My wife is going to a voice coach at $125 a lesson, and she loves it. I have yet to hear results...

I do think it helps a lot to have a voice coach, but the cost makes me cringe. I've gone to a number of group voice coaching workshops led by Lisa Null of Washington DC over the years, and I've learned a lot. I also belong to a choir with an extraordinary director. I have one friend who took voice lessons from Lisa over an extended time, and the change in his singing was dramatic. I'm not sure how talented the voice coach needs to be, as long as he/she is honest.

-Joe-

P.S. Lisa said nice things about my singing...