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You’ve heard about the food made from cardboard in China. Of COURSE you have - I haven’t met a single person yet who has not heard the story of Chinese street vendors picking cardboard off the street, soaking it in chemicals and selling it as food. Since I’m getting ready to go to China [...]
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 This is the list of the top 40 cities that visit my website here.
1. YOU! - Your Town
2. Seattle
3. Los Angeles
4. London
5. Calgary
6. New York
7. Atlanta
8. Chicago
9. Phoenix
10. Irvine
11. Toronto
12. San Francisco
13. Houston
14. Washington
15. San Diego
16. Sydney
17. Orlando
18. Miami
19. Tampa
20. Melbourne
21. Salt Lake City
22. Portland
23. Boston
24. Dallas
25. Richardson
26. [...]
There are three basic elements to music:
Melody
Harmony
Rhythm
In a song form you also have the element of: Lyrics.
When doing a remix, these are the four elements you are going to play with. If you change all four, then you have a completely different song, not a remix. Most commonly the melody and lyrics stay the same. [...]
If you want to improve as a vocalist it’s important you take private lessons. Voice is not like other instruments. It sounds different in your head than it does to other people. A good voice teacher will help you to visualize and master your own vocal production anatomy, which is a difficult task. You [...]
I am a vocal instructor for the META Performing Arts summer theater camp. I teach two age groups: Teens and 8-12. I couldn’t find much online for live excercises with kids that would teach vocal technique and be entertaining. Here are some things I came up with that you might find helpful.
Kids 8-12 Age Group
Children [...]
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Received this yesterday from a musician in the pit orchestra of my current running show. It means a lot of me because the player is very seasoned and has “been around the block”. If you haven’t worked with me in the pit before - I can tell you it’s very intense. But all with [...]
Just found out the Seattle Times did a blurb on me today in the Local section. Click here to read the article. It was nice to get the mention of current shows running as extra publicity. We are looking forward to our Brigadoon run in Kirkland. Some details are off in the article (CDS [...]
I saw this picture and remembered when I was a kid and bought my fake spilled coffee trick. Is it a trick? Maybe just a joke. But it never seems to work exactly like you think it is. The reactions aren’t quite as freaked out as you imagine when you set it up.
It’s all about [...]
A memorial page for Pete Westman, aka Paul D. Westman, is at PDWestman.net.
Pete was a good friend and mentor to me. We knew each other about 14 years down in Victorville, CA. He passed away on March 8, 2004. Friends are welcome to leave comments here on this post.
Pete did a lot of recording [...]
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