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In Music
Is Singing a Natural or Crafted Talent?
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#4
 10-25-2009 10:57 PM |
It's a rather old question. Are great vocal pipes something you're born with or something you build from the ground up?
Consider the fact that speaking and singing are not the major function of your vocal folds. Their physiological function is to support breathing and protect your air passages (surprising considering how much we use the voice).
Some people just have a natural advantage in sports, modeling, or other activities because of physical characteristics they're born with. Th
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In Music
Putting the Cart Before the Horse
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#3
10-13-2009 11:42 PM |
I may very well receive some hate mail from this article, so be forewarned that it's full of advice that some aspiring artists may not want to hear (but need to).
Recently I met an aspiring artist (I'm not in the business of disparaging people, so no disclosure here). I have to say that he was quick to mention he was an artist and songwriter, and virtually every conversation revolved around his music and the life circumstances that inspired him to write.
I spent 9 years living in Nashvill
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In Music
Learning Music Online
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#2
10-13-2009 11:29 PM |
With online media in full force, we have a surge of instructional material available at the click of a mouse.
Music instruction is no exception, and there are lots of benefits to choosing an online or digital download option. Singing, guitar, piano, drums - you name it, there's an online course for it; many of which include video and audio.
Some of the big advantages of online/digital instruction:
- It's cost effective - for less than the cost of a month's worth a private lessons, you can
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In Music
Getting Back Into the Swing of Things
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10-13-2009 11:23 PM |
A couple months ago I was packing up my stuff to move, and I noticed my digital piano which had been sitting in a corner for some time. I was contemplating if it was going to fit in my car (fortunately the back seat was able to accommodate), but what really got to me was the amount of dust that had accumulated on it. I realized that I hadn't so much as looked at it in nearly two years.
How did this happen? I studie
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