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Trying to come up with new ideas to market yourself and your business.
I’ve often bemoaned the lack of business and marketing training for individuals who go to school for music. My advice to my students wanting to continue with their musical studies in college is to take a business and marketing class!! ... [Read more]
I was looking back over some of the topics that I’d covered in my blog so far and was reminded how I was having issues earlier in the rehearsal process for “Oklahoma!” I had been having trouble with the dialogue ... [Read more]
You can’t be perfect all the time.
So I had an audition yesterday. It went alright, but it wasn’t my best. These kinds of situations always leave me a bit confused. I have certain audition rep that I know backwards and forwards, inside and out. And I’ve ... [Read more]
I’m in the March Classical Singer magazine talking about CD fundraising!
So I received my March edition of Classical Singer magazine, and there I was – interviewed in the “Tech-Savvy Singer” article about singers using Kickstarter to fundraise! As many of my facebook friends will know, I decided to turn to ... [Read more]
Super insane planning syndrome.
I know I’m not alone in being a planner. There are others out there who are just like me. I have come in contact with many of them on the disboards.com. I truly love planning things out – especially trips. ... [Read more]
I won’t lie. This cold weather has really motivated me to start thinking about my summer travel plans. But I think I’m a little different than others in that I really don’t mind the winter all that much. The ... [Read more]
Now that I’m a bit more into our “Oklahoma!” rehearsals, I’ve been making a strange observation… As singers, we often have issues with re-visiting a role many years later. Very often, bad singing habits can suddenly reappear when coming back ... [Read more]
Every day after waking up, my normal routine is usually to head straight to the computer – even before grabbing something to eat or shower. Maybe not the most noble habit – but I have so many email accounts to ... [Read more]
I’m sitting here tonight thinking about how well-behaved and cooperative my voice has been for me these last couple of weeks. Besides starting rehearsals for “Oklahoma!”, I haven’t had anything else on my singing plate – which, believe me, is ... [Read more]