Looking for a Career in Music?

Have you ever wished to be named among the top musicians of the country? If the answer is yes, then it is important for you to take proper training and gain knowledge of music before entering the music industry. Music is a vast field offering a range of career options for trained musicians. So, if you are looking for a thriving career in today's time when there is so much competition, it is important for you to know the basic principles of music. Joining a music school or academy is the best way to sharpen your skills and get full knowledge of various aspects of music. 

For all those who are planning to enter the music industry, joining a music school should be the first step. Besides this, there are certain other things that should be taken into consideration. One important thing is to understand that career path of every musician is different from the other. So, people should not copy the way and singing style of the other and understand that every singer is unique in his own way. All they need to do is hone their talent and try to improve their skills, be it the back up vocals, music charts or the basics of music. Next is to connect with more and more people of the industry. In today's time of tough competition, success graph of most of the musicians depend on quantity and quality of relationships they have with the people of music industry.Another thing is to prepare yourself to be versatile. For versitality, it is advised to participate in jingle sessions, wedding gigs, music concerts and shows. 

Keeping the above things in mind will significantly increase your chances of becoming a successful musician. It will open more opportunities not only in the film industry but outside as well. You can easily become a teacher in a leading music academy or school and earn good money.

Something Better than Play Stations for your Children!

It probably doesn’t occur to the working parents of this generation that their children are deprived of what is called nature. They are too much into technology and it is not n uncommon sight of a child of about 5 playing games in a mobile! Not only this, Play Stations and video games are a priority over story books! If you really want to bring up your child right, then you need to squeeze in sometime to divert their attention from the mechanical and materialistic world. Instead of buying them expensive toys, go out to a park with them and play, that is priceless.

Animation and action movies are surely attractive to your children but do not make your children grow accustomed to going for movies every time there is a new movie! Instead enroll your child to some creative courses. There are several drawing courses which nurture the painter in your child! My 4 year old has shown drastic changes in her personality since I enrolled her to one of the painting classes. She has grown more observant, cheerful and creative in her approach.

Or you can let them try their hand at music or photography courses! This way your kid would grow up to be a much socially active and creative person. Daily movies and video games will spoil the imagination power of your child and restrict his thinking only to a certain level. The basic thing that you must provide you child is the scope to expand their brain functionality; which is restricted without proper interaction. If you fail to interact with your child on a daily basis you could always let him do something constructive apart from playing video games. This would ensure a sound mental growth which would reflect on his behavior as he grows up.

Want To Make A Career In Music?

Do you spend hours listening good music? Are you the one who enjoys making music in free time? Well, if the answer is yes, you can think of making a career in it. Music industry is a very competitive industry but there are people who actively work in this field to earn money and make a living out of it.  For many people, making a career in music is very easy as one does not have to go to an office, like in a nine to five job. They do not have to deal with business plans, strategies and can make music anytime, from anywhere as per their convenience. But this is not true. A lot of had work is required to get money and recognition in the long run.

All those who are planning to make a career in this field should know that talent comes before anything. A famous music composer once said, ''If you haven't got a product to sell, your music career wont get far''. You may come out with your own album, but if your music is not different from what people have already heard in the past, it will not become famous. Besides talent, there are a number if other things that one should keep in mind. One should know that in this industry you cannot become famous overnight. A lot of practice, which involves singing lessons, is required to smoothen vocals and take them to the next level. To get the right knowledge and skills, joining a music school can be of great help.

Joining a reputed school, can significantly help you improve your skills and learn various aspects of music, that you did not knew earlier. It will also give you a chance to directly meet your role models and mentors, have discussions with them to gain an insight into the field you wish to enter. After doing a course from here, you can join a music academy for an internship, where you can show your talent and get noticed by professionals.

Art is all around us!

We all have been fascinated by the famous paintings placed in the galleries, magnificent sculptors made by the rocks and live artists performing in the theaters! Well, all these things are results of “Fine Arts” and these are over and above the typical studies of mathematics and Sciences.

Fine Arts involve skills and creativity which cannot be measured on a definite scale. Students who go on to take up Fine Arts degree are passionate about their artistic sides. The subjects and specializations of fine arts courses include poetry, music, drama, painting, sculpting and designing and each one of these subjects holds specific importance.

Theater for example captivates the art of expression. The National School of Drama teaches the students to use their expressions to deliver emotions. It yields actors who go on to become parts of the film industry and work in multiple film genres!

And there indeed is a lot that you can do with a Fine Arts degree. Fine Arts make artists who use art to communicate their thoughts, feelings and ideas. These artists are parts of everything that we see around. Here is a list of different types of artists.

Art directors: Art directors are integral parts of film making. These people give direction to the actors during performance. Because film making involves several other people apart from actors, art directors manage a lot of people!

