “correct” sound, Sam helps singers develop the coordination, flexibility, and understanding they need to sing the music they want to sing.
What students say
When I started monthly voice lessons with Sam almost 5 years ago, my goal was to gain the confidence to sing in front of people. Since then, I have performed in multiple online recitals hosted by Sam, recorded and shared covers, and overcome my fear of getting up on stage to belt my favorite songs on karaoke night. I couldn’t have done any of this without the safe environment that Sam creates in his lessons, and recitals. He is honest and direct when I need to improve my technique, while also being affirmative and encouraging. He is a clear communicator, and a fantastic educator.
I’m so happy my sister told me about Sam from watching his YouTube videos! He’s always encouraging of whatever the current state of my voice is, and acknowledges the progress made, while continuing to work toward achieving my goals. I’ve grown significantly in my vocal ability by working with him.
Before I started working with Sam, I had been taking lessons for more than 10 years with countless singing teachers and never showed any real improvement. I was starting to lose hope and decided Sam would be the last teacher I’d try before giving up on my dreams. After just one lesson with Sam, I was astounded by my improvement. Now I can’t believe that I can finally sing how I always dreamed and have a range I never thought possible. Sam is hands down the best vocal coach and truly just an all around great human being.
Sam is far and above the best voice teacher I have ever had. I restarted training after several years away with low expectations for myself, but am now achieving things I never dreamed of before. His approach technically, artistically, and interpersonally is exactly what I’ve always needed as a performer.
What are lessons like?
Voice lessons are a place to experiment.
We’ll explore your voice by making sounds and talking about what singing feels like. We’ll figure out what works for you.
I want you to understand your voice well enough that you can make your own adjustments. By understanding how your voice works as a machine, I want you to be your own mechanic if you get stranded on the side of the road. Sometimes that means talking about anatomy or acoustics; sometimes it means finding a weird sound that suddenly makes a difficult note easy. I tailor my lessons to the person in front of me rather than trying to force them to be something they aren’t.
Most importantly, we sing. We learn how to communicate efficiently with your voice. We work on range, power, distortion, style, musicality, whatever you want. If you don’t know what you want, I’m pretty good at choosing a path forward. We make it easier to sing well in front of another person.