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December 12, 2005
Children in piano lessons need opportunities to perform, but all of these don’t need to involve a formal recital with kids dressed in their Sunday best and all their relatives present. Piano recital parties can be rather spontaneous events that allow children to enjoy sharing their music with other .
December 12, 2005
Children in piano lessons need opportunities to perform, but all of these opportunities don’t need to involve a formal recital in a rented hall on a 9 foot Steinway. Piano recital parties can be rather spontaneous events that allow children to enjoy sharing their music with other kids and their ..
December 12, 2005
McKee Fitzbugh’s jazz club was a sho nuff dive of a place on the south side of Chicago. It was located near the corner of 63rd and Cottage Grove on the east side of the street. A sloppily renovated storefront, on any weekend night you could walk down the street and see the most legendary of the ..
December 12, 2005
Orchestra Hall, a monument to Beaux Arts architecture located just a little south on Chicago’s “Miracle Mile", was designed before the days of equality for the masses. It was, up to that point, a place to enjoy opera and symphony and such. In order to get to the cheap seats you hiked up 7 (or was ..
December 12, 2005
Children in piano lessons often have ideas about learning to play that come from television, the movies, and well, their own imaginations which are not accurate. To make sure your beginner in piano lessons has realistic expectations help them to focus on the basics – simple things that make a big ..
December 11, 2005
Music is charged with emotion. Not only was the music itself written with great passion and probably played in the same manner but it also invokes a great many emotional responses. Music can help us remember people, places or emotions. Some of these memories may be good and some may be bad. Music ..
December 11, 2005
The Mozart Effect: What is it about?A few years ago there was quite a bit in the newspaper and popular magazines about “The Mozart Effect." Many people believed that simply listening to the music of Mozart would raise their I.Q. and marketers went to work churning out CD's of Mozart's music ..
December 10, 2005
Basically, Americana is Country Music. Hold on! Wait! Don't go clicking away yet!We're not talking here about the cliches of Line Dancing, Stetsons and songs about losing Wife, Dawg and Car (not necessarily in that order).What we're talking about is music with attitude, whether that be protest ..
December 10, 2005
Tony Yayo has bein included on most of his G Unit friends solo albums, in preparation for his own debut album release. The artists featured on the album consist of 50 Cent, Young Buck, The Game and Lloyd Banks. And of course other artists such as, Lil’ Flip, Paul Wall, Eminem and Dr. Dre. The .
December 10, 2005
Lloyd Banks, who’s real name is Christopher Lloyd, born in South Jamaica Queens, New York, on the 30th of April 1982. He is also G Units youngest member at 23 years old. Although he every rarely announces the fact that Lloyd Banks is half Puerto Rican and half African American. He has two younger ..
December 10, 2005
50 Cent is an artist signed to Shady / Aftermath Records.He survived gettin shot nine times, and propelled to mainstream success. His two albums Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ (now also a movie based on his life) and The Massacre (which sold millions) were produced by rap legends Eminem and Dr. Dre. ..
December 10, 2005
Sometimes children in piano lessons can get stuck playing well in one hand position where they feel secure, but become completely lost when presented with music in another key. Learning a new hand position doesn’t have to be scary for students. There are simple and effective strategies for teaching .
December 10, 2005
Young Buck also known as David Darnell Brown was born in Nashville, Tennessee on the 15th of March, 1981. A down south rapper and well established member of the G-Unit. Prior to his union with G-Unit, Young Buck was an alleged drug dealer. He decided in 2000 to attempt a career in rapping. Buck was .
December 10, 2005
Why it is hard to read guitar sheet musicOne reason why it is difficult for many guitarists to read sheet music is that you can find the same note on different strings. It is pretty easy to master the notes on the first four frets on your guitar but when you reach the fifth fret you have to decide ..
December 10, 2005
Here are several questions for you to ponder:* How much would it be worth to you to learn how to promote your CD at gigs you never even play, but create a large number of sales from these gigs just the same?* While these particular gigs are promoting your CD, at the same time, what if you could ..
December 10, 2005
Having worked in music radio, most of that at Country music radio stations, for the past 35 years, I recently stopped to reflect on the evolution of Country music that I’ve seen and way Country music radio has reacted.As with everything, Country music and radio aren’t as straightforward or simple ..
December 10, 2005
Is there such a thing anymore as free downloadable music? I know that with lawsuits and copyright plus royalty laws there is a real push to make sure that artists get their money when their music is downloaded, but what if you just want to put something together for marketing or a business website? .
December 09, 2005
We all feel it – the pressure to fit in all of those extra-curricular activities for our children. We drive halfway to the moon and back and yet still need to keep the fridge stocked and provide for a stimulating environment to support our children’s education.I finally found my secret tool! ..
December 09, 2005
As I sit here writing, I can hear in the background my children humming and singing while they play. My four year old son is trying to make up his own rhyming lyrics to a melody he’s made up on the piano and my six year old daughter is reading the lyrics for a song she is practicing for a ..
December 09, 2005
When most of us think about taking piano lessons, the last thing we think about is turning on our computer. But now, thanks to the Internet, you can take piano lessons online and learn from an online instructor. Let's see how this might work.First, you need a computer with speakers. Most computers ..
December 09, 2005
If you thought music theory was a waste of time and not necessary to further your musical goals, then read these following 5 reasons why this is not true.1.Read sheet music: Being able to play from any piece of sheet music. Well it may be hard to play BUT you can read it!2.Be able to transpose: Say .
