On Guitar

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:11:32 -0700

It was during my high school that I learned to strum my first guitar. It was actually my classmate’s guitar, back when we go to their house for class presentations and projects. During break times or while waiting for others to come, I began my learning of the guitar chord using song books which have guitar tabs on the back.

Soon, guitar playing was getting a hit throughout the campus ...

Are You A Music Blogger

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:05:01 -0700

No, I didn't ask if you blog while you listen to music. What I'm asking is do you blog about music. Or, are you a blogger who talks about specific topics and things? If so, then watch as iHype.com Launches because this website is definitely hot for you. Ihype is a website where you, whether as a blogger or an advertiser, will find what you need with the convenience of the website.

If you are an advertiser, iHype enables you ...

Your Music Avenue

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:28:57 -0700

If you are fond of collecting music, especially mp3's, then MusicMP3.ru is for you. MusicMP3 is more than a music archive. It gives you Music News, Album Reviews and a whole lot more. The website conveniently arranges your favorite mp3's according to its artists, soundtracks, reviews, genre and latests. It also lists for you the most popular ones being re ...

Health is Wealth

Mon, 05 May 2008 22:32:23 -0700

If you are a professional singer, you know how important it is to keep a healthy body. Because healthy body enables you to sing and perform well, giving your best every time.

One of the most important parts of your body is, of course, the throat. This is where every note you sing comes out. While all else in your body is important, the throat is extra important for a singer like you. Without your throat, a singer is useless.

Look Up Your Music Idol

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:03:28 -0700

Have you tried the hottest trend for people search? It’s called Spock- the best for people search and if you haven’t tried it yet, then your way too medieval already. Spock is a free service that lets you find people and information in the internet complete with specifics like MySpace accounts and other affiliations. It can also classify and categorize your search for you.

Check this out, I ...

Flaunt It

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:02:10 -0700

The web is a great avenue to get discovered. From singing to acting to modeling, the worldwide web has made the dreams of thousands of artist wannabe's come true.

One of the hottest sites to see is Look of the Year, a webs ...

Ten Music Mixing Tips

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:11:50 -0700

1. Let the music tell you what it wants. This is something that recording sensei Bruce Swedien emphasizes in his master classes. The music will tell you what it wants, but you have to listen. Rather than trying to sound like something else, bring out what’s unique in what you have.

2. Pay attention to the details. Listen to every track, in isolation, before you start mixing. With hard disk recording/editing, you can massage each track to eliminate any little pops, clicks, hiss ...

Music Protection Options

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:07:08 -0700

Self-Publishing and Copyright Protection

Self-publishing your work does not change copyright. As soon as you set down your work in concrete form, you had copyright protection.

Even though some authors do not register their commercially-published works, the self-publisher is highly advised to do so. Two copies of the work are required in the application package.

Work for Hire

A work for hire is a work which is created and turned over to ano ...

On Charisma

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:39:38 -0700

Charisma is that special magical, magnetic charm or appeal that you cannot learn or buy. You can't take charisma lessons the way you take guitar lessons. You can read all the books you like on the subject, but the bottom line with charisma is—you either have it or you don't! Confused? Well, just keep reading.

Charisma is what enables an artist to take his talents—whether minimal or exceptional—and make them personal and unique. It's a stamp of iden ...

Audition Tips

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:28:48 -0700

1. Be In Good Voice. If you haven’t sung in a while, you can’t expect to go into an audition and perform well. Singing every day (or very close to it) is essential for keeping your voice healthy and strong. It’s a great idea to look over the score (if you can find it), or listen to the cast CD, and start singing the songs from the show several weeks ahead of time.

2. Know the Show. In musical theatre, there’s no excuse ...

Keeping That Throat Lubricated

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:57:55 -0700

Few things can screw a singer’s voice – and a concert – up more quickly than singing with a dry throat or mouth. There are various reasons for that. In case of emergency, here are some tips even Crespi doesn't know yet.

Pineapple juice

Far and away, the best choice available. Doesn’t matter if it’s room temp or a bit chilled, but nothing cold. And nothing with chunks i ...

Invest on Your Health

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:16:33 -0700

My sister is a singer. She used to regularly work with our church music ministry during services, festivals and even crusades. She started at a young age and through out time, she learned a lot, not only in her spiritual life but also in her singing and music skills.
There was one time though that she had problems with her throat. She experienced that due to fatigue and stress. She looked for a good doctor who advised her to take a total vocal rest for a few weeks. Good thing she had i ...

Music and Physical Apperance

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:47:10 -0700

Many music artists who want to start or who have just started a career in music ask a huge question and that is - is physical appearance really important in succeeding in music.
The question is a huge topic to discuss as there are many different aspects in music that involve it. Also, beauty and appropriate physical appearance is highly subjective from one person to another. To begin with, appearance is undeniably a huge factor in entertaining your audience.
Depending on your gen ...

Blogging Today

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:08:11 -0800

Blogging is getting more and more popular by the minute. Blogs like this one talk about things of the author's interest. In my case, music. For several years now, blogging provides an avenue for people to share their thoughts and feeling, their emotions and opinions about a certain subjet matter as well as talk about something that they are knowledgable about.

