Coach Freeman: 30 years of tuning voices, imparting music knowledge
It is exactly thirty years since voice coach Freeman Daniel Ame, popularly known as ‘Coach Freeman’ stepped the threshold of the music industry.
Freeman, a trained musician and voice coach has lectured in many government and private institutions across the world, including Eagle Drama College, Vibe FM School of Broadcasting and the West Africa Protocol School.
He has also been the vocal coach for several popular Ghanaian music reality TV shows.
Coach Freeman runs vocal workshops from Jukebox, his professional voice training studios in Ghana.
He works with artistes and performers in Africa and those from places like the UK, Canada, US, and France.
Three years ago, he started a corporate voice training program called ‘Vocal Branding’ which is designed to help professionals in the corporate world to use their voices more effectively.
Apart from singers he has worked professionals in the the field of politics, banking, media and the clergy.
Coach Freeman has racked up a lot of successes over the many years as a music ideology producer, voice coach, vocal education consultant, performance coach, music director, artiste development expert, concert coordinator, calisthenics expert, music content developer, musician, singer and performer.
He also lectured on the ‘art of center stage grooming & vocal techniques’ at the National Film & Television institute (NAFTI) in Accra, and is the only voice coach in Ghana with an accredited voice and music training programme.
He is celebrated for coaching a non-singer to a record setting attempt of 126 hours, 52 minutes in a Guiness world record sing-athon in 2023.
Some musicians he has worked with include Efya, Adina, Camidoh, Cina Soul, Gyakie, KiDi, Kuami Eugene, Ben Brako, Nana Boro, Mishasha, among a blizzard of others.
Daniel Freeman was the official voice coach for Afua Asantewaa, the Ghanaian event organiser who attempted to break Guinness World Records’ longest singing marathon by an individual.
According to the biggest tool of every musician is their voice, a reason they need to be concerned about their vocal delivery.
Source: Ghana News
