Musician Elvis Costello has revealed he broke the heart of his first wife after participating in a string of casual sexual encounters. Suggesting he took part in a high number of affairs after he became famous in the 1970s, it ultimately led to the destruction of his marriage. Costello, 61, who...
Become A Music Teacher & My Singing Lessons would like to say a big thank you to all of the organisers and students that helped us out at the recruitment and careers...
James “Jim” Diamond has died. He was a Scottish singer-songwriter, best known for his three Top 5 hits. The first was “I Won’t Let You Down”, “Should Have Known Better”, and “Hi, Ho Silver”, lead singer in the trio PhD, with Tony Hymas and Simon...
My Singing Lessons has been made aware of an increase of instances in which record companies and record producers attempt to persuade singers and musicians to sign unofficial and unregulated paperwork for contracts. In most cases this involves the musician in granting an all rights “buyout”...
The Musicians’ Union (MU) and Co-operatives UK were in Parliament on 7 September to launch an initiative aimed at creating more music teacher co-operatives. The ‘Altogether Now’ guide explains what a co-operative is and how it works, explores some of the key issues and challenges, and provides...
If you think that you are going to have a successful singing and teaching career because you have your songs on iTunes and some videos on YouTube, you are deeply mistaken. You need to do MUCH more. Getting “known” when there are millions of teachers striving for the same goal takes...
Sadly we lost these talented people from the music world recently. Christopher Jackson, 67, Canadian musician, lung cancer. Jamie Prefontaine, 30, Canadian musician (Winnipeg’s Most). Ben Cauley, 67, American trumpet player and singer (The Bar-Kays). Franz Surges, 57, German composer and...
Here your about to become a more sort after singer. At least in terms of having your singing work great in movies and TV shows. Have you ever heard a song in a movie or television show and exclaimed, “I could have sung that!”?
Well, you probably can, but as you’ll find, singing for movies...
Great singers are always aware that the most beautiful aspects of the written and spoken word is how it lends itself to interpretation. When writing and singing songs, the title, melody, harmony, and lyrics are all going to contribute to the impression that will be with whoever is listening....
My Singing lessons have found that a lot of great musical events happened in the Month of September like on the 3rd September 1942 Frank Sinatra left the Tommy Dorsey Band and started his solo career. 10th September 1962 The BBC banned the Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett and the Crypt Kickers single...
We singers are constantly striving to find great song material. We’re also looking to express our ideas with an artistic voice that is as unique as we are. Furthermore, most us want to simplify the process and expand our marketability. One important key to marketability in the hit song market is,...
My Singing Lessons have just been informed singing star Ellie Goulding will be touring the UK from March 2016, with a string of shows up and down the country. Starting off in Cardiff on 8th March next year Ellie will perform across Liverpool, Sheffield, Nottingham and Manchester before rounding...
Are you a rock singer? Could you be Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden? Do you know someone who could be Bruce Dickinson? If so, established metal/rock covers band is looking to extend their Maiden repertoire into a full Maiden tribute set and is well into rehearsals.
If you are the right man...
We have a great Singer-Songwriter competition her for you. The search for the next great singer and songwriter is back! Submit your original song for your chance to win a 4-song EP with Grammy award-winning producer Ariel Rechtshaid (Usher, Madonna, Beyoncé, Vampire Weeekend, HAIM, Charli XCX) a...
Revered electronic music producer, Dapayk, in conjunction with Roland piano’s is launching a European-wide remix competition of his latest track: Transformation, so singers should be in wit a great chance to win. With his fourth studio album, #nofilter, due for release this autumn this is a...
