Ep 005 | Unique Ways to Contact People to Get Gigs | Tara B

In today’s episode,Tara gives you many fun and creative ways to contact people. Getting ahold of people to book can be a daunting task but she addresses this straight on with straight up solutions for musicians who are working hard to get gigs. Where you can find Tara: www.tarabrueske.com   Instagram: @tarabrueskemusic    Facebook: @tarabmusician   Tara’s new book: 20 Must Have Booking Tips Every Musician Needs: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=20+must+have+booking+tips&crid=27VFUJNXZGYCY&sprefix=20+must+have+booking+tips%2Caps%2C162&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

In today’s episode,Tara delves into the subject of using your speaking voice in a confident way that helps you network and build relationships with others. She talks of physical aspects of the voice that can help and then gives the listener tips on what to actually say to start and hold conversations!     Where you can find Tara: www.tarabrueske.com   Instagram: @tarabrueskemusic    Facebook: @tarabmusician   Tara’s new book: 20 Must Have Booking Tips Every Musician Needs: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=20+must+have+booking+tips&crid=27VFUJNXZGYCY&sprefix=20+must+have+booking+tips%2Caps%2C162&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

In today’s episode,Tara shares the microphone with fellow musician Bree Noble—CEO of Profitable Musician and the Female Entrepreneur Music Academy. They talk about the difficulty of rejection, how they each have personally experienced it many times and some helps to face it head on!   www.tarabrueske.com   Instagram: @tarabrueskemusic    Facebook: @tarabmusician   Tara’s new book: 20 Must Have Booking Tips Every Musician Needs: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=20+must+have+booking+tips&crid=27VFUJNXZGYCY&sprefix=20+must+have+booking+tips%2Caps%2C162&ref=nb_sb_noss_2     How to get ahold of Bree Noble: https://www.femusician.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/profitablemusicianllc/

In today’s episode,Tara talks about her new role as a choir conductor and gives you 7 reasons how being a part of choir can make you into a better singer all around!     How to get ahold of Tara: www.tarabrueske.com Instagram: @tarabrueskemusic    Facebook: @tarabmusician     Helpful tools for singing: 1.The Singing Straw: https://singingstraw.com/discount/tarab10?ref=tarab10 Use Code: tarab10   when you go to checkout   2.VocalEze: https://vocaleze.refr.cc/tarabrueske (Get 15% off at checkout)

In today’s episode,Tara introduces listeners to what this podcast will cover and why it can be so helpful to musicians in today’s world that want to be amazing performers and get gigs! www.tarabrueske.com   Instagram: @tarabrueskemusic    Facebook: @tarabmusician   Tara’s new book: 20 Must Have Booking Tips Every Musician Needs: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=20+must+have+booking+tips&crid=27VFUJNXZGYCY&sprefix=20+must+have+booking+tips%2Caps%2C162&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Tara gives an update of her recent musical journey and her book as well as telling about a brand new podcast show coming soon! Look for THE ENGAGING PERFORMER! www.tarabrueske.com Facebook: @tarabrueskemusic Instagram: @tarabrueskemusic

In today’s episode,Tara chats once again with her cousin Lisa Gebhard and is put in the hot seat to answer common questions about singing! Enjoy this episode part 2 as a follow up to their first time in February 2021. Here are some of the questions and topics we deal with: Why do some singers sound so different as their voice ages? Why does the pitch change or the tone and timbre of the sound? Why does it sound as if singers slide into notes or are flat?   What makes the uniqueness of a singer’s style? What makes for a healthy and natural sound in a voice? What are some basic things that happen in a voice lesson? What things do I focus on when I teach a lesson? How do I start with a student? (The monotone singing episode is Episode 7)   Why can’t we sing on an inhale? We sing on exhalation but it seems impossible to sustain pitch when you are taking in air! Please reach out to me for teaching. My remote lessons are available online here: https://tarabrueske.com/music-lessons   My vocal monthly subscription is called The Singer’s Feedback Zone: https://tarab.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/21     This episode is the final episode of this podcast for now but you can binge all 104 other episodes!   You can listen on Amazon Audible music, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, iHeart radio, PlayerFM, Spotify and more. If you are willing to rate and review this podcast, please do wherever you listen.

