There are too many good bands in the world to let yourself be an amateur.
Music is fun to play, but if you want your band to get noticed, try to form a group that can play in tune together, and people who are very professional.
If you want to make a living with music, spend lots of time practicing. It's really important.
Your performance IS a show. Even though you are trying to build a career, make sure your audience has a good time.
Lifestyles
February 18, 2012
Bernie Walter's music industry Tips
- Lifestyles
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Perfect picnic: Food, location, activities key to fun outdoor meal
Picnics are an occasion, a destination and a respite from routine.
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Readers express their love in poetry, prose
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Spring into Action: Get the outside ready for summer
Winter has released its icy grip on Mother Nature for this year.
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Perfect picnic: Food, location, activities key to fun outdoor meal
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Name change just one of the ways CANO is moving forward
By Brittany Lesavoy With a new name and a budget in the black, the Community Arts Network of Oneonta, or CANO, formerly the Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts, or UCCCA, is letting everyone know the organization is rebuilding. I sat down with Raina D'Amico, president of the CANO Board, to talk about what the name change really means and what community members can expect from this rebranded organization.
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Many helping rebuild the arts community after Hurricane Irene
By June Dzialo Almost seven months ago torrential rains and winds crashed through the region, leading to massive mudslides and roaring floods, which caused destruction that is still visible today.
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There are many ways to dance your way to fitness
By Brittney Lesavoy Resolutions. Even if you weren't planning on making one, you may have felt obligated to form one after conversations at New Year's Eve gatherings.
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Support Small Business Saturday with arts organizations
By June Dzialo Filled to the brim with turkey and dressing, thousands of shoppers across the nation crowd outside the doors of big box stores to get lowest-of-the-low prices on a (very) limited number of hot holiday gifts. And, come Monday, thousands more will ignore their jobs to score even more deals online. Black Friday, and, more recently, Cyber Monday have become household names for two of the biggest shopping days of the year. But, how many of us have heard of Small Business Saturday? Get your wallet ready, it's this weekend!
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In the classroom, art is not done only for art's sake
By June Dzialo A few weeks ago, my daughter started a new chapter in her life, one that will last at least 13 years _ she began her formal education and entered kindergarten.
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Name change just one of the ways CANO is moving forward
- Music Beat
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Focus on songs and audience, advises local record company executive
If you wanted to speak with a music industry professional who has experience promoting major rock artists, being an A&R (Artists and Repertoire) record company executive and publishing manager, and who is preparing a new upstate New York music festival for rock and alternative music, would you expect to find that expert in New York City? Absolutely.
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Movie and music production class taking off in Walton
There is a new group of talented young people in Walton, who are making soundtracks, animations, original sound recordings, mashups and remixes. They are not part of a big entertainment industry company. Instead, they are seniors at O'Neill High School in the Walton Central School District, working with English teacher Clarence LaParr in his digital media, audio/video production class.
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Music composition can happen anywhere, songwriter/conductor says
Writing music is a wonderful way to express yourself and give joy to others. It's an activity that can be helped by formal training but doesn't absolutely require any specific education.
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Focus on songs and audience, advises local record company executive
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A parenting phobia that will leave you scratching your head
One of my two worst parent phobias came to pass last month. Even simply typing its name makes my head all swimmy. The Diva, as happens to kids her age, succumbed to lice, passed along by one of her fellow fourth-graders.
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Oh, how the worries change as the children grow
Most days, we are all just trying to do our best under really challenging circumstances.
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Newborn phase would be much better if there were deadlines
Friends of mine just had their first baby.
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I just don't know if I can turn over control of the washer quite yet
I'm starting to think that the Diva should be taking care of her own laundry. My reasons are many.
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Bathing children shouldn't have to be this hard
I just hurt my throat while yelling at my children.
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A parenting phobia that will leave you scratching your head
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Looking Back: Good times could be found on the beach yesterday and today
By Elaine Kniskern Sometimes we just need a change of pace and scenery with a little vacation or a simple getaway weekend.
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Social Security: Initiatives help some who need benefits get them faster
By Tracey Weaver May is National ALS Awareness Month. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, more commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks nerve cells and pathways in the brain and spinal cord.
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As Time Goes By: Sing it with me: 'M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E' in 2012
By Henry Geerken I just love election years. Never have so many done so little for so much money. (Isn't it a shame that the gravy train passed us by?)
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From the Office: Medicare encourages preventive health care with visits
Bt Wayne L. Shepard By the time we become eligible for Medicare, most of us have learned that change is constant and inevitable.
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Senior Scene: Crash showed determination pays off for small-business owners
By Elaine Kniskern I guess we all have "tales to tell" in a lifetime _ that's if we dare too, for there can be legal repercussions. So I will be careful.
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Looking Back: Good times could be found on the beach yesterday and today
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Thankful hard-disk shortage is about over, and counting my blessings
Well, I'm almost ready to let out a cheer.
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Businesses need backups for their computer people, systems
In the interest of full disclosure, I want to let you know that I have taken a new position, professionally. I recently joined Eastman Associates, a local general contractor, to do its IT work, as well as taking care of some other functions of the business.
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Windows 8 seems to be made for the good of Microsoft, not the user
By Bruce Endries The software company everybody loves to hate, Microsoft, recently released what it calls a "consumer preview" of their next operating system, Windows 8.
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The Granite State got it right on software purchases
Believe it or not, I have found a bright spot in the political landscape, amid all the vitriolic partisan fighting.
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Visit a construction site and you'll probably find an iPad
It was just about two years ago now, that the iPad came out, and I wrote a column about it. At that time, I went out on a limb and said that thought it was a product which would fill certain niches very well, but that it wasn't very likely to fill in for what is normally considered a computer.
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Thankful hard-disk shortage is about over, and counting my blessings
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On The Go: Public speaking and I don't get along
By Adrian Adamo If, for some reason, you ever happen to be invited to attend an event where I am scheduled to be doing some sort of public speaking of any kind, do us both a favor and politely decline.
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Weekend Reviews: Pottermore offers lots more Potter
by Maggie McVey I'm not typically someone who looks for the biggest sensations on the Internet. Frankly, I usually have way too much going on to be able to sit down and "surf the 'net" as the kids call it these days.
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Teenhood Today: A nudge toward humility or confidence
By Miriam Thurber A problem that many people face is the issue of self-esteem. We either hold ourselves too high or we push ourselves too far into the mud.
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A Word of Advice: Teens can make a difference
By Melissa Flathmann
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Teen Talk: I'm becoming a pro at procrastination
There are a lot of dangerous things out there in the world, but of all of them, procrastination might be the worst. Why is that, you ask?
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On The Go: Public speaking and I don't get along
