Recent Scientific Research Suggests That Bass Players Are The Main Success Factor For Bands

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Bassists are often the most overlooked instrumentalists in any musical group. In fact, there’s a chance you’ll find several members of an audience with no idea about what bassists do or why they’re even there. This doesn’t take away from the critical important that bass plays in any performance. In fact, while they may not […]

4 Vital Lessons All Vocalists Should Learn From Instrumentalists

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Vocalists are often at the receiving end of negative stereotypes about their abilities, particularly when they are in competition with instrumentalists. However, vocalists are just as musical as their instrumentalist counterparts, and their skills are just as difficult to develop. The major difference between the two groups of musicians is in their approach to music. […]

5 Tips To Improve Your Skill In Playing and Singing Simultaneously

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Most musicians will focus on just one instrument and stick to that. However, the voice being an instrument, some musicians have gone the extra mile to learn how to sing while playing another instrument, reaping significant benefits as a result. As an instrumentalist, it can be incredibly valuable to learn how to sing as it […]

Music Lessons – How Much Talent Do You Need To Learn Music?

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How much talent do you need to learn music? It’s a question that I have been asked hundreds of times. The idea that one needs to possess a high level of talent can have a huge impact on whether or not that person chooses to study music. This thought also influences the decision on whether […]

Brain-Damaged Violinist Composes Music Thanks To Mind-Reading Technology

There’s nothing as devastating to a musician as being robbed of the ability to make music, but that is exactly what happened to Rosemary Johnson, 27 years ago. The 23-year old talented violinist was a member of the Welsh National Opera Orchestra and had a bright future as a world class musician when a devastating […]

5 Leadership Lessons Musicians Can Teach The World

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Musicians have a lot to offer the world in the form of an art with the ability to touch most every aspect of one’s life.  However, the world of music also offers numerous examples of effective leadership and how people can work together to achieve great things. Musicians, like executives, face a lot of challenges at […]

4 Major Lessons Instrumentalists Should Learn From Vocalists

A world where singers and instrumentalists coexist as equals can lead to amazingly creative contributions to music. However, although there are some examples where this type of working relationship exists, in the vast majority of cases the musical divisions between vocalists and instrumentalists are quite prevalent. While this may be attributed to human nature – […]

Musicians Need Gym Membership Too – But Of A Special Kind

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Musicians typically need to put in endless hours of practice to enhance their art. As a result, while everyone else it trying to get into a regular gym routine, physical fitness doesn’t seem to be much of a priority for many musicians. However, an investigation by Melissa Dribben reveals that the music world is starting […]

9 Lessons Musicians Can Teach Us About Successful Teamwork

A successful string quartet such as the Kronos Quartet can teach volumes on teamwork – lessons that would be invaluable to business leaders and working creatives for the simple reason that they are masters of communication. Their success is heavily dependent on their level of real-time collaborative communication. In an interview with members of “A […]

How Professional Guitar Lessons Can Help You Grow As A Musician

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History Guitar lessons have become quite the phenomenon in the last 60 years. Every budding guitarist longs to get on stage in front of thousands of fans. This craze started back in the 50’s when Rock & Roll came on the scene with Elvis, Ritchie Valens, Chubby Checker, and so on. After that, the guitar […]

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