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How to Write Your Own Music – What should I create first?

If you are starting from scratch, I recommend that sometimes developing the melody first is easiest. If you are a words person start with the lyrics and create a melody for them, if you are a musician who plays an instrument play something you can makeup a melody to. This is a possible order of […]
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To Sing Or Not to Sing (Can singing sick cause Vocal Damage?)

Sometimes as singers, we have to ask ourselves; ‘Should I be singing right now or not?’. How can you tell if you are in danger of causing vocal damage because of sickness or allergies? My general rule of thumb is don’t perform if the throat feels swollen. If the throat is swollen then there is […]
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What Music Theory Kids Want (from the mouths of….)

Everyone who studies an instrument wants to learn to read and write music. This way, they can play their favorite song. Once you know how to read and write the language of music, you can also start writing down your own songs. But every beginning music student wants the learning to be easy. The practice […]
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Vocal Health for Singers

  Singing students at Grace Music Studio NY, where I teach voice lessons in Park Slope Brooklyn, often ask what can they do to have the best vocal health for singers. Everyone is different but the main things that need to be done are: eat the right foods for you, drink enough water and exercise […]
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How to Sing (to Mic or not to Mic)

Many times, singing students, here at the Park Slope Voice Lessons Studio, have asked me if they can have a microphone (mic.) for a performance and my answer is always no. I saw something this week that made me think more about the subject…… I went to see Romeo Et Juliette at the Metropolitan Opera […]
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NYC Music School supports Women’s Empowerment Music from S. Africa

I am constantly amazed at the good things  being created by Grace Music Studio students. Grace Music Studio, a New York Music School, has many and varied students who take piano lessons, singing lessons and acting lessons. One voice student is helping to bring women’s empowerment music from South Africa to the rest of the […]
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Is the Earthquake in Haiti over? (How singing lessons nyc can help)

The initial devastation is over, however the rebuilding efforts will continue for a long time. People, that is the people who survived, are trying to get back on their feet and recreate their lives. Last year, when the earthquake hit, Paule Seide was taking singing lessons nyc, here at Grace Music Studio. She told me […]
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Voice Lessons NY: Feb 11 Recital Prep. at Grace Music Studio (GMS)

Tons of things are going on in preparation for the February 27th Free GMS Recital. I just found out that we will have more than one guest musician performing with us in the group number; there will be a guest djembe drum player, a guest electric guitar player and a guest acoustic guitar player- VERY […]
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Keeping it Real here at Grace Music Studio (auditions for drama school)!

Both are auditioning to get into Mark Twain Middle School for drama and I think they will both compete well. The process of preparing an audition is always fun and in this case both kids wanted to learn which makes my job 1000 times easier. One of them started months ago and the comic monologue […]
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Mini Voice Lesson – Breathing

Julia Amisano gives a mini voice lesson and demonstrates proper breathing technique.
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