Ron Anderson (voice coach)

Ron Anderson (voice coach) (Born Ronald Warren Anderson, February 4, 1946) is an American vocal coach and opera singer, known for teaching vocals to various famous singers, Axl Rose, Chris Cornell, M. Shadows,Myles Kennedy Ozzy Osbourne, Seal, Alicia Keys, Tom Cruise, Mary J Blige Lenny Kravitz, Neil Diamond, Adele, Joss Stone, red hot Chili Peppers, Tom Keifer, Haley Williams, Christina Perri, Lzzy HaleJanet Jackson, Avril Lavigne, Timothy Schmidt, Nancy Wilson,Diego bonetaBjork
Early life.
After his family moved to Long Beach, California, at the age of 7 he started performing weekly on a local radio program dedicated to educating listeners about music from around the world, at age 15 took a role in an opera production at Long Beach City College, Anderson performed in a number of local choirs, at one point singing with Roger Wagner Chorale in the last concert ever conducted by Igor Stravinsky, during high school years was a back up artists like Bing Crosby,Judy Garland, and Julie Andrews for CBS television specials
Injure and Isolation.
Anderson was asked to join a California pop group called The Association, and just before going into rehearsals with them, he severely damaged his voice. While singing some final presentations with The Young Americans, Anderson felt something pop in his throat, and suddenly start bleeding through his mouth. A team of throat specialists determined that the only chance to heal his voice was to avoid all vocal production, no singing, no talking for an indefinite time. To make sure Anderson would follow the doctor's orders, the CBS chairman William S. Paley guide Anderson to a treatment protocol in a uninhabited island in the South Pacific near Tahiti, spending a period of uninterrupted vocal rest, living alone in total isolation for eight months, Each week supplies were boated in by natives from nearby islands, but all communication was written. After the doctors finally agreed that Anderson's voice was healed, he decided to be a professional singer but needed to learn how to sing safely. So Anderson starts looking for voice teachers. This led him to and .
Education.
As soon after Anderson began working with Mrs. Zweig as his voice teacher, Anderson decided that his voice was best suited for opera roles. 
Mrs. Zweig taught him the mechanics of vocalization and the fundamentals of breath management, vocal placement, vowel modification, and diction. At the same time, Anderson learned German, French, and Italian, which are essential to becoming a professional opera singer. She taught Anderson how to deal with the damage in his vocal cords, how to exercise it correctly, and rebuild it into a strong, agile, flexible voice. Once Mrs. Zweig determined he could sing safely with competitive technique and language skills, Dr. Zweig became his vocal coach and he continued to study with them both for 20 years.
Teaching.
In 1977 when Anderson returns to the U.S. began as a vocal coach specialize in Bel Canto technique,Tom Keifer after 6 vocal cord surgeries in 2009 went to Anderson to improve his condition and his voice got stronger because of Anderson lessons and in 2012 Anderson prepared Tom cruise for his role as Stacee Jaxx in the musical film Rock of Ages Anderson is considered by some of his student has a legend, in 2014 Matt Heafy took vocal lessons from Anderson following advice from M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold, after Anderson taught him a correct technique so he could overcome his singing problems and he can be heard delivering a more melodic sound in the album Silence in the Snow. Anderson has numerous participations in the film industry as a vocal coach