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10 Tips mentioned in the video: 1. Drink a lot of water! 2. Rest and Relax your voice (sleep, less talking) 3. No shouting (do not abuse your voice and no whispering) 4. Exercise (cardio and breathing exercises) 5. Eat Healthy (your body is your instrument!) 6. Avoid irritants (alcohol, smoking, caffeine, etc.) 7. Vocal warm-ups  8. Drink tea and honey 9. Throat lozenges 10. Sing within your vocal range

I'm always asked, "How do you do so much?"  Of course, my first answer is that I'm an insomniac, but seriously, being able to accomplish my goals can be daunting. Right now I am finishing my second sci-fi novel, am in preproduction for a video game opera, am working on a short animated film , all while homeschooling our young daughter, teaching online humanities courses, and freelancing. I'm in a film club, writer's club, and am active in our church. And yeah, I manage a social life, or as much as one any parent can muster. So how do I do it? Here are my Top 5 Crazy Easy Tips for Making Time for Your Music, Art, Film, and Writing 1. Avoid Screentime Seriously, you need to do this. What's more important? Binging on Netflix or banging out the next set of lyrics for your song? The average American watches 4-6 hours of TV a day . That's almost a full-time job...just watching TV (not to mention Facebook , Tweeting, surfing Youtube ). So the TV at o...

In this video, no. 1 hit selling songwriting instructor Alex Von Soos gives us a little taster of what you can expect while learning how to write a song on our Hit Songwriting course, jam packed full of songwriting tips from a top songwriter with record sales in the millions. Related articles Sources mu 3313 history of music Stock music app w/ Google Play Music 10 Simple Ways To Support New Music In 2016 Musicality 3 for Mac - Love Your Music 88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life Music Aptitude Criteria: Hackney New School The Perfection of Bach's Prelude 1 Who Remembers MIT's Star Wars Trilogy: Musical Edition? Lifestyle | 5 Live Music Musts - December 18, 2015 Chill Out With Some Looping ICO Music

We creative types, maybe we are a little different from the rest. Maybe we have to be ...to sit for hours, writing tiny little notes on a page that will someday compel a performer to make beautiful music ...to mix the paints to create the perfect sky or type simply  the most perfect line of poetry.  Maybe we creative, artsy type folks need to be different. Maybe it's our emotions and wearing our heart on our ink-stained sleeves, or the inability to feel angry or sad or joyful without producing a tangible object that reflects our souls. Maybe some days we wonder what it is like to be like another, maybe someone not so wildly lost in mental gymnastics and emotional turmoil until a brushstroke or a symphony or the written word or the moving image wipes away  the grief and the anguish and the irreparable sadness. How do humans deal with life's cruelty  without such solace as a song?  Tragedy births great art. Pain envelopes creativity...

Inspiration and Music: Professional tips for Musicians, Artists, and Writers Creative inspiration doesn't always come easily for artists, musicians , and writers. There are days when you get a concussion from hitting a creative brick wall repeatedly or days when you look at the last month's worth of writing,  hit DELETE, and start all over again. Here are a few ways that I try to push the inspiration along. Take a break. Sometimes hitting the grind over and over only produces a lot of shlock. Instead, take a break from your music for an hour, a day, or even a week or so, and explore other avenues of creativity. Get references. Visual artists often have a scrapbook full of references (pictures and photos of people, buildings, plants, etc.) which they refer to as they are creating their latest masterpiece. For the piece I am composing right now for an upcoming Halloween concert, I bought a book of ghost stories, a CD of scary music and sounds, surfed You Tube for ...