Now, blogging has turned into something more. A certain blog like this which talks about a certain niche can become an a ...

Music Delivery

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:11:04 -0800

Music is a beautiful and artistic way of telling someone of how much you love him of her. For hundreds (possibly thousands even) of years, music has been part of any culture and raise in relaying a message, more so in courtship and love.

Music can talk about hatred and envy and pain. It can also talk about affection, excitement and love. It is merely a version of the ways words are said and relayed to another person. Some people express there love by requesting a song during a ni ...

The Season of Love

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:02:54 -0800

The start of two thousand and eight flew so fast. It’s February again. Right before the summer season begins, one season comes in between. A season celebrated by people all around the world, the season of love – commonly known as Valentines Day.

Just as hearts sing in tune for love this season, many singing groups are also into the love frenzy by serenading and aiding people to fall in love. I remember one time this event in school where there were blog advertising happens all around. Even in the music industry. Music has never gotten away from the limelight, especially in today’s developments in technology.

If you have observed, a lot of devices are created to specifically cater to music lovers and the music industry as a whole. Take for example the Ipod from apple. This device has been around all because of music. Although current product developments have prompted to devi ...

Starting a Career in Music

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:44:44 -0800

Growing up in a family that has a long line of history in music, specifically in singing gives me the thought of trying out singing as a career. Many who have music inclination may hope to find a job in the music industry.

I have known a lot of people trying it out for the love of music. I’ve had aunties and uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews who have tried it out and have gone a long way as far as helping their family f ...

Music and Modern Day Technology

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:26:57 -0800

Are you planning to buy the musical instrument that you have long wanted? Modern technology has made musical instruments much more available and affordable these days. Before, people used to have grand pianos. Those wooden and beautifully designed classics are wonderful. However, unless you can afford one on cash, you would have to have it loaned in order to have one. That would mean you shouldn’t have previous bad credit loans to get on ...

Selling Your Music Online

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:36:39 -0800

If you have been using the internet for some time already, I have probably seen websites selling their songs. It comes form the structured modern songs of known artists to amateur singers with high hopes to be heard by the world and sell their music. Some use free web community accounts to share a portion of their music just to show their talent. Some however use modern ways like using shopping cart software to manage well their inventory, online quer ...

How to Project Your Voice

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:14:11 -0800

One of the ways to project your voice is by learning how to breathe properly. Breathing is defined as the alternate inhalation and exhalation of air during respiration.
Breathing greatly affects voice projection. Generally, a good breath control is essential if you want to sing safely and powerfully.
There are two very important body parts that we use when we breathe: the lungs and the diaphragm. The lungs are commonly used as air storage. Just underneath the lungs is the diap ...

Entrance Bottleneck

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:51:14 -0800

Have you tried singing with a group pressured by time and has about five minutes to prepare in the backstage right before the performance? Well, I have. And it’s an experience I don’t want to encounter again. What’s worse? It’s a competition! Oh great!

I was actually with a choral group and we were late because of the checks made at the entrance of the casino (not an online casino but a real casino by the way) where the com ...

Songs for the Rich and Not so Rich

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:30:56 -0700

I attended once a concert of two siblings, a soprano and a tenor - two of the best singers in the country. It actually was a small intimate concert for a cause, one that the siblings are very keen to do. Big prominent people of the city were there.

Makes me thought of the intimate concerts I see in movies. A small room in an expensive hotel, wonderfully arranged tables with silver settings. The old rich men are smoking while the old ladies compared their fancy, if not weird, hats. ...

A Music Career

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:20:20 -0700

I have always been curious what it's like to make music as career. As a working professional and had a bit of experience of my course, I went to a stage when I was questioning myself whether that was it for me. " Is this the only thing I'll be doing for the rest of my life?" was the question I frequently ask myself even until now. Maybe I just can't stop asking until I can say the answer is yes.

Watching singers and musicians above stage, singing their hearts ...

Singing Tips

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:47:43 -0700

# Plan ahead
# Sore throat? Try an apple or pear (or their juices)

# Don't do anything that will hurt your voice in any way
# When looking for a teacher, ask about his/her backgroud in music, and whether they are willing to help you learn how to sing something other than their style of singing
# Just because a singer sounds nice doesn't mean s/he can sing

# When you are learning to sing, you are doing it to find out what your voice is capable ...

The Classics

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:37:29 -0700

Classics are admirable. They resemble years unfading in the heart of people. Classic artists like Beth Midler, Matt Monroe, Engelbert Humperdinck and Barbara Streisand (i wonder if Los Angeles rhinoplasty nose surgery keeps track of that nose, hehe! kidding).

I admire them not only for their voice quality but also for those years of training and creating songs that has become part of history - the ones remade ...

Do Pets Respond to Music?

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:25:32 -0700

I was just thinking about it. Don't animals respond to music as well?

