I hope you have better plans tonight than reading music blog posts (with it being Valentine’s Day and all), but even if you’re loved up tonight, enjoy the best of the blogs over the weekend. Posts on learning Is This the Key to Being Less “Robotic” on Stage? (Bulletproof Read more…
Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. David Frost
You can’t stay the same. If you’re a musician and a singer, you have to change, that’s the way it works. Van Morisson
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Bruce Lee
Repertoire Corner remains, I am afraid, rather infrequent, but I have some new music that I hope to review over the next few weeks, starting with Lin Marsh’s Serendipidy Solos The Cuckoo Clock – Lin Marsh [AB(2)] I’m quite new to Lin Marsh’s work, but I’m pleased to say Read more…
No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. W. H. Auden
I’ll be honest, it’s been a long month, but now, a new year is well under way, and so are the best blog posts about music and music teaching! Posts on learning 3 Elements of Showmanship (The Musicians’ Way) – Find out what three traits you should be developing Read more…
[Introductory Remarks] He Shall Feed His Flock – Handel [AB(x);LCM(x);TG(x)] Text. [Lyrics] [YouTube] * * * I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls – Balfe (Bohemian Girl) [AB(x);LCMMT(x);TG(x)] Text. [Lyrics] [YouTube]
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. Benjamin Franklin
The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung. Phillips Brooks