March 31st, 2017|
Quote Of The Day” “A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It’s my favourite part of the business, live concerts.” Elvis Presley Like most of us, I have seen my fair share of live acts over the years. One of the [...]
March 31st, 2017|
Blog Post #48 Quote Of The Day: Q: What do you call a drummer without a girlfriend? A: Homeless Okay, big laugh for those of us in the music industry. There are tons of jokes poking fun at all musicians in a band, but somehow drummers usually get the “s**tty end of the stick”, (pardon [...]
March 31st, 2017|
Quote Of The Day “If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing.” – Zimbabwe Proverb There are few things in life that can evoke emotion like singing your heart out. Both the singer and the listener can be transported to a place of emotional depth either joyous or [...]
March 31st, 2017|
Quote of the Day “R.E.S.P.E.C.T – find out what it means to me” Aretha Franklin Good news for anyone who loves the “Queen Of Soul”. It’s been a long time comin’ but Miss Aretha is putting out a new album. AND the surprise for me is that she is covering other great singers. At 72, [...]
March 31st, 2017|
Quote Of The Day: “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.” ― Bob Dylan Recently I had the honour and privilege of being the vocal coach on faculty for the Peak Performance Boot Camp [...]
March 31st, 2017|
Quote of The Day: I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it. Alfred Hitchcock Yikes, that’s a bit drastic. I love Hitchcock, but I have some better advice if you have a sore throat that is putting a damper on your vocal performance. Yes, it is that time of year when [...]
March 31st, 2017|
Welcome everyone to my blog site “Step Up To The Mic – Holy $#!% Now What???” . I am very excited to be a guest contributor to this new and informative site. In this first post and the posts to come I am going to share a lot of the technique, tips and tricks you [...]
March 31st, 2017|
Quote of The Day “Twenty years of learning my craft, hours of practice each day and NOW they call me gifted!! In this week’s blog, I am going to shift away from my usual style of post and write an opinion piece. (Like your Mother always did, I do have an ulterior motive [...]
March 31st, 2017|
Quote Of The Day: “Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?” Luciano Pavarotti Wow, if Luciano was afraid of hitting high notes, the rest of us mere musical mortals may never even attempt it. Take heart, I truly believe that there is a foolproof method to [...]
March 31st, 2017|
Quote of The Day “If you don’t ever stop singing your voice stays in shape. It’s like a marathon runner. You’ve got to run, run, run to stay in shape.” Sammy Hagar Regularly students ask me, “how often do I need to practice?” My answer is “how good do you want to get?” I look [...]
