Write a Broadway song for a musical by expressing either an emotion or an action that will move the plot forward for different characters. Consider the chorus and verses of a Broadway musical song using advice from a professional musician and actress in this free video on songwriting.

The first part of the music writing journey is just a basic chord progression. Next lession we'll be adding melody, but for now we'll be looking at how harmony changes and what kind of musical effect that will have.

Can you imagine a room full of non-singers trying to sing, all together, completely improvised? You’re probably imagining total unmusical chaos, right? You might be surprised by what’s possible… http://musicalitypodcast.com/36 Today we’re talking with Davin Youngs, founder of Davin Youngs Voice, Chicago Circle Singing and the VOXUS Experience. Davin is a remarkable singing educator and although (as you’ll hear in this episode) he doesn’t much care about pedagogy for the sake of pedagogy, he does actually have a fascinating, unusual and in my opinion wonderful approach to helping people learn to sing and express themselves with their voice. In this conversation we talk about: - How group improvised singing can work even if the participants aren’t trained to improvise – or sing! - Why focusing on what “sounds good” is not necessarily the right way to improve as a singer. - How someone who grew up as a natural singer ended up specialising in helping those who don’t feel natu...

Making a name for yourself in the music business can be a frustrating task, to say the least. For some musicians, this is because they are going about it all wrong. While sending your information to a multitude of record labels certainly won’t hurt, it’s not actually the best way to find success. Here are 6 tips for finding that “big break” you’ve been searching for.

NMR Artist Spotlight: Arcanum Exclusive NMR Artist Interview with Arcanum! CHECK OUT Arcanum's album " The Cinema Sheet" TODAY at ITunes! Who is Arcanum? We call ourselves Arcanum and our names are Brett Schieber (me) and Tree. Tree is the singer, though this song is an instrumental. Our music ranges from acoustic to electronic, but there's always a dramatic thread through all of it.  What Inspires You? We are inspired by our lives and we both love drama, so we like to tell stories through other perspectives, as well. In fact, we also wrote an audiobook musical that came out last year and, as a sidenote, I think it's my personal favorite artistic thing that I've ever done. Connect with Arcanum through FACEBOOK I think our music is different because of Tree's dramatic voice and artistic lyrics and because of the more unique chord choices and melodies we write. What is Your Next Project? We will put out a new CD...

Buffalo New York Queen City Sweethearts Singing Ensemble Brings Cheer this Holiday Season "The nearly one-hundred-year old vaulted ceilings of the community room of St. Mary’s Senior Apartments reverberated with an amazing sound last evening. Queen City Sweethearts blended their songs into each and every carefully phrased number. The walls of the former convent filled with acoustical finesse and the trio sustained an evening of wondrous variety. Their tenor, alto and bass voices filled the walls with Holiday songs old and new with only the assistance of musical cues from a tiny electric piano. The talented voices seemed to melt as they rose painting the glowing walls of soft golden light reflected from a towering Christmas tree covered with tiny white lights adding to a wondrous display of holiday splendor. The charming clarity captured the essence of each song and brought appreciative applause from every corner of the three-storey former convent chapel of the Sister’s of St. ...

NMR Artist Spotlight: Exclusive Interview with Poet and Spiritual Artist Irina Kuzminsky (aka Irinushka) Today on the New Music Resources Artist Spotlight Series we will focus on the mesmerizing music and poetry of Artist Irinushka. FIND OUT MORE AT IRINUSHKA.COM What inspires your music? What is your story? The impetus to all my work has come from my poetry. In fact, dance, music and poetry have always been a part of my life, and poetry is at the heart of my work. I started writing music as a result of Dancing with Dark Goddesses, a one woman dance, poetry and music fusion performance which I created first to accompany the launch of my first poetry collection Dancing with Dark Goddesses (Awen 2009) at the Heaven's Gate William Blake Festival in England. The show needed a music track and I soon realized I would need to create it myself. Since then I have gone on to perform the show in the UK (Stroud, Bath), New York (Manhattan Theatre Source, Dixon Place, Producers Club),...

Guest Speaker Loren Weisman speaks on the new music business. An LW Content Marketing Strategist and Speaker Video Blog.  Music Business Consultant Loren Weisman is available as a College Speaker, university speaker, lecture speaker, guest speaker, keynote speaker, workshop leader, seminar leader and clinician, covering informative speaking topics on success in the new music business of today and up to date music business presentations. Here is a short example of Loren discussing the importance of learning music theory regardless of what instrument or style you play if you want to further your career in music. It mixes the rules of business when it comes to the music business with the foundations of theory and studying. Loren is available as a guest speaker, university speaker, lecture speaker, college speaker, keynote speaker, workshop leader, seminar leader and clinician, covering informative speaking topics on success in the music business of today and up to date musi...

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Whats Good! My name is Thir13een and I make educational videos every Monday and Thursday. I give tips, create beatz, teach tutorials and sometimes do album reviews! Most importantly, I love music a lot and want you guys to enjoy doing what you love too.  Related articles Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our Broadway World - 3/17; RAGTIME in D.C., HAMILTON Parody in Chicago, SWSX and More! Police: Legendary musician Chuck Berry dead at 90 Vladimir Ashkenazy: British musicians must maintain European links Why Irish Musicians Are Blessed With The Gift Of Gab Image Curation: How Compelling Pictures Can Help Your Brand Why It Is Important to Balance Creating and Curating Content Bus driver ploughs into parade in Haiti Rob Mazurek Interview Dave Chappelle Reflects on Prince's Passing Dave Chappelle Reflects on Prince's Passing

Uploaded on Jan 21, 2009 http://www.cyberprmusic.com Derek Sivers & Ariel Hyatt talk about how to succeed and Sell your music on CD baby and the 90/10 rule. This is the fifth of 16 installments featuring Derek Sivers. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel so you do not miss a single episode!  http://www.YouTube.com/ArielPublicity

Music Marketing 101 explains easy ways for musicians to use social media like Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and more to create a strong web presence and market their music. Created by award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young. If you enjoyed this video, please rate and SUBSCRIBE! Sabrina Pena Young http://sabrinapenayoung.blogspot.com/ Award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young's works have been performed throughout Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas in venues like the Beijing Conservatory, the Holland Animation Film Festival, the NY Independent Film Festival, Miramax's Project Greenlight, Art Basil Miami, and countless festivals worldwide. Last year Young gave an inspiring TED Talk on Online Collaboration and the Arts at TEDxBuffalo about her "groundbreaking" and "EPIC" sci-fi film Libertaria: The Virtual Opera, created entirely online using machinima. Libertaria the Virtual Opera: https://virtualopera.wordpress.com/ Young recentl...

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Music Insider: Why Every Band Needs a Blog  Every musician wants to make money with their music. Word-of-mouth marketing, paper fliers, and seedy managers are so last century. To make it today, every musician needs to become net-savvy and start a blog. First off, what is a band blog?   Think of a blog as an online journal, where your band can connect with music fans and chat about your latest gig, upcoming albums, last night's recording session, or where the band will be playing next week. Post band pics, free music downloads , and links to your latest albums. The key to blogging is to write new posts regularly (a few times a week) and to get fans to subscribe to your music blog . Subscribers will get alerted every time your band posts something new. Setting up a music blog is pretty easy. You can use Wordpress, Blogger , or any number of other free blogging sites. I have been using Blogger for a few years now, and I am pretty impressed with its traffic even though ...