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The Art Of Singing Onstage And In The Studio

Understanding the Psychology, Relationships, and Technology  in Performing and Recording

SingingonStageandStudioTo be a great singer, talent and technique are obviously important, as are having excellent songs and being able to move an audience. But there’s more to it than that,

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Calling the Creativity Gods

Everyone gets into a slump sometime. You don’t feel like getting out of bed. You eat like crap and put on weight.

Trying to write a great song seems like trying to climb Mount Everest — although you’re not athletic

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Armored Saint’s Joey Vera

Thriving in a lifestyle and career track full of change and adversity

Joey Vera has been around the block once or twice. He’s proven he’s a survivor in how he has dealt with the ebb and flow of the music

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The Art of Buying Talent

As beautiful as The RockBar Theater in San Jose is, without someone to bring the right talent to the stage, Bay Area music lovers may not ever see the inside.  So owner Susan Cramer brought in longtime talent buyer Jimmy

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2015 The Vans Warped Tour

Pop-punk’s traveling rock-n-roll circus brings organized chaos to the masses

Kevin Lyman, of the event production company 4Fini Inc., created the Warped Tour in 1995 as a skate punk and third-wave ska tour. It has evolved to feature pop punk,

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