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For most aspiring, young musicians, the goal is to eventually go on to a career in performance. The unfortunate reality is that many do not. So what’s one way to help increase your chances of becoming an outstanding performer? Listen. Pure and simple. If you’re serious about performing, listen to as much music as you …
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It’s officially summer (especially here in California where the temperature is already over 100 degrees!) and the year is halfway through. We’ve enjoyed 2013 quite a bit and we hope you have too! So far this year we have a number of popular articles on Teen Jazz – thanks to you! – and we’d like …
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We’ve decided to start a new series on Teen Jazz where we answer specific questions that have been submitted by our readers. If you have a question about music, performance or the music business, please feel free to post them in the comments! HOW DOES YOUR SITE WORK? Teen Jazz is a community and resource …
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1. Don’t post the same link or update repeatedly. Try to mix up what you post with various updates. If you need to announce something more than once, make sure you have a few different posts in between. 2. Don’t follow or unfollow a lot of people in any one sitting. It comes across as …
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Earlier we mentioned content marketing in an article on building fan loyalty, and in that article, we offered a few ideas of valuable content to offer fans. The article received a ton of response and so we thought we’d put a list of content marketing ideas for musicians together for you. One of the most …
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When I was in school, our professor brought in Alyssa Padilla to talk about marketing. She offered eleven fantastic points and I’d like to share my version of them with how I feel they apply to a career in music. 11. The strongest brands have clearest personalities. Your image as an artist and the music …
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This article originally appeared on my foreign language blog, but I thought that it would be great to include it here as well. I’d like to share a few productivity apps that I use on a daily basis (or have used) to help manage my music projects and tasks. There are three applications (I list …
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Without the support of your fans and friends, you’ll have a difficult time building a career as a performer or artist. It’s important to constantly nurture and build your relationships with your fans because without them, you’ll be performing in empty clubs and releasing albums to an unreceptive audience. In most industries fans are known …
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This article was originally posted by Shannon Kennedy on her foreign language learning blog. Being a musician can be stressful. Things may not be progressing quickly enough, or no matter how much you practice you still have difficulty with a certain line or part, or maybe you’ve even received less than positive criticism for a …
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1. Play as much as you can. Go out and play or stay in and do it. No substitute for practice and experience. If you want to be a better musician, then spend the time to work on it! 2. Listen. Take advantage of opportunities to hear other musicians perform. Whether it’s a live concert …
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