Multimedia artists: These people use multimedia in everything from advertisements to games. They use multiple types of media to create images and videos. Animators constitute the special category of multimedia artists who use animation in films and ads!

Craft artists: And finally! Craft artists are people who make handmade objects placed in galleries and general shops. These objects include everything from jewelry and bags to rugs and quilts. Craft artists may also use recycled items.

No wonder, we are surrounded by art!

Different Items to Draw With

The creative field is bustling with people in it. A lot of people are nowadays literally creating jobs and professions for themselves with their unique ideas. People are no longer fans of the normal 9 to 5 jobs where one has to sit in a cubicle and work till day end. Instead the youth is now wanting high powered and challenging jobs through which they will learn something new every day.

There are various different courses one can take if they want to perfect or start their journey in a new area of the creative arts, courses like photography courses, art classes, dance classes and calligraphy courses are gaining momentum. These are very short term courses one can take even while working on their regular jobs. Some can even be taken online if one wants.

A few of the more specific courses that have always been favourite of many are drawing courses or painting courses. Many students and working people or even housewives favour such type of courses over others. This allows them to give time to their regular life and at the same time learn a creative art.

Here are a few items one can use to create beautiful drawings:

1.Charcoal and Graphite:
This might seem a bit out-dated, but charcoal and graphite are still used to create beautiful black and white images. What charcoal does is give it a beautiful and real feel and sort of brings the image to life. And graphite works in a similar way in that it sort of makes the image rise out of the page.

2.Pencils and Markers:
These are staples of people who draw. These give beautiful colours and shading to the image and can be mixed with each other to create unique colours.

3.Digital Equipment:
If one has tried their hand at all other aspects of drawing and want to get a bit technical then they can try out digital photo editing and photo making software’s. In this one can create unique and realistic images with the help of online software’s.

The Importance of Fine Arts Courses in School

When it comes to education, one believes that only serious and traditional subjects like maths, science, English, history and others are important. These are supposedly the core subjects. And rightly so, these subjects do teach the students essential information about the past, their present and how to deal with their future and how to create a better future too.

But what a lot of school systems forget is the importance of fine arts courses. Although practically every school has fine arts courses in the system, but they usually last only until the middle grade. From then on, the time given to these classes starts to decline and the majority of the focus is given to the important or core subjects. It’s all about studying, studying and more studying. And of course why not, if one expects to get into a decent college then one should have the marks to prove it.

But that is where the importance of fine arts comes into play. It has been proven scientifically that the presence and involvement of students in courses of fine arts like theatre, arts, and other such courses actually only help in the improvement of many educational skills of the student. 

Yes, we do have fine arts colleges in India, but if we have colleges then why is not equal importance given to these subjects in schools too. Why are these subjects considered to be time- wasting and impractical.

The thinking skills and reading and even math skills have said to be improved when students participate in such kinds of fine art subjects. Subjects like music help with language learning and it has been proven that subjects of music and drama are responsible in building learning strategies that will help the student with further academic skills.

Skills like community communication and confidence of a student too build by participating in such subjects and activities. These subjects are also a great way to get at- risk students to engage with their teachers and classmates and show their talents and learn to communicate.
The importance of fine arts is big and everyone needs to realise it.

Here Begins a new Journey in Dance

Human bodies are already very complicated. On top of that, each body is one of a kind with its own set of strengths and weaknesses. In the world of dance, the uniqueness of each body explains why some are superb at turns, while others have great flexibility; some have immense core strength while others adapt easily to new dance styles; some get easily injured and others heal quickly. Assiduous efforts in the right direction can further polish the strengths and better the weaknesses, but it’s usually hard to alter the way one’s body inherently is.

For instance, when I joined a jazz dance academy in Delhi for the first time four years back, I could feel my limbs being all over the place. But I had great energy, and consistence practice made all my moves sharp and clear. And great energy coupled with clarity in body is considered to be a great asset in dance. But I always lacked flexibility. Flexibility is something that can definitely be worked upon but because it is relative, some people would always be more flexible than you, no matter how hard you try. And while I did become more flexible over time, it took me three long years to understand the tendencies of my body. Whenever I came back from a short break, not only was I back to square one in terms of my flexibility, it took even longer to come back in normal shape. And every time I actually thought that somehow I had injured myself until an instructor showed me the reality. There are some people who would come back after years with little or no change at all.

The only point I am trying to make is that while the visible weaknesses can be worked upon, there is not much we can do about the way our body innately is. And that is absolutely fine, because we can always create something extraordinary and beautiful with whatever we possess- good, bad, or neutral. But because I have been missing so many classes, my technique has really suffered. So I would be starting afresh in the same dance institute in Delhi that I joined a few years back. And I am hoping my new journey would be just as much fun. Wish me luck!