Groove, Sing, & All the Things

Amy Hailstone
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A Podcast about singing, playing, writing, and performing music and the struggles and triumphs along the way. And of course, we also love to talk about all the things.

  1. EP15 Why Taking a Break Might Be the Best Thing for Your Music

    11/25/2025

    EP15 Why Taking a Break Might Be the Best Thing for Your Music

    We live in a ‘hustle’ culture. It can feel competitive. It can start to feel like a thankless job. Especially when you’re learning to sing or play while trying to do all of this. And take care of your bills and home ect. It adds stress. That feeling that you have to hurry and learn to get ahead. Stress adds tension. It won’t help, it will hurt.

    9 min
  2. EP14 Learning to Sing or Play? Hitting a Plateau Is Normal — Here’s How to Move Through It

    11/18/2025

    EP14 Learning to Sing or Play? Hitting a Plateau Is Normal — Here’s How to Move Through It

    We’ve all been there. You’re learning to sing or play and feeling great! You’re putting the time and work in. Making progress, this is going great! But then, in a moment, everything comes to a screeching halt.

    11 min
  3. Ep13 Who’s Your All-Time Favorite Singer - and What Makes Them Great?

    11/11/2025

    Ep13 Who’s Your All-Time Favorite Singer - and What Makes Them Great?

    Do you have a favorite singer or singers? What do you love about their voice and how they sing? Do they move you emotionally? Or are you mesmerized by their vocal riffs and runs? There could be a myriad of reasons for why you love their voice or the way they delivery of a song.

    7 min
  4. EP12 Learning to Sing or Play? Here's the Real Secret Sauce

    10/14/2025

    EP12 Learning to Sing or Play? Here's the Real Secret Sauce

    Are you learning to sing or play guitar? Or maybe even both? What does it really take? Maybe you’re 3 weeks in or even 3 years in. Inevitably you will face some frustration. That is just par for the course.  So what do you do? You decide to keep going. You keep showing up. When you’re frustrated. When you’re feeling like you’re the only one who doesn’t ‘get it’…You keep working towards your goal. It’s not easy, but it is simple. Is there a magic formula? Kind of. As the title of this blog states, it’s tenacity. It is the secret sauce. It’s what separates the ones who do learn to play and sing from the ones who wanted to but never do.

    9 min
  5. EP11 Tips for Learning Barre Chords—The Easy, Relaxed Way

    10/07/2025

    EP11 Tips for Learning Barre Chords—The Easy, Relaxed Way

    Let go of tension and finally make those barre chords feel effortless. I outline 5 tips to make the process easier and provide some general advice for learning. Oh, and I include 2 bonus tips!

    15 min
  6. EP10 Learning to Sing or Play? Be Careful Who You Learn From 

    09/22/2025

    EP10 Learning to Sing or Play? Be Careful Who You Learn From 

    If you get a good vibe from a teacher, that’s a great sign. If you don’t, well…walk away. You’ll find someone else to learn from who uplifts you.

    13 min
  7. EP9 Learning Guitar? Do You Have to Learn Barre Chords? Yes—Yes You Do. 3 Reasons Why

    09/15/2025

    EP9 Learning Guitar? Do You Have to Learn Barre Chords? Yes—Yes You Do. 3 Reasons Why

    So, you’ve learned all your open chords on the guitar and can play a few songs. That’s great! You know C, A, G, E, D Major and em, dm, and A minor right?

    11 min
  8. EP8 Learning to Sing? What if it Were Easy?

    09/09/2025

    EP8 Learning to Sing? What if it Were Easy?

    Today I want you to ask yourself one simple question: what if learning to sing were easy? I know that might sound crazy right now, especially if you’ve been working on learning to sing for a while. Weeks, months, even years, we all need to ask ourselves this.

    11 min
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A Podcast about singing, playing, writing, and performing music and the struggles and triumphs along the way. And of course, we also love to talk about all the things.

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