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Your Voice, Your Product, Your Brand

“There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. We all have a choice.

Apr 10 Carol Kirkpatrick

Cross-Culture Competence

It is often said that music is a universal language. Few would argue, however, that music is a universal culture-especially not singers who have lived and worked overseas. These singers

Apr 08 CS

Entrepreneurship: Do you have what it takes?

“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Are you prepared to become an entrepreneur? Do you naturally have the

Apr 05 Carol Kirkpatrick

Creative, Charismatic, and Captivating Headshots

A creative, charismatic, and captivating headshot is vital as you strive to make the best possible first impression. So how do you achieve this? I tackled that question in

Mar 28 Devon Cass

$80,000 in Student Loans. Now What?

So you have $80,000 in student loans from pursuing and winning your undergrad and grad degrees in vocal performance, now what do you do? Maybe your folks paid for

Mar 18 Eric Stoddard

Auditions: The Accompanist's Perspective

When you are a pianist playing auditions, it’s a day of sight-reading. Singers with high hopes and jangling nerves parade through the door, put a well-thumbed binder in front of

Mar 12 Auditions Plus

Dealing with Rejection

“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you can do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Holtz The life of a performer can

Mar 11 Carol Kirkpatrick

Being Accountable for Growing Your Talent & Career

“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Author Unknown Most fairy tales

Mar 04 Carol Kirkpatrick

How Do You Deal With Change – Balance or Chaos?

“This is the setting out. The leaving of everything behind. Leaving the social milieu. The preconceptions. The definitions. The language. The narrowed field of vision. The expectations. No longer expecting

Feb 25 Carol Kirkpatrick

The Full Measure of Your Potential! How to Be a Winner

“Wisdom is knowing what path to take next . . . Integrity is taking it.” Robyn Elpruhzlein Would your life be different if you were treated daily by others

Feb 19 Carol Kirkpatrick

Wonder Women: Careers & Family

Busy careers, family life, personal life–we want it all. But how do we keep it in check? Many women successfully juggle singing careers and families, miraculously finding time to travel

Feb 07 Dr. Michelle Latour

How Not to Be the Singer Behaving Badly

Last month, I shared some horror stories about certain singers’ inappropriate sense of entitlement and resulting bad behavior, inspired by comments gleaned from colleagues’ posts on Facebook, the virtual teacher’s

Jan 30 CS