Mental Practice Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide for Musicians
As a musician, not all of your practice will be on your instrument. Some of it will be in your head, and some of it may even be on objects that just look like your instrument. We call this mental practice, and in this excerpt from Barbara LaFitte’s Practicing Techniques for Musicians course, the principal oboist in the Boston Ballet Orchestra shares tips on how to practice your instrument when you just aren’t able to actually play your instrument.
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AI for Songwriters: How Ben Camp is Helping Songwriters Get Creative with Artificial Intelligence
Explore how Berklee Online instructor Ben Camp is helping songwriters harness the creative potential of AI. Also, discover a unique approach to structuring prompts, and insights into the ethical debates surrounding AI-generated music.
BOB’s Got Your Back: How Berklee Online’s New Chatbot is Changing Music Education
Music education and technology are constantly evolving together, and Berklee Online’s newest development, a chatbot named BOB, is a testament to that. And before you ask, BOB stands for Berklee Online Bot.
How to Find Your Vocal Range for Singing Pop and R&B
The key of a sound recording may not always work for you; It may be too high or too low. This doesn’t mean that you can’t sing the song. In this excerpt from Berklee Online’s Improvisation Techniques for Singing Pop and R&B course, Gabrielle Goodman teaches you how to find your vocal range so you can pick a key that will make your voice shine.
Register for the Next Berklee Online Live Q&A
Have a question? Register for the next Berklee Online live Q&A, and meet the folks who advise, teach, and lead at the world’s largest online music college.
Hug-a-Bassist Day: Embrace the Teachings of Berklee Online’s Bass Instructors
October 12 is Hug-a-Bassist Day, a little-known but much-needed celebration that honors those who lay down the low end. Celebrate by hugging a bassist, obviously, but also by getting to know Berklee Online’s four bass instructors—each as essential as the four strings on a standard bass guitar.
Berklee Online Student Chris LaRosa Places Top 5 in European Recording Orchestra Contest
After Chris LaRosa heard a live orchestra performing one of the scores he wrote for an assignment in the Composing the Orchestral Film Score course, he decided to enter the composition in the European Recording Orchestra’s Call for Scores Contest. He placed as one of the top five finalists.
Horror Music from ‘The Shining’ Main Title Explained
In many ways, the idea of using twentieth-century concert music to elicit fear and suspense in film was pioneered by The Shining. In this excerpt from Ben Newhouse’s Music Composition for Film and TV 1 course, you’ll examine melody, tone color, tempo and rhythm, harmony, and time associations from the main title sequence of the movie.
What is Arranging in Music? 8 Courses to Help You Get Started
Before you learn how to write a musical arrangement—and start to figure out what kind of arranging course you might want to take—you must first understand what arranging is. Here is a primer!
How to Make Spotify Work for You as an Artist (DistroKid Guest Post)
Getting music on Spotify is a must for any artist looking to reach a global audience. There are several services you can use to upload your tracks to Spotify and other major platforms like Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, and YouTube.
