STATEMENT FROM ADRIENNE OSBORN, OWNER OF PERFORMANCE HIGH Posted on Facebook on June 4, 2020 by owner Adrienne Osborn Recently, someone took offense to some emotional comments one of our employees wrote on his personal Facebook page related to current events. Instead of engaging with this employee, this offended person went straight to the employee’s […]
It’s a weird relationship One might even say hate love But the only hate comes from me And all the lies I see I have kept inside Yet, I am still shy But you have freed me To let others see me The comfort in the depressing melodies You have freed me It freaks me […]
Here are notes from Ronan Chris Murphy’s seminar “Production Tricks for Maximum Impact.” These are quick and dirty, maybe I’ll expand and clean them up a bit later. But just wanted to get them out. First, credit where credit’s due – Here are two links to learn more about him, and contact him if you […]
Hello Friends, My name is Christian Sanders. I am the newest addition to the team at Performance High. I would consider myself an opera singer, and I love to incorporate classical techniques used by opera singers to help inform popular music, jazz, and musical theatre singers. I think every singer, no matter what music they […]
I was a web software developer for 12 years, both front-end and back-end systems. I do NOT miss debugging and troubleshooting. But my new electro-pop project is bringing back haunting echoes of the debugging and troubleshooting I used to do way back then. I’m going to share some of what’s going on inside the band, […]
It took longer than expected, but I just released the first track from my new electro-pop project. Here are some things I learned… or re-learned: Getting to the final mix always takes longer than you think. And this wasn’t even a “final” mix… this was just a pretty darn good […]
There are two kinds of silence on stage. Commanding silence, and embarrassing silence. I probably don’t even have to explain. You know what I’m talking about, don’t you? You’ve experienced commanding silence. The singer is in control, but is choosing not to talk or sing. He may or may not make eye contact, but whatever […]
“Bop Skizzum? Why did THEY sign up for your bootcamp?” That’s what the mother of one of my students said. Bop Skizzum is a great 7-piece Denver funk band that’s been around for years, has released several albums and EPs, puts on a tight stage show, and has an incredibly dedicated fan following. […]
You probably did, but in case you didn’t already know: the old model for rockstar success is gone. As recently as 10 years ago, you could still hope to “get discovered” and “get signed” by a record label. This meant that if you showed enough promise and potential to look like a good investment, […]
Most of my collaborations have been a direct or indirect result of going to music conferences. I’m at the Taxi rally again in LA this year. Just a few quick pieces of advice for anyone going to their first conference… or thinking about it: Try all sizes of conferences. Go to tiny ones such as […]
