Bernii Mac
Bernice MacDonald aka Bernii Mac is a former musical Artist, current top liner, session vocalist, vocal coach and advocate for well-being in the music business living in North Shields. She started singing semi-professionally aged 15 with her fathers Jazz trio before moving to Bristol to study musical theatre followed by the Brighton Institute of Modern Music to study vocals. With her mentor being Carleen Anderson of The Brand New Heavies. From there a young Bernii started running and promoting her own music nights at various venues in Brighton. She did various jobs for The Great Escape festival whilst session singing both in the studio and live for the now renowned blues Artists Dani Wilde and her brother Will Wilde. Bernii founded The Bernice MacDonald band which toured and was featured on BBC Radio many times. In 2012 she moved to NYC to work with an Artist development team. Whilst there she sang backing vocals for former VH1 White Rapper star Misfit Dior (now Latecia De-valer) and scouted Artists for Amazing Radio as they launched in the states. During her six years in NYC, Bernii wrote and sang on the top line for 'Wired' with Robbie Neji and Angie Coccs which went to number 12 on the global dance charts under the name 'Bernii Carr' and gained writing and studio time with grammy award songwriters and producers. Stepping away from her own Artist career, since 2018 Bernii's focus has been in Artist development as a vocal coach, confidence coach and mentor whilst both teaching Artists about and advocating for mental health awareness and well-being support structures within the music business. Diagnosed with Tourettes in 2022 has further opened Bernii's eyes to neurodiversity and the further challenges that can be faced in the music business regarding neurodiversity.
