Copyright 2006 Alex Forbes The main ingredient that distinguishes a perfectly respectable "album cut" from a hit song is the presence of a killer hook. But if hooks like that were so easy to create, we'd all be millionaires! How can you enhance the imp...

Copyright 2006 Deborah Torres Patel Many people get jitters in public. However, as Lilly Walters author of Secrets of Successful Speakers says, 75% of fear can be reduced by practice and preparation, 15% by deep breathing, and 10% by mental preparation...

Ah, the Grammys…the music industry’s counterpart to the Academy Awards. Every year seems to bring about at least one “against all odds� winner and a little controversy. This year, thankfully, promises to be no different. The music industry is si...