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,...
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...
