Berklee Online
Sample a Lesson

Featured

A woman listening to her music on a Spotify playlist
How to Get Your Music on Spotify Playlists

Playlists have become the ultimate music discovery tool, helping artists reach new audiences and boost their streams. From algorithmic to editorial, getting your music on a Spotify playlist is a marketing tactic artists need to hack. Learn how to navigate the process and maximize your chances of your music landing on a playlist.

Read More

Browse Lesson Content

Featured

An illustration shows the side profile of a woman's head, and inside her mind we see that she is thinking of how she plays her oboe.
Mental Practice Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide for Musicians

As a musician, not all of your practice will be on your instrument. Some of it will be in your head, and some of it may even be on objects that just look like your instrument. We call this mental practice, and in this excerpt from Barbara LaFitte’s Practicing Techniques for Musicians course, the former principal oboist in the Boston Ballet Orchestra shares tips on how to practice your instrument when you just aren’t able to actually play your instrument.

Read More

Browse Articles

Featured

A dancer stands against a background of smartphones, holding the scales of justice aloft to symbolize copyright in the age of TikTok dances
Can You Copyright Choreography? Inside the Murky Legal Landscape of TikTok Dances

Navigating copyright infringement and protecting your choreography in the era of TikTok dances is becoming increasingly important. See how Berklee Online instructors advise you on laying down the law when trying to get your dance to trend.

Read More

Featured

Arooj Aftab Music Is My Life interview
Arooj Aftab on ‘Vulture Prince,’ Grammy Noms, Genius.com, and Berklee

Arooj Aftab began getting notice with a viral cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” more than 15 years ago, but with two Grammy nominations, she has finally arrived. Her “Vulture Prince” album is a stunning work that frequently reaches transcendence.

Read More

Ashlee Varner

Ashlee Varner is an accomplished vocalist and educator, currently teaching at Berklee College of Music. She specializes in contemporary vocal techniques and has performed with various ensembles across the country. For Berklee Online, she teaches several levels of private voice lessons for the Voice Performance degree, and Music Career Essentials for the Professional Singer, which she wrote.



A person with tattoos biting their fingernails and looking nervous against a yellow backdrop. 
Articles, Lesson Content, Music Career Advice, Music Career Advice, Voice, Voice

Stage Fright: How to Get Over Performance Anxiety

By Ashlee Varner

Musicians have many fears: Fear that they’ll mess up onstage, that they’re not good enough, that people won’t like their music. Fortunately Ashlee Varner has strategies to reduce your anxiety, in this excerpt from her Music Career Essentials for the Professional Singer course.

read more

Discover

A drummer plays a beat as a vocalist sings.
Articles, Features, Improvisation, Lesson Content, Music Career Advice, Music Career Advice, Voice, Voice

Singers, Here’s How to Talk to Your Band about Grooves

By Ashlee Varner

As a band leader or singer with professional ambitions, being able to describe the sounds we hear in music is crucial. In this course excerpt, Ashlee Varner provides a guide to discussing grooves.

read more
Stay Connected

Berklee is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education "NECHE" (formerly NEASC).

Berklee Online is a University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) award-winner eighteen years in a row (2005-2023).

© Copyright 2001 - Berklee College of Music
Terms  •  Privacy Policy