Do you have a great song idea in your head that you've never been able to bring to life? What’s stopping you?

Miley Cyrus has had a major impact on popular culture and a positive one because of her artistic evolution and willingness to push the boundaries. In Glastonbury in 2019, Miley hit the stage looking a lot more like a rocker than a pop star. While there, she sang Nothing Else Matters by Metallica ( see first picture on left). Miley Cyrus does whatever she wants! That is a rare quality in rock stars these days and it is an incredibly rare quality in pop stars these days. She can’t be adequately described as a pop singer. What other pop singer would Metallica work with? Can you name even one? Metallica played Nothing Else Matters with Miley on lead vocals when they were on the Howard Stern Show. The cultural impact of that is huge! Think of how many Miley Cyrus fans tuned in because they knew Miley was going to be there and those pop music fans ended up hearing Metallica with Miley singing. For some, that was the first day they ever got into Metallica. For some it was the first day they got into rock music. What other pop star is having that effect? In an age when rock music doesn’t have a viable business model, in an age when we’re still trying to figure out what the new business model could be for rock… so that music isn't just taken for granted as a quasi-commodity (since actual commodities can be sold), rock music needs all the help it can get. It needs that help so that there’s eventually going to actually once again be enough financial incentive in it for truly exceptionally creative, bright young people to decide: "Yeah, I want to dedicate my life to a career in rock music"! As things stands now, the best, the brightest and the most creative of the younger generation are not going to dedicate their lives to a career as a rock music artist, because they know that even if they make an incredible album, if people want it, they'll steal it with no consequences. They have so many options in lucrative and exciting fields, to choose a career in an industry where they can't sell the product of their labor, they'd have to be certifiable!

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A good thing to consider is a warm down routine. Even if and especially if you have used (the voice) it up quite considerably. It's been known (correct me if I'm wrong) and while working for me it mitigates wear and tear evident subsequently, the next day and even longer. Does anyone have routines or rituals that you do AFTER singing that works for you?

Has a song ever moved me to tears? Hell yeah! A number of songs have. I think guys tend to be hesitant to talk about this, but before we get into this any further, here's a public service announcement: If you're serious about singing, you have to put in the effort. Nothing will be handed to you on a silver platter. Have you ever seen footage of Draven or of one of his students headlining an arena or even a 2,000 seat venue? Where are all the great success stories that have come from RSS? Even on YouTube, look at the views he's getting. Most of his more recent uploads have views in double digits. How does someone fail so spectacularly with a YouTube channel about rock vocals if he has anything of value to offer? Look at Draven's competitors. Chris Liepe, for example, uploads three times a week and every video Liepe uploads either gets views in the thousands, the tens of thousands or sometimes even over 100K views. Chris Liepe runs his business like a business and he actually has connections in the business because he takes it seriously. On his YT channel: Liepe has had Will Ramos as a guest. Liepe has had Andy Cizek as a guest. Liepe has had Spencer Sotelo as a guest. Now, can you really imagine a dilettante like Draven attracting guests of that caliber? I don't think so! If he asked, they wouldn't even respond. These are serious people and serious people associate with serious people. Success in the YouTube channel business doesn't typically come to dilettantes. For Draven to take a two year break and somehow not think that was going to wreck his channel...that level of naiveté is staggering. Look at the quality of people he has attracted. There is a protocol for joining. Instructions are given as to where to introduce yourself. There are three questions one is asked to answer. Three. The vast majority of the people this place attracts fail to post their introductions in the correct place and they also fail to answer all three questions. Wow. All three, boatload of questions that it is.