Three Secrets Of Success From The Great Musicians Of Our Time

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The journey to success for any great musician usually becomes public knowledge once the musician is well known. And even then, most people will simply never know the work that went on behind the scenes before that success was achieved. If you are a musician at the beginning of your career, it always helps to hear […]

5 Mistakes Your Rock Band Should Be Smart Enough Never To Make

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Starting a rock band of your own can indeed be a ‘dream come true’ affair for you and your buddies, but this is just the beginning of an extremely thrilling plot! With the eventual progress of this practical story, you would be required to overcome innumerable hurdles in your attempt to reach new milestones. From […]

Writing A Love Song – The Way It’s Meant To Be

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Want to impress your better half and express your feeling articulately? What better way than writing them a love song! Listening to all those popular love songs over the years and wishing you could write something as awesome as that? A song that intense, heartfelt and pure, and so full of emotions never gets old. […]

The Smart Singers’ Guide To Sustaining The Health Of Your Vocal Chords

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Imagine a scenario where you have this really big concert the next day. You’ve worked really hard and prepared wholeheartedly for it but then out of the blue, your voice suddenly cracks during the last minute rehearsals. This is every musician’s nightmare! All that hard work and effort go down the drain as now you’ve […]

What You Need To Know Before Entering The Recording Studio

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Being a part of a sensational live concert is essentially different from delivering an awesome musical performance in the isolation booth of a studio. Recording in a studio can be a very unnerving affair indeed because every single minute counts. There is no audience to cheer you and feed your zeal, and the microphone tends […]

How Emotions Affect A Musician’s Creativity When Improvising

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Psychologists argue that music is far more powerful than language. This is because, in addition to its commonality across borders of culture, race, and nationality, it also has the ability to arouse out feelings and emotions. An increased interest in how the brain processes musical emotion can be attributed to the way in which it […]

7 Simple and Effective Tricks to Help You Sing High Notes Better

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If you’re struggling with high notes, let us assure you that even the best singers have been where you are someday. The only thing you need is time, practice and patience, so follow these tips and you’ll be singing like Adele or Freddie Mercury in no time at all. Obviously, for stepping out of the […]

10 Reasons Why Laura Whitmore Thinks it’s Sinful to Miss The 2016’ She Rocks Awards at NAMM 2016

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NAMM 2016 came and went, and so did the 2016 SHE Rocks Awards, a special award function hosted at NAMM, honoring the best female musicians for their contributions. The She Rocks Awards are hosted every year at NAMM, by the Women’s International Music Network WiMN. Founder, Laura B. Whitmore, had announced that this year was going […]

Intellectual Fireworks: Does Listening or Playing Music Produce Superior Brain Power?

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The powerful effects of listening to music make it one of the best pastime activities to relax and have a good time alone or with friends and family. It therefore makes sense that the people that get the most of these benefits are those more actively involved in making and performing music – musicians. Here […]

What Does Is It Really Mean To Be A Self-Taught Musician?

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Being a self-taught musician gives you serious bragging rights – that is not in question. However, there are a lot of misconceptions associated with being self-taught, because when most people hear that an instrumentalist is self-taught, they automatically assume the person took up an instrument and figured out how to play with no help from […]

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