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What’s Working In Indie Music Today?

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Shannon Curtis

Ask singer songwriter Shannon Curtis about the key to her success as an independent musician, and she’ll tell you — literally — to hit the road.  She’ll encourage you to start touring with the help of your audience.

  1. Touring is the best way to interact with your audience and build your fanbase.
  2. Performing live can bring in more money than recordings, publishing and merchandise combined.
  3. You could win over more fans and make more money playing houses rather than clubs.
  4. Use social media to stay in close touch with her community, noting that Facebook is her most active channel.
  5. The New Artist Model is such a valuable tool.  That inspired me to put together a sponsorship application.

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Do Your Music Videos Pass This 10-Point Test?

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Ask yourself the following questions. According to the Creator Academy, you don’t need to answer “yes” to every single one in order to make a quality video. But the more times you hear yourself saying “yes,” the more confident you should feel that you’re onto something good.

1. Shareability — Is the video relatable, topical, or remarkable? Does it help someone solve a problem? Will the viewer feel cool or knowledgeable when they share the video with friends?

2. Conversation — Does this video help me communicate with my fans, either directly IN the video, or as a conversation starter for other interactions (in the comments section on YouTube or elsewhere)? Will I appear comfortable and authentic?

3. Interactivity — Does the video involve the audience in some way? Does it ask a question of them, showcase their participation, or encourage them to contribute to future videos?

4. Consistency — Is there an element in this video that occurs throughout all my videos? A familiar face, setting, technique, or theme? Is the video “packaged” in a way that seems consistent with my other videos? Am I posting on a schedule?

5. Targeting — Do I know who this video is FOR? Who is my audience, and is this video going to entertain or inform that audience? Will that audience be interested in only THIS video, or will they enjoy my other videos too?

6. Sustainability — Do I have what it takes to keep doing this?

7. Discoverability — Will my video show up in YouTube search results and be recommended as a related video? Am I using smart keywords and titles?

8. Accessibility — Can a new viewer watch this video and appreciate it without having seen any of your previous videos? In other words, can this video stand alone?

9. Collaboration — Is there an opportunity to work with another artist with a loyal following on YouTube? Can I feature them in such a way so they’re proud of the results, and will want to share this video with their audience?

10. Inspiration — Do I really want to make this video?

 

Photograph by Sea Turtle.

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How Does An Opera Singer’s Voice Actually Work?

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Vocal Coach, Paul Farrington

Ever wondered how an opera singer manages to project their voice over a full orchestra? Or how tiny changes in posture can affect the vocal folds?

Vocal coach Paul Farrington shared these secrets and more at a coaching session with Korean tenor and Jette Parker Young Artist David Junghoon Kim, as part of a recent Insights event celebrating the opening of the Wellcome Collection’s This is a Voice exhibition.

‘If you were to drive down the road at 50 miles per hour in first or second gear, what kind of noise would the engine be making? It would really be working hard and the vocal folds are the same,’ explains Paul. ‘So we need to make sure that we are in the right gear for where we are in the range in order that the vocal folds are vibrating optimally’.

During the session, Paul demonstrates how specific vocal techniques and movements can support a singer’s passaggio.

Photograph by Brian Slater.

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Was Prince Classical?

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Prince

Richard Elliott, Lecturer in Popular Music at the University of Sussex, has this take on the purple icon:

… A truly eclectic and classical artist.

For this is what Prince was: not in the narrow sense of his interest in Western classical music, but in a far more liberated and liberating understanding and extension of the varied streams of a black classical music tradition that incorporated gospel, jazz, R&B, rock and roll, soul, funk, hip hop and more. Continue Reading.

Illustration by Benn Gunn Baker.

Vocal Warm-Ups For Actors (And Singers)

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The importance of warming-up

Vocal warm-ups are one of the key essentials to protecting yourself from injuries, such as vocal nodules (nodes) or polyps. Just like an athlete wouldn’t begin a game without stretching first, you shouldn’t sing without properly preparing your body for the stress that singing can put on your voice.

5 Steps for successfully warming up your voice from the National Theatre:

Vocal Warm-Up #1:  Start off slow:

BREATHING

 

Vocal Warm-Up #2: Check those resonators

RESONANCE

 

Vocal Warm-Up #3: Focus your sound and open your voice

OPENING UP THE VOICE

 

Vocal Warm-Up #4: Test your articulators

ARTICULATION

 

Vocal Warm-Up #5: Putting it all together

Speak some of your most troublesome lines of texts to someone else in the room, or to a mirror if you’re by yourself. What’s the use of warming up if you don’t apply it to the text you have to sing or speak?

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