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Do I Shoot the Soprano?
Today's blog features a story about an embarassing moment, a soprano with a wide vibrato, and ways to stay active singing in the community
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Warming-up and My Voice Type.
This is a brief introduction to vocal warm-ups and voice categories, or Fach systems.
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Vocal abuse
Everyday we use our voice to communicate and it tells alot about us. What causes it to sometimes sound rough and gruff and hoarse? Come inside and see...............
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Dramatic Soprano Gerda Nielsen
The story of dramatic soprano Gerda Nielsen and her tips for good singing, including posture, breath control and tongue placement.
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Free Opera Scores!
Free Opera Scores! Public domain opera scores are available for free online by the University of Indiana School of Music. List of available free opera scores.
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Do I have to clean my voice to practice good vocal hygeine?
What do you need to know to keep a clear, pleasant sounding voice? Keep it clean, of course!! Here I'll tell you how.... or at least what is not good for your voice.
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Quality Teaching with Vocal Music
Singing is essential to music education but it need not use language. Wordless vocal music and wordless instruction may produce the music teaching methods of the future.
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Clara Hale: One of The Vocal Minorities
A special for Women's History Month and Black History Month special! Take a look into the life of Clara Hale, a woman who devoted her life to making sure children grew up feeling loved.
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More Silly Vocal Ideas
Many vocalists have to work hard to make notes using only their ears for reference when they can barely hear what they are trying to produce. A short vacation is prescribed, here, to relax you so you can be the diva others seem to think you are capable of being, at least from a singing standpoint. Here are a few ideas as starters.
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A Bang, Not A Whimper: A Marilyn Manson Concert Review
A retro review of a 1999 Marilyn Manson concert.
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Alice Cooper: The Godfather of Shock Rock
Alice Cooper's career has spanned more than 30 years. His stage show and controversial lyrics first shook the rock world at a time when sensitive singer/songwriters were all the rage.
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Christine Evans: Push
At 16, Christine Evans finished her nation-wide Canadian tour, attends the prestigious arts school, Interlochen Academy, and has just released sophomore album "Push."
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Classic Rock Revisited- An Interview With Jeb Wright
Classic Rock Revisited is a great resource for all fans of real hard rock from the '60s to the present. Here is an interview I conducted via e-mail with the site's founder, Jeb Wright.
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Interview With Olli Koskela of Finnish Rock Band Valerian
In August, I included a short review of <b>Intimations of Sorrow</b> by Finnish band Valerian in my column. Now the CD has been released in the U.S. by City Canyons Records. Here's an interview I conducted via e-mail with the bands vocalist, Olli Koskela.
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Koko Taylor - Royal Blue
Koko Taylor's first CD in seven years reinforces her status as Chicago blues'most powerful female belter - and as an inspiration to both rockers and R & B musicians alike.
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Monster Magnet: Psychedelic Rock With A Hard Edge
Monster Magnet hit it big a few years ago with <b>Powertrip</b>. European fans have already heard the follow-up <b>God Says No</b> while stateside fans wait for their first listen.
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Music without Lyrics
Music without lyrics is also known as instrumental music. Where good vocal music can stir the soul, instrumental music, without lyrics, can stir very primal emotions.
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Nu Metal Vs. Old Metal - Which is Better?
There are many genres and subgenres in music - but in today's hard rock, nu metal and the riff-based old school metal. So what's the real difference, and does it matter? Plus a retro review of Kid Rock's <b>Devil Without A Cause</b>.
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Singing Tips Using Drama
Vocal training is often more effective if it uses the whole body expressively. Try these singing techniques that use dramatic posture, movement and gesture.
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Singing Tips Using Imagination
Singing techniques mainly use apparatus that you can't see or touch because it's inside the body. A problem? Bypass it through tricks of imagination like these!
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Singing: Key to Human Development
The inborn ability to sing evolved in our ancestors well before speech. Language develops from singing capacity. Singing improves relationships, communities and health.
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Step One: Recording One or Two Tracks
You want to record the acoustic piece you've just created. Let's start!
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The Delicate Art of "Punching In/Out"
Bad note during a solo? Or do you just need to clean up an error in your vocal track? No problem. The art of "punching in/out" will save the day.
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Three CD Reviews- Serart, Jen Elliot And Domestic Godzilla
Reviews of 3 new CDs- Jen Elliot (blues-rock belter), Domestic Godzilla (Chicago hardcore) and Serart (World Music/jazz) by Serj Tankian and Arto Tunc Boyaciyan.
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Top Jimmy - R.I.P.
