Dave Stroud
Dave Stroud is an American vocal coach, vocal educator, and lecturer who has worked with Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake, Arnel Pineda, Billy Crystal, Mike Posner, Natasha Bedingfield, Bruno Mars, and Michael Jackson, among others. He was commissioned by American Idol for seasons 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11 as a vocal teacher for touring idols Adam Lambert, Jordin Sparks, Allison Iraheta, David Cook, Lee DeWyze, Lauren Alaina, Scotty McCreery, and others. Stroud is the former CEO of Seth Riggs' SLS vocal teaching program and played a major role in developing the teaching platform internationally. In 2010, he launched VocalizeU, his own vocal coaching program.
Early life
In 1989, Stroud owned and operated,DV8, a dance nightclub in Salt Lake City, Utah, modeled after night clubs in Los Angeles. In 1990, he began studying with Seth Riggs in San Francisco, with whom he developed a teaching business that expanded Riggs' vocal teaching methods. In 1998, he oversaw the production of When You Believe, recorded by over 60 singers including Claytoven Richardson and Penny Framstad, and produced by Geoff Grace. The song shared similarities to We are the World and received a fair amount of airplay.Career
Dave Stroud is a vocal coach, vocal educator, and lecturer who has led vocal master-classes internationally. He has worked with Natasha Bedingfield, Martina McBride, Justin Bieber, Kelly Clarkson, One Direction, Terry Ellis, Daniel Bedingfield, Michael Jackson, and others. Stroud was the owner and publisher of Connecting Voices, a magazine for singers.VocalizeUIn 2010 Stroud founded and launched, VocalizeU teaching privately as well as producing Winter Songwriting Retreats in the San Bernardino Mountains to focus on artists' identity, vocal development, creativity, and songwriting skills. In July 2012, Stroud's company produced VocalizeU Summer Intensive, a yearly 10-day artist intensive focusing on vocals, songwriting, stage presence, and music production at Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles. Music industry professionals and producers are brought in to share their knowledge and experience with 300 students.American Idol
Stroud was commissioned by American Idol as a vocal coach to work with touring idols in Seasons 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11 working with Adam Lambert, Jordin Sparks, Allison Iraheta, David Cook, Lee DeWyze, Lauren Alaina, Scotty McCreery, and others. He continues to provide vocal support for American Idol and 19 Management regularly. In an interview with Backstage Magazine, Stroud shared insights working with Adam Lambert, "Adam can do extreme things with his voice that most singers will probably never be able to do. The fact is Adam is so amazing that he doesn't have to overdo it. I work with the music director to look at the peaks, where they happen in the show, and where he can recover from that"SLS
Stroud is the former CEO of Seth Riggs' SLS organization. A then-longtime student and friend of Seth Riggs, Stroud formulated criteria to teach Speech-Level Singing internationally. Riggs created vocal exercises that blended a singers' head voice and chest voice while applying SLS techniques. His clients included Prince, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Barbra Streisand, and numerous others. In 1995, Stroud developed a teaching platform, which was implemented in 2000.