Resources
Our favorite resources for practicing, performing, networking, and music career development – in Colorado and beyond.
Networking & Performing in Colorado
OpenMicDenver – Reliable list of open mics in the Denver area. Marquee Magazine also has a list of open mics and jam sessions.
The Colorado Music Business Organization
BandMix and Craigslist to find bands and musicians
List of Denver karaoke venues for every day of the week
Denver Music Scene FB group – High-quality, spam-free closed group; you must apply to join.
The Song School — Planet Bluegrass • Colorado Music Festivals & Concerts – Annual songwriting and music networking event in Lyons, in August.
Denver karaoke FB groups: Denver Karaoke Junkies, Karaoke in Denver, Karaoke in Denver Metro, the kool karaoke crowd Denver
Conferences
Durango Songwriters Expo – Small, intimate conference twice a year in Broomfield and Southern California. Great for those interested in publishing/songwriting.
ASCAP “I Create Music” Expo – Large annual conference in LA for performers and songwriters
CDBaby’s DIY Musician Conference in Austin, TX
Synchtank – for those interested in licensing and publishing
SyncSummit – ditto
Music Biz’s annual conference in Nashville
Musexpo in Burbank, CA
SXSW in Austin
MIDEM, the top-tier music conference in Cannes, France
Musically Speaking Podcast’s list of top music conferences to check out in 2019
Vocal Specialists
ENT: Dr. J. Michael King at Peak ENT https://peakentandvoicecenter.com/
Vocal therapists: excellent ones available at Peak ENT
Speech Language Pathology and trans vocal training: Kathe Perez at Exceptional Voice
Courses, Products, & Software
Tom Jackson’s All Roads Lead to the Stage Book and DVDs
Capo, software for changing tempo and pitch instantly
Sing and See, software for visual pitch feedback
Voce Vista, software for spectrogram voice analysis
InsTuner, a free chromatic tuning app
Blogs & Publications
A Musician’s Guide to Advertising and Marketing
Flypaper by Soundfly
VoiceScienceWorks – an excellent science-based resource about the voice for singers
Practice Resources
MusicTheory.net – Great free music theory information and online exercises
Spotify Vocal Warmup Playlists
