David Grant

Fun Corporate Events

Additionally, David and Carrie present tailor-made evenings for all types of events from small parties to large corporate gatherings.

With their singing, coaching and presenting skills they regularly take part in a variety of different events. In the past year they have judged National singing competitions including Yates Wine Bar National Kareoke Competition, Chorister of the Year and School Choir of the Year. Equally they have judged singing for private parties. They have coached groups of over 200 people to sing and put on a performance in an hour! They have hosted events, award ceremonies and made after-dinner speeches. They have also done any combination of the above plus singing themselves.

In The Beginning, David Grant, The Pop Idol

The story started in the early eighties with Linx. Primarily a partnership between vocalist David and bassist Sketch. Between 1980 and 1983 the band  had four top twenty singles , “You’re lying” “Intuition” “Throw away the key” “So this is Romance” and  coupled with two very successful albums, “Intuition” and “Go Ahead”, which earned them a nomination as Best Newcomer in the Brit awards The band split in 1983 and David re-emerged as a solo artist with a string of hit singles including a Top 5 duet with Jaki Graham with  “COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE”. In all David had some 14 hit singles in the UK charts. Throughout this period David also found time to present tv shows such as “Riverside” “CDQ” as well as being virtually a resident on Mike Read’s “Pop Quiz” and presenting various soul shows, including the Robbie Vincent Show on BBC Radio London.

In the mid 90’s David and his partner Carrie made their highly acclaimed album “Watching and Waiting” which went on to win them a prestigious MOBO Award for Best Gospel Album in 1998. David also found time to develop an acting career, performing at the National Theatre and the Bristol Old Vic as well as for Channel 4 films.

Vocal Coach to the Stars

Having performed as a vocalist, and also recorded on countless sessions as a session vocalist, David has put his very considerable experience into practice as a vocal coach, and has worked with numerous of the UK top artists including Will Young, Take That and The Spice Girls.

David is in the invaluable position of having seen the music industry from the “inside” as an artist , and being able to pass on his experiences to new artists and talent. Along with his wife Carrie, they are the foremost vocal coaches in the UK, they have a passion for singing, that is second to none, and they are seeking to help improve the talents of as many vocalists as possible.

TV Pop Pundit

Beyond his tv appearances as a vocal coach/judge, David is often featured as a “pop” pundit on various music programmes. He has recently been a guest on “Celebrity Mastermind”(specialist subject The Works of Stevie Wonder) and extending his role into current affairs and politics, appearing regularly on “The Wright Stuff” and frequently on “The Daily Politics” and also on “Newsnight”. Both David, and Carrie, are very supportive of young talent, in the arts generally, and they presented awards at the Teaching Awards, and are becoming increasingly involved in this area. David has recently taken on the role of ambassador for UK Skills, supporting young people in developing their talents in a wide range of skills, where he makes motivational speeches and he is looking in 2007 to take on expanding roles in these areas.

David and Carrie also featured as vocal judges in the BBC 1 Saturday night series “Can’t Sing Singers” as well as David having a leading role in the groundbreaking, award winning “Flashmob-The Opera”. They continued their work in vocal coaching on television with their own highly emotive series “Facing The Music”, which  aired on BBC 2 last year, and was nominated for an RTA award. They also appeared as vocal coaches in all the series of “Comic Relief Does Fame Academy”.

David has appeared in “Test the Nation”, “Starspell”, “Children In Need” BBC 2’s “Stars in Fast Cars”  and “Never Mind The Buzzcocks”  as well as, with Carrie, in the BBC1 Saturday night series “The Sound of Musicals”.

For further information or to book David Grant, call us at Speakers Corner on +44 (0) 20 8365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk