HIP HOP STAR DRAKE ENLISTS AID OF JAN SMITH STUDIOS FOR UPCOMING TOUR
RED HOT VOCAL COACH FOR USHER, KERI HILSON, TREY SONGZ AND JUSTIN BIEBER SNAGS ANOTHER HIGH PROFILE CLIENT, DRAKE
If there were ever an “˜it girl’ of vocal coaches, it has to be Jan Smith.
Fresh on the heels of being tapped by teen pop sensation Justin Bieber to join him on a high profile 17-day tour that included appearances on American Idol, The View (twice in one week), Jay Leno, David Letterman and Saturday Night Live, the renown vocal coach and producer was recently called by the team of blazing hot rapper Drake to prep him for his upcoming tour.
But as it turned out, Smith was not available. “They called to fly me to Canada to do the prep work with Drake,””says Smith, “and due to my previous and recent commitment to do the Justin Bieber promo, that was not possible for me to cover those dates, so I sent one of my associates, Dionne Osborne.”
Smith said Drake’s camp was referred by another client, R&B singer Keri Hilson.
“I’ve worked with Keri for several years running now, having known her long before her name became recognizable to the rest of the world. Keri’s business management hand les Drake as well, and they had asked her for a referral. That’s the cool thing about our clients — they’re proud to pass us onto other artists knowing full well we’ll take good care of them, too.”