L.A. bluesman Top Jimmy, who was immortalized in song by Van Halen on their <b>1984</b> album, passed away last week in Las Vegas.
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And Now For Something Completely Different..
Seattle based <b>Lucy Mongrel</b> treads musical territory very few bands have dared to explore.
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Billy Idol-Devil's Playground
Billy Idol is back with a new CD, "Devil's Playground" that packs the same punch as his previous efforts while demonstrating a mature side as well.
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Black Crowes - Lions
<b>Lions</b> is the new album from the Black Crowes, whose up and down career is now hitting the decade mark.
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Buckcherry - Time Bomb
<b>Time Bomb</b> is the second release from L.A. band <i>Buckcherry</i>.
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Cheap Trick - A Rock Original
Cheap Trick were combination rock group,clown princes,and teeny-bopper idols in the 1980s and late 1970s, and recently released their 25th anniversary CD
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Dead Men Walking-Old School Punk Supergroup Is Alive And Kicking
If you like the Alarm, the Sex Pistols, the Cult and/or the Stray Cats, here's a "supergroup" you will definitely want to check out.
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DVD Reviews- Jewel: Live At Humphrey's By The Bay And Live Forever
Here are brief reviews of two new music DVDs. <i>Jewel Live At Humphrey's By The Bay</i> highlights a concert by the folk-pop siren, and <i>Live Forever:The Rise And Fall of Britpop</i> chronicles the popularity of such bands as Oasis, Blur and Pulp in the mid-1990s.
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Fu Manchu, Big Elf, Chelsea Smiles Concert Review
A review of the Fu Manchu/Chelsea Smiles/Big Elf concert at the Knitting Factory, Hollywood CA 5/13/05
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Hidden Hard Rock Treasures From The Early 1990s
From 1988 to 1991, scores of metal bands were signed to major labels. Some of them released great CDs, and then disappeared without a trace;others were great but barely noticed.
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Intelligent Music Versus Big Dumb Rock: A Moral Dilemma
After receiving severe reprimands from several music snob friends for daring to attend a Velvet Revolver concert last summer, I took inventory of my musical tastes,and realized that I am, indeed, torn between liking "intelligent" music and "big dumb rock."
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Lucid Nation: Literate Punk From The Heart Of L.A.
Lucid Nation has received kudos from such music industry notables as Keith Richards & Danny Goldberg of Artemis Records. Their new release <b> Suburban Legends</b> is hitting the playlists of rock stations nationwide. Plus, a list of punk rock sites on the web.
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M83-Dead Cities, Red Seas And Lost Ghosts
<b>M83</b> is a techno dance duo from France with a sound that's fun yet rich in atmosphere and texture. At the other end of the spectrum, there's Brit hard rockers </b>Hurricane Party.</b>
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Rob Zombie's Horror Metal With A Twist
Halloween is the perfect time to put the focus on Rob Zombie, rock's main practitioner of schlock-horror metal.
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Rock Movies That Tell It Like It Is
If you liked <b>Almost Famous</b>, there are a handful of other rock-oriented movies that avoid Hollywood whitewash and tell it like it is.
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Runaways - 1970s' Bad Girls With Guitars
In the late '70s, women in hard rock were either fans or groupies - until the Runaways changed all that.
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Some Thoughts On The Tenth Anniversary Of Kurt Cobain's Death
April 8th is the 10th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death. Here are some of my thoughts and recollections on Kurt, Nirvana and the grunge era.
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Soulfly Brings Eclectic Beat to Rap-Metal
Max Cavalera's Soulfly isn't your run of the mill rap-metal as CD <b>Primitive</b> demonstrates.
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The Cult: Back And Better Than Ever
The Cult hit the road this summer with their first album since 1994 and prove they can still outrock most of the competition.
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Toilet Boys - Updated Glam/Punk From NYC
The Toilet Boys revived trashy glam rock in the East Village, and are currently bringing their brand of raucous party rock to the rest of the country on their current tour.
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Top Heavy Rock CDs of The Year
As 2000 draws to a close, here are some of the best hard rock/metal CDs released this year.
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VOICES OF SPRING
PART ONE in a series of New Age Reviews ... Charolotte Church's voice denotes a darker and heavier texture than most Sopranos.
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X Concert Review
To celebrate the re-release of their first 3 albums, X played two sold-out shows at Los Angeles El Rey Theatre last month.
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More Classical Music for Children
Classical music that is sure to delight both young and old.
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Music Education for Global Peace
With quality teachers and more weight in every school curriculum, music education could be a great tool for community building. It could even facilitate global peace.
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