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Artist Update: The Chapin Sisters
The Chapin sisters, nieces to the late singer songwriter Harry Chapin, release their new EP – Oh, Hear The Wind Blow on May 25th (in the US & Canada, it will be released in Eur
LIZ LONGLEY WINS TOP HONORS AT 6th IAMA
Liz Longley (Philadelphia, PA, USA) won the top prize at Sixth annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards). The singer-songwriter also won first prize in the Folk category.
Q&A with Lis Lewis - Moving From Theater To Pop
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If you've been singing musical theater and you want to make the switch to pop/rock music there are some things you need to know. The vocal training you've had up to now has given you some useful basics...
Melissa Giges
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On this new release from Engine Company Records, native New Yorker Melissa Giges (gi-gus) speaks to each listener just as if she had known them from birth.
WL2P Featured Artist - Victoria Vox
I can admit, without the least bit of shame, that I have never taken the ukulele seriously. What would you expect? My only foggy recollection of anyone actually playing what appears to be a guitar that was picked before it was ripe was Tiny Tim. Hearing and seeing him sing, "Tip Toe Through The Tulips," in a wavering falsetto, was frightening to say the least. I was traumatized for life—or at least until I heard this new CD by Victoria Vox.
Over half the songs on Victoria's new CD, Chameleon, are ukulele driven (that just sounds weird).
How does she pull it off? She writes beautiful songs and has the voice to pull it off. On the folk-pop-rock scale, this CD is solidly pop, leaning toward the rock side. Every cut is different enough from the last to keep your interest, and Victoria works with dynamics the way a potter works with clay - it's her true medium. Producer Mike Tarentino deserves credit as well for really understanding what the artist was looking for and then nailing it dead on.
So why the uke?
Don't Get Ripped Off
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The entertainment business has more than its fair share of unscrupulous people trying to take a buck from some idealistic young wannabe. There are so many frightening stories in the music business about people having their songs stolen or never getting their rightful earnings. There are managers running off with concert ticket proceeds and agents shelving acts that aren’t producing. But you can’t let that stop you from finding a manager, a producer, or an agent. Instead, you need to learn something about how the business operates so you know what the “norms and conventions” are.
How It Should Be........
