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Sounding Your Best on Stage: A Guide for Singers

When you’re singing on stage, you want the audience to hear you at your best. How your voice gets translated into amplified sound is vital to creating a professional performance.

6 Things to Consider BEFORE You Sit Down to Practice

Are you learning learning a new instrument and don't know where to start? Here are 6 things you should consider before sitting down to practice.

Creatively Applying Robust Music Notation

Students are growing up in the most connected world ever, where technology makes communication, collaboration, and creativity possible at all levels of music education.

Guitarist Gift Guide: The Essentials

This article has some great ideas that will aid you in your search for the gift that should be on the wish list of most guitar players.

Guitar Picks: A Plethora of Plectrum Possibilities

People often ask us what picks are best for a beginner, what pick is good for specific genres etc. Picks come in a variety of shapes, sizes, colours and materials.

Eight (Holi)days a Week: How and What to Buy for the Beatles Obsessed

If you have a Beatles fan on your Christmas list, and you have no idea what to get them, read on.

How to Research Recording Gear

You’ve decided that you want to get into home recording; but where do you start? The recording world is very vast; every piece does something unique.

Sympathetic Snare Buzz...Symptoms, Causes And Cures

Find out what might be causing the buzzing in your snare drums, whether you should fix it, and how you can fix it in this article.

Recitals: A Little Something for Everyone

While recitals are a great opportunity for youth to foster confidence in a safe, supportive space, it’s worth considering that there are benefits for students of all ages and backgrounds.

All About Performing Arts Festivals & Why YOU Should Enter!

Most cities and regions have at least one annual Performing Arts Festival, open to students in the arts. We're here to give you the details and explain the benefits of taking part in one!

A Simple Way to Learn a Song in Half the Time

Most of us learn songs from the internet using a combination of lyrics with chord symbols posted above the words, and YouTube videos of someone teaching the song. While these may work, here is a more simple way to learn a song in less time!

The Traditional Tonewoods of Electric Bass

The kind of wood that your bass is constructed with is the heart of its tone. While pickups, electronics, and amplification will shape the sound of your instrument, it all begins with the wood.