Breathing is the foundation of healthy, beautiful singing. Find out how to improve your breathing by examining your past and current habits.
Awareness and careful planning can help you avoid one of the pitfalls of an artist-led endeavor: Founder’s Syndrome.
My two-year-old daughter, while searching for a toy, couldn’t see it because it was face down on the floor. “It’s right there,” I told her, pointing at it. “It’s upside
Consider the effects of aging on the voice and how, with a little thought and care, you can sing well into your older years.
New Research Shows That Learning Music Improves Cognition Educators have known for many years that music students do well in school, but it has been difficult to discover whether good students
Is the quest for the fountain of youth necessary in order to maintain your singing career and preserve that competitive edge? Is it worth it to subject yourself to injections
In helping people prepare for the real thing, the mock (practice) job interview is the recommended tool. The trick is to do the mock interview, though, with someone who
“You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming, and encouraging your greatest asset.” Tom Hopkins It’s not often that we have the pleasure
After 25 years as the general director of Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point in Eureka Springs, Ark., Jim Swiggart is retiring. The Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony (IPFAC)
It’s human nature to want to assign blame to others. And it’s all too common to hear musicians blaming their career slumps on the economy, the “old boys’ network,”
“Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging
It’s the typical time for ruminating over what we’ve been through in the previous year (and imagining what lies waiting for us ahead). Typically, we focus on what’s happened