I remeber this cat I saw in a tv show who "meows" each time a guitar is strum. Or those dogs in dog kennels outside the house who howl each time a music plays. Maybe they wonder how sounds are created too. Just like a child who imitates sounds that he hears, pets too try to imitate not really the sound but the beat.

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Interesting Rock Star Trivia

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:06:57 -0700

I found this site that has interestingly posted the "Premature Death of Rock Stars". It states that while the average age of death of Americans is 75.8 years, the average death of rockstars included in their list is 36.9 years. Hmm.. is it because of the lifestyle? Probably.

A Rock Star stereotype is a someone with lots of women, alcohol, drugs and a long untidy black hair. Who needs a MTV and the music we hear when we go out into an open field with birds chirping and wind rustling through the branches of the trees.

Ancient Chinese music exhibits this. With the use of instruments that replicate sounds like rushing water and blowing wind, their music sooths out stress and relaxes the mind. It's so pure, pl ...

The Perks of a Singing Career

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:20:05 -0700

One of the privileges of having a singing career is the travelling. And if you have a good manager / conductor / organizer, you'll enjoy travelling and experiencing different places. You'll see different hotels, like the Rancho Santa Fe hotels and accomodations, enjoy being pampered as a guest.

Well, hard work pays off after all!

Travelling with frie ...

Singing in General

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:11:17 -0700

It is vital that anyone who aspires to be a singer must study with a sound teacher. And it has to be remembered that singing involves the whole of the person and the whole of the body . The exposure in singing is unparalleled in the arts.

The voice always presents problems and the fear of losing it is never far from the singer's mind. Going to a teacher who is unqualified and one who promises you success and the promise that they can make you sing high notes or complicated ...

The Power of Breathing

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:05:39 -0700

Breathing plays a central key in singing. It dictates rythm and style. Try breathing quickly ang your sound (or style) changes. What differs Josh Groban from Bryan Adams? It's the vocal quality projected as well as the the breathing dynamics that sets the two apart.

Josh generates vocal power from the diapghram and breathes continuously. Bryan Adams on the other han ...

Style and interpretation

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:46:13 -0700

We have already stated that interpretation is the realization of what the composer has written and as exactly as is possible.. We made the obvious comparison between translating one language into another. It is lamentable that singers, and other performers 'mess about with' the material and 'do it their way'. If the composer wanted it done their way he would have written it their way. Imagine you are a painter and have produced a painting which you consider to be very good. But someone ...

Are Looks Necessary?

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:42:34 -0700

Well, technically, looks are not required to have a beautiful voice.

However, physical and mental presence is.

Just like with any performance, singing requires a lot of presence of mind and self-confidence. I remember one time when I was in highschool, I was with this choral group competing nationally (check out the NAMCYA competitions website). We were always reminded by our conductor to look good, feel ...

Ranges and register; Diction and Expression

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:17:33 -0700

There are three registers of the voice namely chest, medium and head.

The chest register covers notes from the lowest notes that a male bass can achieve to E above middle C.

The medium range is from about A below middle C to two E's above middle C.

The head register is from C above middle C upwards.

You will see that there can be overlaps.

For a bass whose top note may be the E above Middle C he will have one voice register namely ...

Good Voice Requires Healthy Body

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:08:10 -0700

Try asking a professional singer and he or she will tell you how physical fitness and wellness is important in singing.

We could not deny the fact that though singing is a form of art and expression, we still use our body to create those beautiful notes with our voice. A swelling throat or an inflamed tonsils keep any professional singer in rest (unless he wants to kill himself, hehe).

Kidding aside, physical preparation for any singing engagement is a high requirement. ...

A Brief Introduction to the Anatomy of the Voice and How We Breathe

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:38:23 -0700

There are people who become so obsessed with all the mechanics of singing that it can take away the love of singing.

Singing is an art, not a science.

The body parts, and other terms used for and in singing are as follows:

1. The throat. This is the windpipe and that part of the neck that contains it.

2. The larynx is the hollow organ in the throat that contains the vocal chords.

3. The vocal chords are the part of the larynx that produc ...

Warning!

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:38:15 -0700

FACT! Most singers sing with a forced, unnatural, vocal production that at some point will cause them to totally loose their voice.

Here's the bottom line... EVERYONE can learn to sing beautifully if they follow the natural laws of voice, laid out step by step in the Vocal Release Course.

Absolute Fact!
Singing is only a continuation of speech. It uses the exact same vocal organs and process.

The tru ...

Airflow

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:17:52 -0700

Never hold your breath while singing. The airflow is what creates and carries your vocal tone, so keep it flowing. Avoid Clavicular Breathing and Belly Breathing -- instead, learn the proper way to breathe for singing, called diaphragmatic breathing. Fill the lower portion of your lungs as if you had an inner tube around your waist that you were evenly filling.

Muzik

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:05:14 -0700

Music is an art form consisting of sound and silence expressed through time. - wikipedia

To many, music is more than an art. It is an expression of oneself, a manifestation of the soul, it is language of an unspoken heartbeat.

Let us embark on this journey. See music in its different facets. Listen to the music within.

...

hear the music of the heart