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7 Ways to Raise A Musical Baby
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7 Ways to Raise A Musical Baby
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One of the most wonderful forms of self-expression parents can foster within their children is the ability to play music. Happily, it is possible to get started doing so while the baby is still in the womb. Raising a musical child has many advantages – more even than can be accurately calculated. But just for starters, children who retain music into adulthood say it helps them to be happier, more thoughtful and compassionate individuals, and the world certainly needs more of those, I’m sure you will agree.
You can start your baby off on their musical journey by doing four simple things before birth.
• Sing or hum to yourself and your unborn child. It doesn’t matter whether you do so loudly or quietly just as long as you do it often.
• Listen to a wide variety of recorded music. Play the radio or a CD when you are in the car and fill your home with music. Go ahead and play the music you love best but spend some time reaching for other types of music that you don’t normally listen to.
• As Professor Harold Hill said in The Music Man, “Think music.” Listen for music when you are walking and listening to other people talking. You’ll soon realize that there is rhythm in the way we walk, cut a loaf of bread, knock on a door, or in the ‘sing-song’ quality of speech.
• If you don’t already know how to do so, learn to play an instrument. If you’ve been playing for years, make it a point to play every day. Playing music is a powerful source of prenatal communication. What better way is there to “talk” to your unborn child than with the music that you love?
Once your baby is born, you’ll want to continue the four basic steps already outlined and add a few more.
• When you play music, place your baby or toddler close to the instrument. Depending on what you play you might place the child under the instrument or on it so he or she can feel the vibrations as you play.
• Dance to the music with your baby or toddler in your arms. Let the child feel the music in his body and associate listening to music with the freedom of movement.
• As soon as you are willing, enroll your toddler into a music and movement program such as Kindermusik or something similar.You’ll want to avoid a formal music instruction at all costs. It is a little-known truth that our traditional approach does more to stifle natural music abilities than to foster them. After decades in the music education field I can safely say that requiring children to read music before they know how to play an instrument is simply counterproductive. It’s like expecting children to read before they can talk.
Your child may be ready for music lessons when he has reached the age of five or six. At that point, you should be looking for a music instructor who allows your child to play a great deal, long before he learns to read music. To find the best instructor, interview several. Select someone you connect with on a personal level. Be certain that this individual plays all sorts of music without needing sheet music and that they are willing to teach a variety of musical styles from the very beginning. A helpful question to ask during your interview is: How large a repertoire will my child be playing after ten lessons?”
Best of luck to you and your lucky baby!
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Music question by grrr: music………………..?
okkay i’v decided i wana be in the music industry..you know assisgning people who can sing and all that but what is it called? and what kind of skills do i have to have to be in it?
oh and what college do you think i can attend to learn about it and and pursue the dream from thier?
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Hehe.
You want to be an agent? A record company exec? A vampire?
Some agents are really good and helpful. Record companies used to call this job “artist development” but they don’t do that anymore, they want to sign an act, bleed it dry, and discard it before they have to pay it any decent dollar amounts.
To be an agent, you simply have to learn the business, get to know local bands, and work your tochus off trying to get work for the musicians you represent. Assigning people who can sing is something you might do if you work your way up to producer, but that would be ‘way down the road.
Frankly, the record industry is in steep decline because they’re stupid and don’t figure out how to keep up with technological advances nor how to serve niche markets. But good luck–maybe you’ll find yourself properly placed to exploit the future we can’t predict.
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This is a great capture
Congrats!
Brilliant focus and composition !!!
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Very, very cool.
nice focus!
Superb compo, Doug.
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And very nicely done. Wonderful DoF!
awesome shot!
Utterly beautiful, my friend.
Nice, Doug. I’m going to steal your idea as a great gift idea for my guitar-loving brother-in-law! Not your picture, just the idea
Matt_and_Teresa Well, I can’t copywrite pictures of guitars!! Let me know how it comes out.
molto bella..
Love the DOF
muy buena foto
beautiful shot and tones!
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Beautiful!
Fantastic, absolutely fantastic!
nice focus! its a fabulous photo
Lovely picture!!!!
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amazing
Wonderful compo and DoF. Brilliantly photographed.
Beautiful : )
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Muy buena!
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"I am using this photograph in my site at Music Media Tribe.
It’s a great image. Many thanks. John
Great photo.
reminds me of country music, whether it’s just a guitar or not haha, great picture!
Great colours!
Great colors and perspective!
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Would love to use this on my blog
Stunning!
Very Cool!
I’ve been trying this shot…not easy..nice job!
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The most well-known versions of this song are sung by Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross. I think most people have already heard those versions before and know them to be good for parties and generally, feel-good music. I think the Extreme Party Animals version is great. In my opinion, it sounds very similar to the other versions I have heard before. Listen to the preview and see how you feel about it. Also, right now it is free on amazon, so there is no need to download it elsewhere.
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The version by “Extreme Party Animals” is MUCH BETTER than any soul / r&b singer has ever produced and actually obtained this song for FREE on mp3lemon.org .. don’t waste your money and buy on Amazon when you can get it on mp3lemon.org while agreeing to copyright protection and not free-loading it w/o protection elsewhere on the ‘net.
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