If you find yourself the proud owner of a new iPhone or iPod touch, you are in a good position to enhance your singing pursuits. Here is a list of downloadable applications, many free, that are useful to classical singers.
Most of us would like to be full-time performing musicians, but realistically, all of us have to take on some other employment at some point. So let’s find the best jobs for us. Flexibility? High salary-to-hours ratio? Music- or performance- related? Classical Singer explores some working singers’ outside-the-box jobs.
This month, Classical Singer reviews an exciting new gadget, amazon.com’s Kindle—a device for reading books on the go. Find out what this paperback-sized device can do for classical singers.
Looking for the perfect gift for your singer friend, teacher, or significant other? Or perhaps want to drop some hints about something you might like to find in your stocking? Classical Singer has some suggestions for the ideal gifts for you and your colleagues.
Last month, we discussed the ins-and-outs of starting an e-mail mailing list and sending mail blasts. Now we turn to more advanced techniques: sending professional-looking e-mails using Constant Contact and other mass e-mail services.
A good mailing list is critical to marketing yourself successfully. Tech-geek Amanda White takes you through the technical how-tos of setting up a list and offers suggestions on generating names for your list. In addition, she discusses using good e-mail etiquette to make sure you don’t offend your friends, contacts, or the law.
Philip Shepard, an American singer who successfully transplanted himself in Europe, has written a book—available as a paperback and an ebook—for singers who are considering auditioning and working in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In this installment of our tech column, he IMs with our reporter about ebooks, Europe, and his book.
In previous articles we’ve taken you through blogs and MySpace. This month Classical Singer’s one-woman “geek squad” introduces you to the podcast.
In our last installment (Nov. ‘07 issue), we delved into Chicago’s singing scene. This month we keep our mittens on as we bounce back over to New England for a stop in Boston.
To MySpace or not to MySpace? That is the question. Read advice from those who “do” to those who “don’t.”
In the first installment of Classical Singer’s new technology column, Amanda White sits down in front of her trusty iBook G4 for an instant message interview with the world’s foremost opera blogger, Opera Chic.
Classical singers are always on the road, but we have to call somewhere home. Where do you want to headquarter your career? Having focused now on both coasts, in New York and San Francisco, Classical Singer takes you to the middle for the third installment of our Headquarters series. Button up your coats, singers—this is Chicago.
