Mark Stoddard Mark J. Stoddard, one of your new hosts at Classical Singer, is best known for the consulting and writing work he has done in marketing and advertising. He's written a crapload of books on business and marketing including The Marketing Power of 117: Or, Unleashing the gorilla marketer within you. This was his best seller and remains the quintessential textbook for anyone interested in selling gorillas. Although he is now the General Manager and Advertising Director of Classical Singer, he still finds time to continue writing, consulting on marketing, and teaching cufflinkery at several local universities. A big fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera", he adored the recent movie version. CRESCENDO is Mark Stoddard's free $89 marketing newsletter just for singers (included with CS subscription). Click here for latest vital, timely, singer-specific gorilla marketing keys. (If anyone has a cached copy of this page, please contact me or post to the forum. I foolishly didn't save a copy.)

Welcome All Singers! (Yes, you're in the right place.)

Everything old is new again, and vice versa!

The New Forum for Classical Singers has been welcomed back into the fold at Classical Singer. As some of you know, NFCS.NET was an offshoot of the Classical Singer forum, standing in as a replacement for the CS Forum while it was being upgraded. Now that those upgrades have been completed, Classical Singer has generously offered to consolidate and host the forums. In addition, the forum comminuty will have the support of the premier magazine for classical singers. Where the print edition leaves off, the forum will pick up. This is a great day for the classical vocalist community.

Classical Singer magazine began in 1988 as the New York Opera Newsletter. For the first few years, it provided in-depth insights about the New York opera scene to its subscribers. But interest in the newsletter grew rapidly and the demand for more information by opera and classical singers from around the world stimulated a transformation. Classical Singer moved to the operatic epicenter of the world (Utah) in order to provide the best audition listings for non-paying gigs available anywhere, the most unbiased advertising in the industry, and financial and medical advice (be sure to ask your doctor or accountant if it applies to you!)

During this transition period, a temporary forum will be running here at NFCS.NET for the purpose of discussing this change and how it will effect the community. Please keep all NFCS.NET-related discussion here, so it doesn't clutter up the CS Forum(s).

So welcome to Classical Singer, NFCS forumites. It’s more than just a magazine. It’s a movement.