You may or may not know that I teach singing. I’m going to write a bit about it here in the new blog and I welcome questions.
I had the opportunity to work with the actor Mark Webber for the upcoming film Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe. All the music was written by Beck and Brian Lebarton, using Beck’s voice (big shoes to fill) and may I add, Mark had never sang a note in his life! I’ve taught members of Beck’s band, so that is how the connection was made. Mark came in one day for an assessment, after which, I called the producers to give them the news that Mark really wasn’t in the greatest shape vocally, it could be done, but it could take weeks, months, maybe years to get him to sing. Mark was committed, they were committed so we rolled up our sleeves and went to work. We only had 2 – 3 hour lessons daily for 3 weeks before they intended to throw him into a studio in Toronto with Nigel Godrich (yes you heard me correctly)! OMG anybody?
Well….he is quite possibly one of the most amazingly talented individuals I’ve ever met. He did it. He turned his voice around in that time and they ended up replacing all Beck’s vocals with his. I’m so proud of him. Go and see the film when it comes out!
He also has a film out…he wrote and directed it and it’s called Explicit Ills. You can find out more about it here….http://www.explicitillsthemovie.com/ Support him! He’s one of the good ones!