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Introduction: Welcome to Vocal Babble!

Season 1, Ep. 1

Welcome to the very first episode of Vocal Babble. In this episode, we chat to our hosts and Vocal Balance co-founders, Julie Gossage and Richard Halton, to find out more about them and the story behind Vocal Balance


Production: Vocal Balance Ltd.

Hosts/co-founders: Julie Gossage and Richard Halton

Producers: James Leeman and Louisa Beadel

Music: Scarlet Halton

Photography: Christopher James Creative


The Vocal Babble producers would like to provide a special thanks to Rebecca Ridout for providing the recording equipment for this episode.

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