ANETTE OLZON talks about her singing technique

NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon recently wrote a blog entry on her official web site where whe talked about singing technique. She said, "It's hard to go in to exactly what I do when I sing since some things are 'by nature' and just come naturally but, of course, a lot of things are what I have learned earlier in vocal lessons and also during my career as the singer in NIGHTWISH where my voice is needed to be able to sing many high-pitched songs for 1.5 hours many nights a week."First of all, what...

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EPICA: 'The Classical Conspiracy' First-Week Sales Revealed

"The Classical Conspiracy", the new double live CD from Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA, sold around 700 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.) The CD landed at position No. 75 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard...

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TARJA TURUNEN talks about her new songs

BW&BK scribe Carl Begai recently spoke with ex-NIGHTWISH vocalist Tarja Turunen about the success of her first solo album, My Winter Storm, and her upcoming all important second record. An excerpt is available below. “Like in everything I thnk there are different things that you want to change or try out,” Turunen admits. “The biggest struggle on My Winter Storm was making people understand what I’m trying to do, like the people at the record company and others behind the project. It was recorded...

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The rapper Nach has covered Forever Slave

The top-sales rapper Nach from Universal Music has covered the song 'Across The Mirror' (from the album Alice's Inferno). This cover is included at his last album 'Un día en suburbia'You can listen and compare both songs:'Across the mirror' by Forever Slave (album 'Alice's Inferno')'Infama' by Nach (album: 'Un dia en Suburbia')Maybe, you know this rapper due to his last controversy with the song of a TV advertisement called 'Yo pongo condon' and his song 'Effectos vocal...

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