⬇️ READ THIS FIRST ⬇️ I'm really glad you're here! We're going to build a community of people finding their true voices. Step 1: 💬 Introduce yourself here. Please don't skip this part because I want to get to know each and every one of you. Tell us... - Your name - Which country you are from - What brings you to School of Roar? Step 2: ⬇️ In the community tab you'll find... - 🎙️ General - Introductions & General Chat (LEAVE YOUR COMMENT!) - 💪 Progress - Post your singing progress for me & everyone else to see! - 🌟 Challenge - Monthly singing challenge (🎁 Win a lesson with me! 🎁) - 🤔 Ask Beth - Ask me anything! Non-singing questions allowed! (But keep it clean 😅) - 👷‍♀️ Help us Build - This space is for YOU! Tell us what you want to see, we'll be watching 👀 - 🗳️ Analysis Vote - Suggest videos you want to see me analyse. They'll be uploaded here (unedited) - 🎉 Good News - Share anything good happening in the world... or your world! Once you interact with 5 posts, that means you can unlock the classroom... Step 3: Check out the... - 🗓️ Calendar - Add our live events to your calendar, including warm-up's with me, live lessons and Q&A's. As we add masterclasses with world class coaches, they'll all appear here. - 📚 Classroom - All our learning resources. Courses, Interviews, Warm-Ups, Exclusive Analysis Videos - it's all here! Community Guidelines: ‼️ It's really important to me that this is a safe space for everyone to share their singing journeys. Interact with people and give them encouragement and respect, this is how we'll build a community of flourishing voices! By stepping inside you agree to follow these guidelines to create a supportive environment.

This ideas was kind of borrowed from a martial artist who I watch on YouTube called Instructor Bensei. He often does shorts where he gives his wisdom, short bits of advice that he feels will help others. And whenever he's at events or working on projects with friends, he'll ask them for their wisdom. I'd like to get the wisdom of those of in the community. And I'm not looking for anything particularly in depth about a specific instrument or musical concept. Just a simple perspective on/approach to music in general that you think might be unique and could help others. My wisdom is to learn about instruments that you don't play. And I'm not suggesting that you buy and learn to play them (though that is very fun) or that you take proper lessons (unless you want to). Just that you watch videos about how they work and how they're played on YouTube, IG, TikTok, etc. or read up about them online. Learning about how various instruments operate and how those who specialize in those instruments think about and even physically play them will inevitably and, in my experience, positively affect how you approach your main instrument(s). I've learned a lot about rhythm from watching videos about drums and other percussion instruments, piano videos have changed how I think about harmony, videos about horns and woodwinds have taught me a lot about melody, and learning about synths has altered how I think about sound in general. And it all feeds back into how I think about and interact with the little box with 4 stings and a neck that I use to make my music. So ... what is your wisdom?

I’ve popped the test warm up in the classroom for anyone that wants something to work through across the weekend ( @John Maloney ) We’ll do another live on Monday too. Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Little do you know, Tom and I absolutely love birds! We've just got a bird table for our garden, and we have an app to help us learn birdsong. We love going on walks, listening to the different birds and trying to work out who's singing! So today's good news is that nightingales are making a comeback in the UK! Nightingales are famous for their beautiful, intricate songs, so this feels particularly fitting for the School of Roar. It's wonderful to hear that conservation efforts are helping these amazing little singers. Here's an article about it: https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/news/six-species-success-stories-to-make-you-smile Are any of you into birdwatching or listening to birdsong?

Someone has to be the first person, other than Beth and Tom, to start a thread and I guess it's going to be me. I checked my bank this morning and saw that I had $90 that I didn't have a couple of days ago. Upon further inspection, I saw that it was from social security. I must have missed a letter or something. Social security disability insurance is my only source of income and it's not much, so the extra money is going to be very helpful. I already know that next month is going to be very tight, so I'm trying to be disciplined and not touch it. But, new percussion toys and inexpensive, plastic ukuleles are always calling to me, so we'll see ...