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Caring for your instrument

For many musicians, their instrument is like an extension of their own body, an object that is cherished with the utmost care. Whether you are a licensed instrument collector or a simple musician, you know that your instrument demands (and deserves) full attention to ensure that you are getting the most out of it. For artists whose voice is their instrument, read more here.

Here are some tips to avoid issues and prolong your instrument's life.

Changing the song key: the need to know

Unless your name is Axl Rose or Mariah Carey and easily adapting pitch to match an original song key is a cinch, you may need to make some adjustments to suit your vocal range. To better adapt a song to your needs you can always change the key or pitch on any Karaoke Version track.

Instantly improve your voice

As a singer, you should never expect that lightbulb moment, that miracle product or that magic formula that will immediately and radically transform your voice (real life is not like a shopping on QVC or a Harry Potter saga).

But, thanks to some tips, using only what mother nature gave you, along with a few small tweaks, improving your voice in the blink of an eye and without lifting a finger is possible and easier than you may think.

Music, Pandora's Memory Box

Contrary to popular belief, time travel has been proven. Think about it: you hear an old story, dear to the heart, and the memories come flooding back. If it is related to a specific moment, be it happy or sad, the context of the moment is all there... the faces, the places, the sounds and even certain smells pop up in our minds.

How then can a simple melody have such power on our memory, like a time machine sending us back to the past for a brief, but very real, flashback?

7 tips for improving stage presence

M.J. had the glove and the fancy footwork while Elvis had the glittery get-up and the swinging hips. But dress and dance are not the sole ingredients to becoming a great stage performer. Music's biggest names are known to prepare their stage presence, calculating their every move.

Here’s are seven tips for improving stage presence taken from some of the most famous entertainers of all time.

Become a better musician while on vacation (without practicing!)

Unwind. For some, this is exactly what you are looking for on vacation, to take a break from the daily grind. But for singers and musicians, unwinding may end up winding you up. Stopping your practice sessions can slow down progress. Worse, some things that have taken time to learn can be easily forgotten, some automatisms fade... For example, a guitarist working on chord progression certainly cannot afford to put everything on "stand-by" for several weeks.

It's difficult for a drummer to find space for such a voluminous instrument in the trunk of the family sedan, but when it's time to close the trunk and hit the road, it's certainly not impossible to continue learning music.

In the absence of intensive practice, theory, listening, and observation can be good ways to stay in-tune and in-shape.