If you’re planning on releasing an album at any point in the future, or if you have released an album which did NOT sell as many copies as you had hoped. Here is a chance to take part in something that could be a real GAME CHANGER for any independent artist. What’s the catch?...
1.Soften the Hard Surfaces. A recording studio is purpose built to record sound, whereas our homes aren’t. Hard surfaces reflect sound so the microphone might pick up, not only your vocal sound, but the reflections of this sound; “the room”. If you have a great acoustic in your room, you’re...
Prince appears to be taking a one-man stand against secondary ticketing. Tickets for his forthcoming Piano & a Microphone tour were due to go on sale Friday at 10am, but less than an hour beforehand, the ticket agency Ticketmaster announced a postponement. Since then, Prince’s Twitter feed...
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit against Taylor Swift, quoting the lyrics to some of her biggest songs. The singer was being sued for £27 million for allegedly stealing the lyrics for her song Shake It Off.
US R&B singer claims Swift stole the words from a song he wrote back in 2013...
Following news that Chester Bennington has left Stone Temple Pilots, Joss Stone has teamed up with the band for a one-off performance.
“The Joss Stone Temple Pilots” performed “Interstate Love Song” on a television show as part of the show’s Mash-Up Mondays segment...
Children in Need: Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Celeb Covers show all Stars including Justin Bieber, Rita Ora and Ellie Goulding have joined forces for a Children In Need photography project.
The singers attempt to recreate Queen’s famous Bohemian Rhapsody poses in a series of new snaps.
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Open mic nights are all the rage now. In bigger towns and cities like London, Liverpool or Manchester, you can pretty much play every single night of the week at one Open Mic event or the other, if you know where to look. Most of these nights are organized by musicians themselves. Why? Precisely...
This summer I went into my MTrain Tour with rough cords. When they hemorrhaged, I canceled some shows, but in the middle of the tour, I got bronchitis. My doctor said, “You have to stop.” I was devastated. I spoke to Sam Smith, who told me to get surgery — that I would feel and sing better...
A guitar which belonged to Beatles singer John Lennon has been sold at an auction in California for £1.5m. The former Beatles singer played the guitar for about a year before swapping it with his band mate and guitarist George Harrison. It then disappeared before mysteriously resurfacing last Year...
Singers – get a great basic background in Ear Training, this book certainly does give us value for money. Firstly, it is based on the Ear Training Curriculum of the renowned Berklee College of Music! Next, I find that the movable doh system taught in this book is highly useful, and I do practise...
This has got to be one of the most comprehensive books on singing for beginners that I have read. And trust me, I have read quite a few books on singing. The Dummies Guide To Singing covers a great deal of topics and also talks about singing on a level that is suitable for any layman to read and...
One of our My Singing Lessons students was singing one of his usual songs during class. However, he wanted to sing in a more edgy and powerful tone, and so I got him to make some adjustments to his singing. Almost immediately, i noticed that his pitching went slightly off key, and he was not really...
Sadly we lost these talented people from the music world. Vlad Țelea, 37, Romanian guitarist (Goodbye to Gravity), injuries sustained in the Colective nightclub fire. Tony Van Frater, 51, British musician (Red Alert), heart attack. John Adie, 69, British festival promoter, co-founder of Two Moors...
Sad news for singers all over the country. Jeff Horton, owner of London’s 100 Club has told the BBC the closure of venues up and down the country has left the nation’s live music scene ‘crisis’. A plethora of live venues across the UK have been forced to close their doors in recent years....
It’s been years since we heard her voice, but thankfully for all the broken-hearted – Adele is back. On Sunday night, during an otherwise routine commercial break, viewers of the U.K.’s The X Factor were treated to a preview of a new Adele song. Featuring sparse piano and painful lyrics,...
