Music & Performing Arts
Audition Etiquette for Actors
One of the most important things about an audition is how you behave. More…
How to Audition for the Disney Channel Howcast video
Many top singers and entertainers started at the Disney Channel. Have you got the stuff? If you do, here’s how to get your foot in the door.
How To Become an Extra in a MovieHowcast video
As a film extra, you’ll make some easy money, get a chance to see moviemaking up close, and perhaps become immortalized on screen.
Bending Notes on the Harmonica
Bending notes to play pitches that are not designed into the harmonica is the very essence of blues, rock, and country harp playing. More…
Buying a Digital Keyboard for Your Home
Digital keyboards are popular for the home because of their potent combination of features and cost-efficiency. More…
Buying a Piano: What You Need to Know
Should you buy an upright or a grand, and should you buy new or used? More…
How to Dance the RumbaHowcast video
The rumba is an upbeat Afro-Cuban dance. Here is how you do it.
How to Dip a Woman While Dancing Howcast video
Dipping a woman is a great way to impress your peers on the dance floor. These steps will show you how to do it with style.
How to Dress for a Music RecitalHowcast video
Many music competitions factor appearance into your grade, so look pitch perfect with these sartorial suggestions.
Drums 101: How to Hold the Sticks
If you don’t learn the right way to hold your sticks, you can end up expending a lot of excess energy and possibly damaging your hands or wrists. More…
Drums 101: How to Play an Open Roll
A roll is the way to get a long note out of an instrument that can play only short notes. More…
How To Get the Best HeadshotHowcast video
For actors, having a great headshot is the most important tool for getting a foot in the door.
How to Get Noticed at a Casting CallHowcast video
Don’t get lost in the crowd. Catch the eye of the director and get noticed at a casting call.
How to Get Your Own Reality ShowHowcast video
Don’t settle for being on a reality show; get your own gig with these tips.
How to Get Your Song Recorded by a Major Arist
To get a recording artist to record your song you need to do two things: write a song of recordable quality and get it heard by the right people. You’ve done the first thing; now here is how you do the second.More…
How to Get Your Video Noticed on YouTube Howcast video
Wanna be an internet star? Knowing a few tricks will put you on the most-viewed list in no time.
How to Juggle Three Balls Howcast video
Juggling, the noble art of jesters and fools. Here’s how you can work your way up from juggling one ball to three.
How to Learn Circular Breathing Howcast video
Practice circular breathing every day and before long you will be able to play music continuously without missing a beat.
Marketing Your Music
Whether you’re playing live gigs or have a new album for sale, you need to make people aware of you and your music. This is what marketing is all about: promoting your music and everything you’re doing. More…
How to Master Simple Ballroom Dancing Howcast video
The pumpkin just turned into a carriage, your glass slippers look fantastic, and the Prince is on his way, but you still need to learn how to ballroom dance.
Music Theory 101: Major, Minor, Diminished, and Augmented Chords
As you probably know, a chord is a group of notes played simultaneously, rather than sequentially (like a melody). But there are several different types of chords, depending on the different intervals between the notes. More…
Music Theory 101: Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic Scales
As you probably know, a musical scale is seven notes all in a row, in alphabetical order. (If you count the first note, repeated an octave higher at the top of the scale, it’s eight notes.) More…
Piano 101: How to Practice a Difficult Piece
When you’re wrestling with a hard keyboard piece, or a hard passage within a piece, what’s the thing to do? More…
Throw Your Voice Like a Ventriloquist
Historically, the distant voice has created the most excitement about, and interest in, ventriloquism. With this technique, the ventriloquist makes the audience believe voices are somewhere behind them, above them, under the floor, or down the street. It’s where the phrase “throwing the voice” comes from. More…
How to Tune Your Guitar
Tuning a guitar is easy, once you know how. Whether you do it by ear or with a tuner, this guide will show you how it’s done. More…
Ventriloquism 101: How to Talk Without Moving Your Lips
Part of being a successful ventriloquist is throwing your voice, the other part is talking without moving your lips. Learning how to pronounce words without moving your lips can be tricky, but with the techniques in this guide you will be doing it in no time! More…