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This is a survey for a series of upcoming music-related seminars. On the first question please pick three answers. Fill out the second question if it is relevant to your life.
Thanks!
Marty B.
Music Seminar Survey #1
Sep 2
Artists for a Better World is a community of artists who are dedicated to using their art to uplift society. We are looking for inspirational and motivated artists who want to change conditions in the world for the better through their music.
We are looking for performers for our Musicians Showcase at our 10th Annual Arts Festival on Saturday Oct 9th. Participants from the show will be given the opportunity to book a large performance venue, workshops by celebrity artists, and showcase their music for their audience.
This is not a pay for play. The venue is free and you can invite as many guests as you like. In addition, you will be invited to promote your music and network through our website. Many artists have made good connections through our international work. Please respond to this e-mail with your web or myspace. Details will be sent to you at that time.
The showcase is held at Celebrity Centre Int. in Hollywood.
For details please contact Marty Buttwinick at
buttwinick@gmail.com
We look forward to hearing from you
Favorite Music Quote #10
Jun 28
“Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.”
Great Jazz Quotes
May 7
“Some days you get up and put the horn to your chops and it sounds pretty good and you win. Some days you try and nothing works and the horn wins. This goes on and on and then you die and the horn wins.”
Dizzy Gillespie
“Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one.”
Duke Ellington
“Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.”
Ornette Coleman
“A great teacher is one who realizes that he himself is also a student and whose goal is not dictate the answers, but to stimulate his students creativity enough so that they go out and find the answers themselves.”
Herbie Hancock
“The bottom line of any country is, what did we contribute to the world? We contributed Louis Armstrong.”
Tony Bennett
Last month I put out a blog about analyzing heavy metal.
Here’s the real-life application!
Music Lessons Payoff in The Real World
(Keep an ear open for Guitarist Alex Edwards in the upcoming year!)
Pablo Casals
Apr 20
Pablo Casals, at 95 years old, was answering questions one day. One of them went like this.
“Mr Casals, you’re the greatest cellist of the 20th Century, perhaps of all-time, and your career has been nothing short of spectacular. Why, at the age of 95, do you still practice 6 hours a day?
Casals answered, “Because I think I’m making progress.”
Pau Casals i Defilló (December 29, 1876 – October 22, 1973), known during his professional career as Pablo Casals was a Spanish cellist and conductor. He made many recordings throughout his career, of solo, chamber, and orchestral music, also as conductor, but Casals is perhaps best remembered for the recording of the Bach Cello Suites he made from 1936 to 1939.
Casals was an ardent supporter of the Spanish Republican government. After its defeat in 1939, Casals vowed not to return to Spain until democracy had been restored, although he did not live to see the end of the Franco dictatorial regime.
Thank you Dwight for emailing this quote to me a few years back.
This is an email-copy from a singer and vocal coach friend of mine, Lis Lewis:
Hello dear singers,
I just finished three weeks of getting Rihanna warmed up and ready for her big – and I mean big – tour starting April 16 in Antwerp, Belgium. She’s sounding great. And now it’s your turn. I’ve got two bits of news for you, both about auditions.
Idol Prep
If this year is anything like the last nine years, American Idol will be holding auditions this summer for next year’s Season Ten. Once the current show wraps, they will put a list of dates and cities on their website, www.americanidol.com/. Now is the time to prepare yourself and your 30 second a capela audition.
In collaboration once again with the good people at The Songwriting School of Los Angeles, http://www.TheSongWritingSchool.com, I will be holding a one day workshop called “Idol Prep” on Sunday, May 16, 2:00-5:00 PM. Twenty-five people will get a chance to sing their audition song for me, get a critique and then sing it again. Nerve-wracking, yes; a great learning experience, yes. And, of course, an excellent way to warm up for the real auditions. Here is a link to a full description of the class. http://tinyurl.com/y4a4y7k
For those of you who aren’t ready to audition but want to learn by watching, there are special auditor prices both in-person and online. Performers pay $75; auditors pay $25. In addition the School is giving a healthy discount on it’s excellent songwriting class, The Roots, for those who register. Call them at 818.848.7664 or go online to register.
To participate: http://tinyurl.com/y2hqn64
To audit in person: http://tinyurl.com/y58cqut
To audit online, live: http://tinyurl.com/y4wpasb
Hitmakers Audition
There is a new reality show called ”Hitmakers“ looking for talented solo artists who write their own material – for the audition you must perform one of your songs and accompany yourself. Here is part of their description:
Bravo and True Entertainment, have partnered with The Writing Camp, America’s top songwriting team behind such hits as Beyonce’s “Halo” and Rihanna’s “SOS”, to discover hitmakers in every genre of music.
If you want to audition, you must fill out the online form, http://www.hitmakerscasting.com/. It’s a nationwide search but if you’re in Los Angeles they are having an open call on Sunday, April 25, 9AM-6PM at Musician’s Institute, 6752 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028. You still have to fill out the form to apply. Go get ‘em, folks.
Happy Auditioning!
~lis
Lis Lewis The Singers Workshop
http://www.TheSingersWorkshop.com
Check out my new blog about analyzing metal and classical music. Short but possibly informative!
http://aboutmusiclessons.blogspot.com/2010/04/metal-analysis.html
