10 Benefits of Singing Your Heart Out + New Choice Tiktok Video #1 ~ Blog No. 18

Hi Creative Explorers, 

I finished my taxes just in time, as usual.

I got an extension - it was that kind of year, after my Dad passed away.  (One of 3).

And, on my taxes, I realized that I spent WAY too much money on online courses (about half my income), most of which I never even finished - much less get much value from them*. SIGH.

According to elearningindustry.com, only 5-15% of online course students actually finish the courses that they paid for?!

I am not alone.

This coming year, I am going to be buying more BOOKS. I have enough online courses!

I love books, anyway. 

Here are two lists of some of my favorite books for you ~ my top 3 books for singers and my top 3 books for board game creators:

MY TOP 3 BOOKS FOR SINGERS
1. Singing for the Stars: A Complete Program for Training Your Voice
by Seth Riggs 
https://amzn.to/3M0a7CT
2. The Contemporary Singer - 2nd Edition Elements of Vocal Technique (Berklee Guide) 
by Anne Peckham 
https://amzn.to/3QjXbu9
3. Set Your Voice Free: How to Get the Singing or Speaking Voice You Want 
by Roger Love​ and Donna Frazier 
https://amzn.to/3M1sqaA

These books have helped me to get 4 and 5 encores in one night, book gigs for up to $1,000/hr, get on TV more than once, record in a multi-Grammy-award-winning Music Row studio, win some awards and grants, become ED of the West Bank School of Music, and recently...get 36 5-star Bark.com reviews and over 26 5-star Google reviews in 18 months from my voice students!

Books are POWERFUL and LIFE-CHANGING ~ and FASTER for me to finish!

Are they for you, too?

MY TOP 3 BOOKS FOR INDIE BOARD GAME CREATORS

1. Crowdfunded: The Proven Path To Bring Your Product Idea To Life 
by Mark Pecota 
https://amzn.to/3rT32gq
2. Board Game Kickstarter Advice: From the Best in the World (Board Game Creation Advice Book 2) 
by Gabe Barrett 
https://amzn.to/3Q2oAiK
3. Board Game Design Advice: From the Best in the World (Board Game Creation Advice Book 1) 
by Gabe Barrett
https://amzn.to/46uu9h9

Please pray that these 3 books will help me to get similar ~ OR BETTER ~ results with my New Choice: Improv Your Life game to positively impact the lives of hundreds or thousands of people out in the world!

I would appreciate it.

* There are exceptions, like Elise Arsenault's Audiobook Adventure Club and Jody Friedman's License Your Music program, plus I am loving Gloria Chou's PR Starter Pack, which I started today ~ I personally talked to a Forbes journalist 4 hours ago!