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I'm not sure how you can know this really. There are lots of vocalists who will say they've never had lessons, but actually they have them every week, or at least a few before they go on tour, just to kick themselves up the arse.
Hell, even Stevie Wonder still sees a vocal coach!!
So which professional singers have never had a lesson? That's just a silly assumption people make. My wife is a vocal coach and knows a fair few others and you'd find it very hard to find a professional singer who has never had a vocal coach, exactly like you wouldn't find a top athlete who did have a fitness coach. A good vocal coach isn't about telling you how to sing, it about supporting, extending and most of all protecting your voice.
It would be interesting to know what singers you know of though which provide the evidence against vocal coaching. The only one I have ever come across is Kelly Jones who finally sort out a coach after his voice started collapsing.
Sure... they make *noise* with their mouth, but they're not utilizing the full resonant system. So they are not using their singing voice, technically speaking. It's like the difference between some crappy garage punk music and your bog standard stadium rock band. Sure... the garage band is technically playing music, even though the mix is completely off, the bassist only has one string, and the drummer hasn't tuned his kit and has a broken ride cymbal.
I'm not one to lightly bow down to teachers. I can play a variety of instruments to a pretty high degree, I can mix and engineer music, and I'm pretty autodidactic in most respects. But singing is the one thing that I knew before I even started would be better taught by a teacher. Otherwise I would've been flailing around in the dark looking for the light switch.
Going through the process now of tearing down all my old preconceptions about the voice, and getting to a fundamental core that is workable. This involves being able to bridge, and I struggle a lot with it right now because I'm utterly shit. But it is a fun process of discovery
A good teacher will assess your range too and this, with help, can possibly improve upon it or at least determine where your limit is. This will be important for song keys or even transposing them if not quite the right key for your voice.
This is something, I've been thinking about for some time. Our band is female fronted and I have the job of hitting all the upper harmonies. I'm very conscious that I'm not singing technically correctly, but have learned little ways around doing what I need to do.
I posted a similar comment on here I think, some time ago. But I've been considering the Ken Tamplin course. He does seem to be the only singing coach who can sing that Bluesy/Hard Rock thing.
http://youtu.be/Rahxj-gfqsI
Pop to about 6.40 if your impatient.
I got singing lessons. They were ok but I felt I was doing too many "exercises" as opposed to singing. I know you're meant to do some, but I felt it was a bit much.
I actually got the Ken Tamplin course - it's pricey and a bit repetitive but better than many others (where the teacher doesn't even sing!).
My YouTube Channel
I was playing guitar and singing at the same time and I just recorded it on my phone.