Harrogate Theatre is recruiting for a number of freelance practitioners to join the education team specialising in the following areas: Singing Youth Theatre After School Drama Clubs. Harrogate Theatre offers a range of weekly term-time creative workshops for young people at its education space,...
Has your music career gone wayward? If any of these six signs apply, the answer is likely yes. Don’t lose hope, though. The first step in getting back on track is identifying where you went wrong and avoiding those mistakes in the future.
1. You’ve neglected...
When discussing musical performance, the topic of confidence is brought up often. From an audience perspective, a confident performer is a good performer, but how much does this quality have an effect on musical ability? Some musicians may go into a performance feeling certain that they will play...
Email has become something of a losing game for everyone involved these days. We all receive too many of them, and most of us send too many as well. It’s impossible to get to them all, no matter how much we’d all like to. This statement is especially true for writers in almost any field, as...
Sharon Jones walks into the Black Cat Café in Sharon Springs, New York, a tiny village one hour west of Albany, and is immediately greeted with jokes and hugs by every employee. A fiery performer who spent decades in obscurity before becoming a Grammy-nominated soul and funk savior with her longtime...
Video footage of former Rainbow and Deep Purple singer Joe Lynn Turner performing on July 9 at the LankaFest in Puolanka Finland can be seen below. Joe Lynn Turner recently slammed Ritchie Blackmore for the guitarist’s decision to go out and perform classic Deep Purple and Rainbow material...
We all have dreams. Some dream bigger than others, but only a small percentage of those dreams are brought to life the way they’ve been envisioned. And even then, the once unattainable dream is sometimes not all it’s cracked up to be once it’s finally been realized. But all of that...
Lazarus, a new stage musical featuring the songs of David Bowie, is to open in London this autumn. Inspired by the book, The Man Who Fell To Earth, the show premiered last November in New York Theatre – just a few weeks before Bowie’s death in January. Bowie co-wrote the show with Irish...
The Kenyan authorities have deported one of Africa’s biggest musicians, Koffi Olomide, after he was filmed apparently kicking a woman. Footage of the incident at Nairobi’s international airport was posted online and sparked outrage on social media.
Olomide, from Democratic Republic...
The producers of Bates Motel announced at Comic-Con Friday that Rihanna would play the role of Marion Crane made famous by actress Janet Leigh in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho on the upcoming fifth and final season of the A&E drama.
“We wanted to thrust the iconic role into a...
A new virtual reality (VR) exhibition of Icelandic artist Björk’s video and digital works is coming to Somerset House in London. Taking place from September 1st to October 23rd, Björk Digital will feature the artist’s work with some of the world’s finest visual artists and programmers.
There...
Artistry itself is a tough egg to crack. A lot of artists are protective of their work and even a bit private with it. It’s their baby, something they crafted, so naturally, they want to hold it close and only share it when necessary. At the same time, however, the artist is a performer and...
Music videos are one of the best (and most fun) marketing tools for any artist. But, as with most things in the music business, they can get pricey fast. There are certainly levels to it though… and you definitely get what you pay for. But the point is: a good visual piece of art to accompany your...
There are literally hundreds of tips on making it in the music business, and we all know how overwhelming that can be. If you’re wondering which ones you should try to integrate into your daily life starting today, these 15 basic guidelines from marketing to networking to self-affirmations...
Gone are the days when a big ad spend or tons of radio promotion was required to break a band now, a kid with a big Tumblr following can move the needle just as much as a spot on TV. But for artists who are just starting out and can’t shell out the big fees that firms like theAudience charge,...
