So many singers are quick to give advice on what to do at gigs when you are just starting out. But the things you shouldn’t do are just as (if not more) important. There are several things that separate professional musicians from new bands. Here are some beginners mistakes to avoid while playing...
Singer Taylor Swift isn’t the perfect English speaker. When in the UK she played the Radio 1 Big Weekend Festival in Earlham Park in Norwich. But to locals she had them either in despair or rolling around in the festival mud by getting the pronunciation of the ‘fine’ City wrong on...
Montage Of Heck is a fascinating companion book that delves deeper into the interviews, art and photography of the recent documentary, helping to unravel the myths that surround Kurt Cobain. The writer and director Brett Morgen was allowed unprecedented access to Cobain’s friends, family and...
After rumours of a permanent split and members leaving the singing boy band ‘One Direction’ have sold out all of their UK tour dates. To counteract this they are planning to add some additional dates to the ones currently on offer;
24.09.15London, GB, O2 Arena
25.09.15London,...
Sadly we lost these talented people from the music world last Month including singers, guitarists pianists, bassists and even tour managers. Please leave any condolences or commenets you have for these musicians at the bottom of this page.
Christer Jansson, 51, Swedish drummer (Roxette),...
Here we have the full line up for the Glastonbury 2015 Festival. Its great to see some of our friends on the list of performers including our teacher Ben Poole and also some one we did a Master Class with Mr Tommy Emmanuel. We’re really looking forwards to seeing singer George Clinton with his...
We recently got our hands on a Boss VE-20 singers effects pedal and where amazed by its versatility and quality of the sounds. We did find some setting a bit to clumbersom to set up on the fly like programing the harmonizer and getting the right pitch, but there where many usable effects that added...
As we reported yesterday Enrique Iglesias had an incident when singing live on stage. He tried to pull down a drone that was filming over his head to show the audience the view from the stage. Unfortunately the drone tilted back and fell out of the sky on to the singers hand slicing through his fingers....
When was the last time you had a great experience with wedge monitors? You could hear everything, no feedback, plenty of volume (without being dangerous), and the monitor engineer instantly responded to every one of your requests? If you can’t remember, you’re not alone.
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Singer Enrique Iglesias was injured when a drone that was filming him during his concert hit his hand and sliced 2 of his fingers to the bone. The show was stopped for 30 minutes but then the star resumed to the delight of the fans. You can see from the picture below
Enrique had to hide his...
Streetwise Opera have been awarded a creative bursary from Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries programme to employ a full time Project Assistant to join our energetic workshop programme team for one year. This is an ideal opportunity for an intelligent and passionate individual who is looking to start...
We were lucky enough to get free tickets for the Festival in 2015 seeing some amazing perfomers and bands. Our ages ranged from 15 up to 46 years old and particular differences in opinion on the acts. Here is out average score for each act with 0 being terrible and 10 being outstanding.
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Lzzy from Halestorm shares her top singing tips to help you become a better singer. Here is what the front woman said with some great tips enabling you to sing till your 100 years old. Let us know below what you think and if you have any additional singing tips for Lzzy.
Read More >Its great to hear that a singer is better after suffering from a serious illness. Bruce Dickinson singer with rock band Iron Maiden recently had a cancer scare but according to his website he has been given the all clear. Here is what his website reads;
We are very happy to announce that following...
Available in the UK, Studiomaster are showing their new compact range of portable mixing consoles and new range of active and passive moulded PA cabinets, with amazing performance / price characteristics. ClubXS, a price / spec competitive portable mixer series, aimed at gigging musicians, sub-mixing,...
