This comes from the “now THAT is really cool” department. What if there were five strands of power line that passed by where you were (kinda like on music paper) and what if there was a vertical strand keeping things all organized (kinda like the end of a measure of music) and what if there […]
Kristina Olsen, a singer and songwriter I had a chance to spend some time with way back when, described musicians and singers as “small muscle athletes”. She pointed out that practicing not only makes you proficient, it also gets these muscles in shape. If you play an instrument like a guitar, your strengthening fingers can […]
Professor James Kellaris from the University of Cincinnati created the term “earworm” to describe the little lumps of music that get stuck in your head and just won’t go away. They pop up out of nowhere and simply will Not. Get. Out .Of .Your. Head. He also published his own “Playlist from Hell” (beware…reading further […]
In the June 2003 “Journal of Voice”, a study by the National Center for Biotechnology Information was published entitled, “Effect of hydration and vocal rest on the vocal fatigue in amateur karaoke singers”. Noting that it’s not uncommon for karaoke singers in Asia to sing for hours at a time, the researchers grabbed 20 amateur […]
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