Art Instruction

In my forty-plus years as a private music instructor, the question I'm asked the most by parents is: "How can I get my child to practice?" And, in this crazy-busy time, it gets asked even more! In this discussion, I will give you answers to this question, as well as a heap of advice on helping your young musician/singer/dancer become the very best s/he can be! Put these strategies to use and you will be helping your child maintain an endeavor that will last a lifetime and provide joy, satisfaction, and a sense of accomplishment along the way!

Over the years, Stan Munslow has worked with hundreds of professional singers, students and colleagues alike. He has seen it all, from "wow" to "oh dear." If there is one thing (well, six, actually) Munslow would tell all of them, it would be the six high-level pro tips you'll learn on this audio program. May each and every tip help you become the kind of singer you really want to be!

Songwriting: A Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Full Song in Less Than 10 Hours is a comprehensive guide for aspiring songwriters who want to learn how to write and produce their own music. This book covers everything from finding inspiration to recording your song, and it breaks down the songwriting process into easy-to-follow steps.

Songwriting 101: A Quick Guide to Crafting Compelling Lyrics is a comprehensive book that provides aspiring songwriters with essential tools and techniques to write engaging and memorable songs. The book begins by discussing the fundamentals of songwriting, including melody, harmony, and rhythm. It then delves into the art of crafting lyrics, offering insights into how to generate ideas, develop themes, and create powerful imagery.

The Secrets to Writing Amazing Lyrics: A Beginner's Guide is a comprehensive guide for aspiring songwriters who want to improve their lyric writing skills. This book is perfect for beginners who are just starting out and need guidance on how to write engaging and memorable lyrics that resonate with their audience.

Finding Your Muse: A Beginner's Guide to Songwriting is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the art of songwriting. Written for aspiring songwriters of all levels, this book offers practical advice and exercises to help you develop your creativity and find your unique voice.

Writing Songs from Scratch: A Beginner's Guide is a comprehensive book that covers everything a novice songwriter needs to know to create their own original music. The book is divided into several sections, each addressing an important aspect of songwriting, including chord progressions, song forms, arranging, recording, promotion, and refining your craft.

Introduction to landscape painting with pastel covering mountains, beaches, farms, and autumn landscapes will show colors to be used and techniques to help give a feeling of being there to the viewer of the finished painting. Color temperature is discussed and how it is best used.

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced player, this comprehensive guide has everything you need to take your game to the next level. From Texas Hold'em to Pot Limit Omaha, this book covers all the popular variations of poker and provides advanced strategies that will help you outplay your opponents.

Get ready for a one-of-a-kind audio experience: discover Florence through intimate, guided audio walking tours of the city's most historic and enchanting quarters. There are four guided tours for you to listen to as you walk through Florence, plus essential Italian words and phrases that every traveler wants to know.

Body Art Learner's Guide is a technical manual through the optics of 21st-century tattoo and piercing apprentice. The author distinguishes himself from the ordinary craftsman. The very few tattoos and piercings that are around, are far from perfect, not surprising since he devoted himself more to studying than to draughtsmanship. Thus, he concentrated on writing this rather than on applied work.

Art has been a staple in most cultures across the world, firmly having rooted itself as a means of communicating one’s understanding of themselves and the world around them. A great number of people in the world develop a natural passion for the act of creation, irrespective of talent. However, most of those who pursue the arts start off self-taught, and when they get to the point where they can take classes, there is a mix of bad habits and misunderstood techniques that they have to unlearn in order to improve.

Songwriting Made Easy: A Beginner's Guide to Writing Great Lyrics in Under a Day is a comprehensive guidebook that provides aspiring songwriters with the tools and techniques they need to write great lyrics quickly and efficiently. This beginner-friendly book is written in an accessible and engaging style, making it easy for anyone to get started with songwriting.

Music not only excites and electrifies, but it produces and orchestrates neural functionality. Just listening synchronizes brainwaves, the nervous system, pain tolerance, mood, and your immune system. Musicians have sophisticated neural networks like tracks of the railroads. It grows more mass in the brain (especially the hippocampus), boosts cognition, linguistics, spatial rotation, social interaction, and empathy.

Zum Gitarrespielen muss man sich doch einfach nur irgendeine x-beliebige Klampfe suchen und ein bisschen darauf herumklimpern – das ist möglicherweise die Meinung, die von vielen Menschen vertreten wird, wenn sie an eine Akustikgitarre denken. Doch was Sie entweder bereits festgestellt haben oder spätestens feststellen werden, wenn Sie am Ende dieses Buches angelangt sind, ist der Fakt, dass die Gitarre ein sehr komplexes Instrument ist, welches Ihnen und vielleicht in Zukunft auch Ihren Zuhörern viel Freude bereiten kann und Ihnen eine unfassbare Menge an Optionen bietet.

Whether you’re just starting out or looking to sharpen your pen, Verse Things First: The 5 Secret Sauces to Songwriting is your step-by-step guide to writing songs that feel real, sound polished, and hit hard. With over 21 years of songwriting experience, Armani D. Williams breaks down five foundational principles that have helped him (and others) craft songs that resonate — from the first verse to the final hook. This isn’t music theory. It’s real-world songwriting wisdom, straight from the heart and the studio.

This is an instruction manual for indie artists, labels, and managers who want to understand the necessary steps to save time and make money in the music business. This instruction manual shows you the what has to be done and has checklists, forms, and is hyperlinked to facilitate learning. If you love music and want to earn money, just dropping music and hoping for success rarely works. You need to understand and have a strategy to maneuver in this industry.

On June 12, 2017, Micah Dillon’s world completely flipped. With no prior warning, Micah woke up to find her husband of 13 years, Ben, dead on the floor of their shower. In a matter of moments, everything she’d used to build a steady foundation in life—her marriage, her career, her music—crumbled beneath her feet.

A Framework for Jazz Mastery is a wealth of information from one of the great modern jazz piano voices, Richie Beirach. Richie lays out in the first of three sections ten essential tips for becoming the jazz player you have the full potential to become. His tips include how to develop the necessary technique, the value in transcribing solos and how to best use them, how to learn a tune, reharmonization, composition, and more.

La pièce de théâtre raconte la rencontre à Paris entre Astor Piazzolla et le fameux maître de musique française, Nadia Boulanger.