I got an email question from one of my subscribers, Mechele Warren, and with her permission I will share it, and my answer, here. Mechele says: Judy, I just wanted to say that I truly love the articles that you send out and the advice that you give. I don’t get to travel to Nashville… Read More » about Too Old, Too Young to Sing?
Music Business
Karaoke singing lands a career
Who knew karaoke singing could land you an artist career? I got an email from my old friend, veteran music reporter Steve Zimmerman. What he told me makes me want to say… don’t underestimate karaoke singing! In Steve’s words: I am going to be interviewing Tommy DeCarlo the new lead singer for the rock band… Read More » about Karaoke singing lands a career
Jingle singing
I got a recent comment on this blog asking me to talk about jingle singing. Thanks very much for the comment and here goes… What’s the difference between jingle singing and session singing? Jingle singers are a sub-field of session singers, which is just an abbreviated term for “recording session singers”. Session singers includes background… Read More » about Jingle singing
How to get work as a background singer
I still love doing bgvs… for over 40 yrs now! I get asked this question a lot… How does one go about getting started if they are interested in singing bgv’s (background vocals)?” My answer: To sing background vocals you need- vocal training to be able to perform the feats of what I call a “stunt… Read More » about How to get work as a background singer
Audition Cattle Calls and Vocalist Abuse
OK, I’m back and I’m mad! Yes, I’m finally moved into my new digs and will now get back to regular posts on this blog. I hope you missed me- This one is going to be a rant. I have a question for everyone who sets up audition “cattle calls” for these American Idol shows… Read More » about Audition Cattle Calls and Vocalist Abuse