ABSTRACT This essay explores the difficulties faced by independent creative music artists in receiving fair financial reward from digital...

We prepare. Rarely is anything spoken. So much has already passed between us. Unfinished sentences litter preparation. Words discarded;...

TALENT I have spent the last two weeks running auditions for the Talent Development Project. The Project identifies highly skilled,...

There is a fine line between the possibility of something wonderful happening, in a tiny moment, when you least expect it. It happened in...

Songs are made up of ideas delivered purposefully in an emotional form. Music and melody can conjure an emotional response. No debate. A...

The Friends School built the $10 million dollar auditorium for students and the lucky people of Hobart. I was lucky enough to sing in...

The dilemma for the union has always been the threat that if the producer can't import then the production doesn't go on thus...

SIX - IMPRESSIVE SINGING - IS IT FOR REAL? Impressive sound supports the adage ‘an empty vessel makes the most sound’. Or in this case,...

FIVE - AUTHENTICITY LEADS TO SUCCESS 'There is a strange paradox on the journey toward revealing authenticity and that is - we want less...

FOUR - WHAT IS SUCCESSFUL SINGING? 'Successful singing is the entwining of souls, entangling them in a web of collusion between you and...

THREE - MORE INTRODUCTION! 'Singing is the heart and mind coming together to make a sound'. My learning experience with Rita Hunter and...

TWO - AN INTRODUCTION 'For the young singer as well as the experienced, it is often a turn of phrase or a new angle on an elusive concept...

ONE - SUCCESSFUL SINGING ‘A song makes words kinder. Enfold your heart into the soul of another and leave a legacy of kindness. This is...

EULOGY D.L (Jim) Graham. 8th September 1933 - 28th July 2016. Watch on You Tube Here A LETTER - 5TH AUGUST 2016 Dear Jim, By now you have...