All the signs are there, but could 2021 really be that different from 2020? First of all, I just wanted to wish all my readers and contributors a very Happy New Year. I hope you and your families have a fantastic year and hopefully 2020 will soon be a distant memory. Alicia Keys is brilliant. […]
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After an awfully unique year, and just short of the 100 posts a year target, I reach my 99th and final post of 2020. I know we’re not there yet, but after the year we’ve all had, I thought it was time to shut up shop for the year, relax with family, and put the
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Are you planning on buying some memorabilia from your favorite music artist? This is a great way for you to have a tangible item from your favorite musician that you can keep forever. There are some tips you should know before you get started collecting so you can avoid investing in a fake or spending
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Rock Island Bar is the longest-running live music venue in Corralejo, Fuerteventura, featuring the best live acoustic music you’ll ever hear. It also changed my life. I first read about Rock Island Bar on my first (and only) holiday to the popular canary island. It must’ve been around 2005. A flyer left by the travel
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Music is known as the universal language, but it’s so much more than that. For some, it’s their favorite form of entertainment. For others, music can feel like it completes their whole life. When it comes to childhood development, music is even more important. Multiple studies and various forms of research have shown the positive
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Vocal warm-ups are something only professional singers need to worry about, right? Wrong! They can and do help us all. Why bother with vocal warm-ups? Vocal warm-ups are something I’ve never bothered with before until I found myself struggling with one of my own songs. First off, there were some quite lengthy phrases where I
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Visit my SoundCloud profile for a complete library of all my own music, as well as tracks from Harson Robkus. It’s sometimes easy to forget my initial aim for The Blogging Musician, long before we had contributors or even a name! was to set up a single place to document and share my own music.
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As the Blogging Musician approaches its fifth birthday, I thought it was apt to set up a ‘Buy me a Coffee’ donation page. As you can see, a coffee icon has appeared on the bottom right corner of the site, so If you’re enjoying the content, feel free to donate and share a coffee with
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We are living through an uncertain economic climate. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a startling financial impact, with the gross domestic product (GDP) of the U.S. experiencing its deepest decline since the depression. This has led to a rise in unemployment. Those working in industries such as the arts, music, and entertainment have been
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