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Digital Music News - 42 Different Ways That Artists Can Earn Money...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 by paul This has become a running list from the Future of Music Coalition (FOMC), which now counts 42 different, discrete revenue streams that artists can exploit. Take a look; add your own. Revenue generated when your songs are played on radio, TV, in clubs and restaurants.
Questionnaire « Velvet Singer - Solutions for Classical Singers
Learn how you stack up in just five minutes. How do you balance the business aspects of the career with the artistic? How much time and money do you spend managing your singing career?
A freelance blogger is a jack-of-all-trades. This person has writing, design and coding skills, all used to create inspiring content. Besides, blogging requires a lot of responsibility, perseverance and diligence dealing with web media on a daily basis. There are plenty of tools that facilitate blogging and allow freelancers to demonstrate outstanding results in all spheres: design, writing and web performance.
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Practice like you train « innovative ideas in performance and pedagogy
Yeah, we should have a purpose when we practice. That part is pretty obvious. But have we related our purpose to longer term goals in a meaningful way?
When I think about Meredith Monk , I think of her alone, on a stage bereft of instruments or props or other people. Whether in a cavernous concert hall or in a tiny club, the vision of her lone self is dramatic. With a slight tilt of the head and a grounding of the body, she opens her mouth and begins to sing. In this simplest of actions, she reveals extraordinary power. When Meredith Monk first came on the scene in the mid-'60s, complexity dominated concert music.
Meredith Monk: A Voice For All Time : NPR
have you taken the “30-Day Opera Challenge” on FB? | Operatoonity
30-Day Opera Challenge on Facebook As a regular user of Facebook and Twitter , I am amazed at how frequently and quickly they are maligned and/or underestimated. I’ve gotten value–not merely social kicks–but real educational value from each of those social media platforms and made some invaluable contacts. For opera lovers on Facebook feeling the newly identified Facebook Fatigue , I have the perfect antidote: Try the “30-Day Opera Challenge” on FB. It’s simple. All you need do is go to the page and “Like” it.
Top 10 Composers Who Make You Seem Cool When You Tell Other Musicians You Like Them | William C. White
aka Stuff Music People Like You go to a friend’s concert/opera performance/chamber recital at an acclaimed school of music or summer festival. You’re invited to the party afterwards.
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Creative Oklahoma, Inc. Creative Oklahoma, is a collaborative, state-wide initiative supporting a mission to establish Oklahoma as a world-renowned center of creativity and innovation in commerce , culture and education . Creative Oklahoma, Inc., has four basic goals : Oklahoma is facilitating discussions with other programs around the United States to potentially develop collaborative efforts among other organizations with the purpose of sharing best practices in creativity, in business, education, and the arts. In 2010, the Creativity World Forum will be held in the United States, November 15-17, 2010. Oklahoma is honored to host this prestigious event which will be held in Oklahoma City.
Last week, I, like 100 million others, watched the spectacle of Christina Aguilera wailing her way through "The Star Spangled Banner." When she wound up repeating the line "What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming," I began to wonder if I hadn't remembered the words properly. I soon realized that this was not the case because the lyrics were playing on a screen behind her head.
Dan Lybarger: Oh, Say Can't You Sing? Why the National Anthem Befuddles Singers
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Scenes From "Anna Nicole: The Opera"
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salon97 ~ 2 years ago from Tweet Share Top Tweets Rating: ( +1 )What’s the Answer, Gertrude? « Mass Culture Mozart
The recent announcement of the New York Philharmonic’s 2011-12 season has earned some criticism for not including any female composers in its programming, a concern amplified by Alan Gilbert’s commitment to diversity and new works (how wonderful it was to hear Arlene Sierra’s “Game of Attrition” at Contact in 2009). “[W]hile applauding the NY Phil’s…clear commitment to contemporary music, the lack of music by women is a significant oversight,” wrote Alexandra Gardner on NewMusicbox this morning. “Given the fact that composers who happen to be female are indeed making a greater worldwide impact than ever before—because more and more ensembles are playing their music and more and more music presenters are programming it—it boggles my mind that this remains an issue when it comes to the larger institutions of our musical world.” To be honest, I’m still not sure as to how I feel about this on the whole.The Compleat Steve :: Essays :: The Grand Old Opera
"Now, the opera gets a subsidy from the National Endowment for the Arts, but by and large, Willie Nelson and Garth Brooks don't. Those of us that drive our pickups to those concerts don't get a subsidy; but the people who drive their Mercedes to the opera get a subsidy." -- John Ashcroft, nominee for Attorney General of the United States, September 17, 1997. “We have a problem.” The chief troubleshooter for the Metropolitan Opera stood before the company’s director as he had done many times before. They had managed crises together — the diva temper tantrums, the occasional sound problem or ticket mixup — but this time the director could read a deeper concern on his colleague’s face. “What is it?As freelance musicians, we want to say yes to as many gigs as possible. However, here are the four money situations where you may want to think twice before saying yes. How much does it pay? It's not a good idea to accept a gig without knowing how much you'll be paid.