In today’s episode,Tara shares some of her favorite helpful apps and products that will help you be a healthy and confident singer!   Some of my favorite products, apps, singing helps: The Singing Straw   You can use it for warmups or cool downs. Here is a link to get 10% off: https://bit.ly/SingingStrawTara Use code tarab10 Vocal Eze Throat spray that has honey, echinacea, ginger, and more. Manuka Honey drops and sticks that help keep your throat more moist and stop hacking coughing. You can get 15% off here: http://vocaleze.refr.cc/tarabrueske Gua Sha A quart stone that is shaped to help massage your face and neck, or use it for acupuncture. Here is a link on Amazon to purchase one: https://www.amazon.com/Gua-Sha-Facial-Tool-Acupuncture/dp/B08TRGNP9F/ref=asc_df_B08TRGNP9F/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=508231731992&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14798465847751075361&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019552&hvtargid=pla-1287142188407&th=1     Voice Memos app Or you can get another non IOS app like Recorder Plus. Look for a voice app in your phone app store.   Practice App—Modacity (It is a paid app) It can keep track of your days when you practice, the actual time or amount of practicing,  has a recorder, metronome and more. Look for it in your phone’s app store.   Purchasing sheet music/chord charts online Sheet Music Plus https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/ Music Notes https://www.musicnotes.com/ Musescore https://musescore.org/en Hal Leonard Publishing https://www.halleonard.com/ JW Pepper https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/welcome.jsp Amazon Going to the library to utilize or find new songs The Reader’s Digest Books   Duolingo Great app for learning any language. Free version to paid version. But you can hear native speakers and learn grammar too! Also good for being able to sing and sound closer to the real language. Look for it in your phone’s app store.   Please reach out to me for teaching. My remote lessons are available online here: https://tarabrueske.com/music-lessons   My vocal monthly subscription is called The Singer’s Feedback Zone: https://tarab.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/21   You can listen on Amazon Audible music, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, iHeart radio, PlayerFM, Spotify and more. If you are willing to rate and review this podcast, please do wherever you listen. Or share it to social media and tag me. Instagram: @tarabrueskemusic    Facebook: @tarabmusician 

In today’s episode,Tara chats about an alternate way of educating yourself to become a professional musician that doesn’t include the college route of a music degree. Tara herself, having a Music degree and yet being in the music biz for over 30 years, gives the listener her take on why college might not be the best way in today’s world of music performing.   The costs of a college degree is super high compared to what you might make as a musician seeking your own gigs or teaching studio. It can take time to build your own business as a performer and that means not a salaried income coming in. The pursuit of a college degree is time consuming. You can’t put extra time into learning about many things of the music biz, from networking to producing your own music and shows. The music industry has many changing features, including technology and social media that may not be covered in college. You may not be able to pursue different genres of music where you would study that specific history and get training in folk, jazz, country, etc You might want to do something more out of the box like opening your own music studio or publishing and selling music and you won’t get much help through a college degree. Marketing yourself, learning how to get albums out, creating a website,  learning how to book yourself and more are not usually learned at college. Time management for a music performing biz is hard to do with keeping up with studies, paying for that education and then actually trying to create a music career. College can have a political agenda instead of having an educational foundation. They are often more interested in promoting a political ideology instead of focusing on what your major is.   What you can do: Partake of free podcasts, free challenges and bootcamps on social media and getting fans to an email list, read books on the different subjects. Seek out mentors in the music biz—coaches who help you in biz, coaches who help you learn your instrument, coaches who teach you how to be a great performer. Purchases online courses for marketing, writing, songwriting, booking gigs, auditioning, podcasting, how to do social media, and how to find other music producing income, and more.   If you want further help, please reach out to me for a Zoom meeting through Premier Performer VIP. Link here: https://tarab.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/22 You can listen on Amazon Audible music, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, iHeart radio, PlayerFM, Spotify and more. If you are willing to rate and review this podcast, please do wherever you listen. Or share it to social media and tag me. Instagram: @tarabrueskemusic    Facebook: @tarabmusician 

In today’s episode,Tara chats about the challenges and strengths of being a singer/performer who is introverted. She chats from her own experience of being an introvert, as well as from working with other introverts. These might be things introverts struggle with: Performance anxiety Networking and self/promotion Trying to balance alone time and social engagements Collaborating with musicians in group situations and not having their voice heard Dealing with the expectations of a performance from the audience to be overly charismatic Pacing yourself at a performance   Being introverted can also include these strengths: Having a heightened sense of our inner world can help us carry amazing emotions into our performance Having self reflection easily available where you can analyze your performance and take it to the next level May have a preference for intimate performances to connect deeply with people Loving and utilizing solace for times of creating   The Introvert Advantage book is a great resource to understand what it means to be introverted.   Check out The Singer’s Feedback Zone here: https://tarab.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/21   You can listen on Amazon Audible music, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, iHeart radio, PlayerFM, Spotify and more. If you are willing to rate and review this podcast, please do wherever you listen. Or share it to social media and tag me.  Instagram: @tarabrueskemusic    Facebook: @tarabmusician