Vocation does not mean a goal that I pursue. It means a calling that I hear. Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.
- PARKER PALMER, Let Your Life Speak
This question about the Ave Maria by Franz Schubert is in reference to my previous Ave Maria Lyrics post.
Great post! Just the info I was looking for.
I am getting married in a Catholic ceremony in a few months, and my soon to be wife had the idea of me singing Ave Maria during [...]
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There is an e-mail being circulated with a phone number to call to register cellphones on the National Do Not Call registry. The email proceeds to say that all cell phone numbers will be made public within a few days, so you need to hurry. That info appears to be bogus.
All phone numbers, land line [...]
Lyrics for I Release and I Let Go as performed by Rickie BB (Rickie Byars - Beckwith) from AGAPE. Visit www.RickieByars.com for more info or to purchase CD’s of her music.
When you see her perform live it is moving beyond words. Several years ago I attended her music workshops at AGAPE. She is on [...]
 *NOTE: The answer to this question is based on ACOUSTIC kick, snare and bass. For compressing digital samples you can hit them as hard as you want. Your ear is the guide.*
Question: What type of compression settings should I use as a starting point on the kicks and the snares and the bass. [...]
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Brigadoon Auditions 2007
Lyric Light Opera of the Northwest
All roles needed! All lead roles, supporting roles, ensemble members, townspeople, etc.  Please prepare a song and to do some cold reading. A monologue is optional. Please see below for a detailed list of characters.
Auditions for Brigadoon:
Saturday, January 27th
10am - 4pm
Sunday, January 28th
1-5pm
Location:Â [...]
Ave Maria Schubert Renee Fleeming
If a single vowel is sung over multiple notes it’s usually good technique to keep the vowel sound consistent through the passage. (Unless it’s for intentional effect, aka rock and blues). One of the factors between a mediocre and professional chorus is consistent pronunciation throughout the group.
To sing a closed locked vowel like the “eee” [...]
My compulsory entry for the latest birthday meme wave. (Go to Wikipedia, enter the month and day of your birth, but not the year, and pick 3 events, 2 bithdays, one death, and one holiday or observance).
For May 27th:
EVENTS
1328 - Philip VI is crowned King of France.
1703 - Tsar Peter the Great founds the city [...]
You may have heard the rumor that the National Park Service staff at the Grand Canyon is instructed to refrain from telling visitors how old the Grand Canyon is. The reason stated was that they did not want to offend creationists who believe in a 6,000 year old Earth. A 6,000 year old Earth [...]
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During an initial rehearsal with the vocal chorus of a musical, something seemed out of place to me. The cast was very talented, there was just a lack of focus. How do you get all that talent to bring it as far as they can? I spent the better part of a week mulling this [...]
You may copy, distribute and perform these two pieces freely, I just ask that you link to this page so people come here for the source material.
More info on Scottish Poet Robert Burns and the annual Burns Supper.
Choir music for A Toast to the Lassies (Male Choir -Tenor/Bass) and a Toast to the Laddies (Female [...]
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After a 1600 year moratorium, it is now once again legal to worship Zeus in Greece. Ellinais is a group of lawyers and academics who have fought in the courts to bring back part of Greek history. The worship of Zeus had previously been illegal.
In mythology it’s generally accepted that the “Gods” of ancient Greece [...]
Posted on my prayer support forum at Christian-Prayers.com
Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
Author unknown
“When you get emotional, you lose 50 IQ points.” What a great quote. From a Parent.com article on “The Six Most Annoying Things Kids Say - And The Best Ways to Respond.”
Gemcee, a moderator at my hip hop forum RapDogs.com, has written a great article called We Cannot Be Denied. It talks about turntable courses at Berklee College of Music and the work professor Stephen Webber has done to promote the recognition of hip hop in academic circles. Professor Webber has also helped create the [...]
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E-mail question received:
Mr. Askland, I have been producing tracks for a few years and I’m trying to figure out what to do to sell my beats legally so i decided to ask a professional with more experience. How did you become a music producer? What steps did you take to get started? Is there a [...]
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I have been emailed a photo of Michael Yaconelli, author of the book “Messy Spirituality”. Apparently this photo was sent to me as a visual comparitive study.
I fail to see any resemblance whatsover between Michael and myself. The photo here of Michael Yaconelli clearly shows a very silly eccentric person, and my photo obviously reflects [...]
‘I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: “O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.” And God granted it.’
–Voltaire (Letter, May 16, 1767)
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of [...]
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