How to Deal With Negative Criticism

Negative criticism is an unavoidable part of being a performer. As much as we could hope to prevent it, criticism comes with the territory and so learning how to receive it or “handle” it is an important part of being able to succeed in music. During this episode of our Teen Jazz Radio podcast, we …

How to Improve Your Singing or Playing

We recently had a question submitted by one of our readers. It was “How can improve my singing?” But since we also have a number of members who play instruments, we’ve extended the question to include “how to improve my singing or playing?” As part of this podcast episode, we give you tips to improve …

The First Gig

A note from Shannon: The following is a guest post from J. M. Riley. I thought it would be fun to try something a little different and include a fictional “first gig” experience from an up and coming writer. We hope you enjoy this post and we’d love to hear about your first gig experiences …

How to Get Noticed

Have you ever wondered how to get noticed or how to stand out in the music industry? If you have, you’re not alone. One of our Teen Jazz members recently asked what he could do to stand out amongst his peers as a performer, so we answered his question as part of our most recent …