Atlanta vocal coach ‘Mama Jan’ has worked with some of industry’s top artists

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – An Atlanta-based vocal coach has helped craft some of the most talented voices in pop music.

Star after star, hit after hit, Jan Smith’s pitch-perfect technique has kept her at the top of her game.

“I’m just a working girl. I never really thought about, you know, blazing a trail. I was just helping other people,” she said. “I was just doing something that other people hadn’t done before.”

Smith – or as she’s known in the music industry, “Mama Jan” – has played a significant role in shaping some of the industry’s top artists, including Justin Bieber, Drake and Atlanta’s own Usher.

In all, more than 10,000 vocalists, musicians and producers have turned to Mama Jan for her special brand of tough-love training and music industry expertise.

“There weren’t many instructors that were helping other rock and roll singers, or urban singers or rappers, and I just got to be the first girl on the block to do that,” she said. “Being a woman, who – I don’t have children of my own, but being that ‘mama’ in the industry, if you will, to so many artists matters a whole lot to me.”

Mama Jan’s legacy as an inductee in the Georgia Music Hall of Fame is mirrored in the services she offers at her multi-faceted business, which is predominantly owned and operated by women.

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