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the AMP— POSTED Issue 56

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PAUL SAUNDERS
November 09, 2024

"Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen."
― Amy Winehouse

Here's the list of posts in your New Music Lives™ Facebook .ComUnity this week.

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• Songs In The Key Of… Harmonica from Songwriting Magazine— Featuring greats like Junior Wells and Sonny Terry, acclaimed harp player Shawn Hall, AKA The Harpoonist, picks his essential dozen...

• Why Lyrics Are Harder To Write Than Music from Tony Conniff— Some songwriters don’t do music; they just write lyrics. Some just write music; no words. Then there are those of us who write both… or try to.

• The Bob Dylan Project… is a jukebox of links to every version of every song performed or written by Bob Dylan plus notable interpretations.

• the MUBUTV Music Business Insider Podcast featuring David Schulhof— the mind behind the MUSQ music investment ETF. Discover how independent artists are redefining the music industry!

in partnership with Mike Goodrich, Your Inner Singer

for Singer Songwriters: Confidence Comes from Competence

Mike Goodrich has helped 1000's of singers and more than 100 voice teachers in his 30+ year career. Working with individual stars like Mike Myers, Dakota Fanning, Andy Garcia, and 2 Time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster… Industry leaders such as SONY, MCA, MGM and DreamWorks… And coaching Broadway clients from Hamilton, The Rocky Horror Show, Phantom, Rent, Les Miz, Annie and many more… Mike has impacted individual careers and theatrical productions all around the world. He’s been a featured speaker at the Learning Annex in Los Angeles and a regular contributor to BackStage in both New York and Los Angeles with his Vocalease column. Michael was also an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California.

Mike is the innovative coach-creator of the Inner Singer and the leading-edge vocal improvement process MTP— Mindset, Technique and Performance, that is transforming how voice learning is taught. He’s the creator of numerous courses and coaching programs, and the highly acclaimed Inner Singer podcast.

Mike offers a variety of courses in addition to his sought-after one-on-one private coaching sessions. You can learn about them here mikegoodrich.com and be sure to sign up for his newsletter. 

And be sure to plug into Mike’s Inner Singer Podcasts delivered every week on Monday. Each episode focuses on developing and strengthening your conscious and unconscious beliefs, programming, patterns and habits into ones that support and accelerate all your singing skills and competencies.

... and here's the more...

• Quincy Jones, Giant of American Music, Dies at 91 from nytimes.com— As a producer, he made the best-selling album of all time, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” He was also a prolific arranger and composer of film music.

• Why I’m Stealing This Bruce Springsteen Songwriting Hack (And You Should, Too) from americansongwriter.com— Why we'll be following this deceptively simple writing technique that came straight from The Boss himself. 

• My 10 Favorite Paul McCartney Post-Beatles Musical Moments from the Honest-Broker.com— I love the Beatles— who doesn't?— but give that bloke Macca credit. He not only survived the biggest musical breakup of the century, but positively flourished.

• House Concerts are… from TurnUpToEleven and Matt Jacoby— If you aren't familiar, house concerts are a way to tap into your existing fanbase where they can host you for a live performance and introduce their friends, family, and neighbors to your music. It's a win-win for you and your fans!

Help Us Create More Success For 
More Singer Songwriters Than Ever Before!

It's Time... For a Change. Big Time. Past Time.

New Music Lives™ is 100% committed to the success of every Singer Songwriter we can reach. With the AMP, we're intent on providing the very best resources, inspiration, and knowledge— free of charge— to ALL Singer Songwriters, because Your Music  MUST BE HEARD! 

Our mission is clear: "Put Success in Your Singer Songwriter Career."

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Thank you for being an important part of your New Music Lives™ .comUnity. Together we are the future of music.

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And PLEASE, if you've got any Singer Songwriter friends, pass the AMP on, because... It’s Time... for a Change. Big Time. Past Time...