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Lee’s Life

My favourite? I would have to say “Miss Com-
munication” and a new one,“Leece Street”.
Both of these songs haven’t been released yet
so I can’t wait for people to hear them.

You’ve recorded at Abbey Road Studios. How
did that happen?

It happened a couple of months after I won the
school talent show. I decided to join a talent
agency for aspiring singers and one day an
advertisement came up for “Record at a top
London Studio” and I entered.

A week later I received a message though the
website saying I hadn’t won but there was an-
other message inviting me down to the studio
in London for a chat. The address was listed
as1 Abbey Road St Johns Wood London. We
thought it was a scam or something, but we
went and it was THE Abbey Road.
I was offered the opportunity to work with a when I’m older you’ll be seeing me wheel on
team of people to record original music with stage with a microphone in my hand!
them and it was amazing.I learnt so much
about the music industry, music business, mu- What are your future plans?
sic law, and songwriting. The inside of Abbey
Road is like a musical history lesson. I’ve had to cancel a lot of shows this year and
missed out on some incredible opportunities,
You teach music as well. It must be rewarding to but keeping people safe is more important. I’ve
see students improve over your time with them? been using my time learning how to record
covers at home and I’ve been posting them
I have my own business called “Elevate Vocal online. I’ve been approached by a couple of
Academy” EVA for short. I teach the same companies with exciting opportunities and I’m
vocal techniques used in the music industry still working with my EVA students via Skype.
today to protect the singing voice. I’ve had
students sing in the West End and come a I’ll be back to teaching face to face soon in
close second in the North East’s biggest music my studios in The Centre for Excellence in
competition. I’ve shared tears of joy with Creative Arts on King Oswy Drive and I’ll be
them, high fives all around, it’s a really fun and continuing to focus on recording cover songs
positive environment and I can’t wait for the and writing new material and continue doing
day I get to teach everyone in person again. TV work, with appearances on Vera, Belgravia
and Victoria as well as kids TV shows. I will
Do you still enjoy performing live? continue working hard to achieve my ambi-
tions and dreams.
I do and still get nervous too! It’s something
I’ll always love and care about. I love perform- Elena can be found on Facebook and also has
ing in different venues and festivals. Even a YouTube channel.
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