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10 Years of Choir

By: Nathan Bird February 17, 2012February 17, 2012

Arts in Our Community, Choir, Concertizing, Recordings, UncategorizedCantus, Choir, Choral Music, Community, Evangelion, Lamont School of Music, Northwestern College, Vocal EnsemblesLeave a Comment

It was 2001 and I was a home schooled highschooler of sixteen at Normandale Community College, thanks to Minnesota’s PSEO opportunities. While I had been studying voice and piano for a little while, the choir at NCC was my first experience of choral singing. The sheer mass of sound shattered my perceptions of what was…

Defining Success – The Entrepreneurial Musician

By: Nathan Bird January 30, 2012July 10, 2022

Arts in Our Community, Concertizing, Music Industry, Uncategorizedcarnegie hall, Entrepreneur, Making a Living, Music Business, Musician, professional musician, qualities of an artist, SuccessLeave a Comment

When informing people of my career path I am occasionally asked “Are you successful?” or, “Are you making a living?” I appreciate the sentiment behind both of these questions. People like to know what life is like for a professional musician and I am glad that a lot of folks care about how my family and I…

That Sound We Want – The pressure of studio perfection on live performance

By: Nathan Bird January 4, 2012

Music Industry, Recordingsimpossible standards, Live Performance, music, music consumers, quality recordings, Recording Industry, voiceLeave a Comment

Here is an interesting thing. Most music consumers love perfect quality recordings. Consumers and the industry together have developed a preferred “sound” that the public expects to hear when they listen to their i-tunes, CD’s, etc. This “sound” is specific to every musical genre, however many genres have the goal of perfection in mind; no…