December 09, 2005
Want your children to learn to appreciate the beauty, peace, and simplicity of nature? Then pass these values on to your kids with music. Music is a powerful tool for expressing ideas and values. Don’t let the only music your children hear come from pop tunes on the radio. Enroll your children in ..
December 09, 2005
As a piano player you have three choices available to you for learning; these are, note reading, piano tabs, and chord-based approach.Most students who use piano tabs do so because they want to avoid the note reading approach altogether. They just want to be able to quickly play their favorite ..
December 08, 2005
Ah... the 80s. Big hair and all, it's a decade we won't forget. Celebrate the punk 80s with a theme party sure to please all your guests. Here are a few ideas to help you get started.InvitationsYou can also create your own invitations by drawing 80's themes such as sunglasses, punk styles, leg ..
December 08, 2005
The Game was born and grew up in the notorious Compton, California. Known to be an actual gang member, he was raised in a Crips gang area known to be Santana Blocc. The Games street name is said to have been given to him by his granny, who said that he was all the time game for anything. After ..
December 08, 2005
The Game at this time has an ever growing feud with 50 Cent. Their Fans were fooled into believing that the the Game had a good relationship with 50 Cent and his group G-Unit at the time of the Games album The Documentary's release. Right after it coming out, 50 Cent felt that the The Game was ..
December 07, 2005
Why do practice on your guitar?I guess you hope that you will learn to be a better instrumentalist with the joy that follows. However, there are many learning processes going on at the same time when you practice on your instrument. After reading this article I hope you will be more aware of ..
December 07, 2005
It really doesn't take much to improvise. A few chords, a scale to play in and that's that. But once these technical decisions are out of the way, we must allow our feeling to guide us.Playing this way has many advantages. First, you don't have to worry about what you're going to play. You let your .
December 07, 2005
It honestly seems like the Feds could break our door down at any minute and haul us off to jail for downloading free music. Plus, thanks to well-paid lawyers and filthy rich record executives, you also have to worry about getting sued for some pathetic Britney Spears single that you downloaded from .
December 06, 2005
One could be forgiven for thinking that Cyndi Lauper has slowly faded into obscurity since her supernova like explosion onto the popcharts with her 1983 debut album She’s So Unusual.But the girl that just wants to have fun has merely grown up and matured into one of the most endearing voices in pop .
December 06, 2005
Piano students can become Lords of the Keyboard by learning to command the Circle of Perfect 5ths. A perfect 5th is an interval of 7 half-steps. A half-step on the piano keyboard is from one key very next key. The Circle of 5ths begins on C. Ascending up the keyboard from Middle C in 5ths we find ..
December 06, 2005
Does your young child taking piano lessons or your piano student pause at each bar line in the music? Would you like to see them play through their music without these unnecessary interruptions? Here’s a simple way to help your child overcome the habit of stopping or pausing at the bar lines.Here ..
December 05, 2005
You're a beginner, and you want basic guitar lessons to start you off. But you're confused by all the choices: which would be the best guitar learning technique?Guitar lessons are like anything else: there are two ways of learning, and they're not the hard way or the easy way, nor are they my way ..
December 05, 2005
Sometimes piano students shy away from learning “music facts" because they see them as rules they have to follow. Teaching music facts in a way that is interesting to kids offers creative perspective to children in piano lessons. This is important so they don’t fall into the trap of slavery to ..
December 05, 2005
I wanted to put together a playlist that had a great collection of the hi-energy dance tunes from the 80's so I came up with this mix.I figured I'd start with one of my favorite tunes from the late 80's the freestyle/hi-energy dance tune Fascinated by Company B. I remember hearing this tune for the .
December 05, 2005
Have you ever wished that you could make your own car? You know, have a little factory set up in the back yard next to the storage shed where you could just create the cars of your dreams? Well, for decades, people have longed to make their own albums, CDs, or whatever format they happen to take at .
December 04, 2005
I frequently hear concerns from parents of young piano students about their child’s hearing. The most common question asked is, “Does my child have a “good" ear?"I usually respond with something like, “They look alright to me. Does she have two?" There are some common myths which often mislead ..
December 04, 2005
Let me preface this by saying that I have the utmost respect and admiration for songwriters who can write song after song. Those very talented individuals who, while they are sitting on the plane, in the bathroom, or at a dining table, grab a napkin, the roll of toilet paper, the safety guide on ..
December 04, 2005
We’ve seen it coming for several years, but it’s here full on and in our faces now…so what do artists do? The word artist means: “One whose work shows skill.” (The American Heritage Dictionary)However, with the arrival of unskilled, but nice “artists” being signed to contracts and marketed to the ..
December 03, 2005
In my previous article I suggested ways to develop a command over the guitar fretboard. Usually when you are playing your first guitar sheet music melodies you will have to learn the notes in the first position on the guitar. To have a good grasp of these notes on the guitar I suggest that you ..
December 03, 2005
Even young piano students who enjoy playing chords on the piano want to know how to use them to make their own songs. I tell students that if they can skip across the room, they can learn to play piano with chords. It’s not really that easy, but it’s close!On the piano keyboard there are groups of ..
December 03, 2005
The fundamentals of any site, especially music sites (where the competition is harsh) is to 1) keep the visitors and 2) for the visitors to find you. Most of the methods listed have the other advantage of being search engine friendly.When your site loads up, it must load up quickly. Any pictures ..
December 03, 2005
Sometimes children in piano lessons have difficulty understanding simple music concepts. Children who lack experience need examples they can easily relate to. This helps students develop a musical vocabulary that is on their level and corresponding playing abilities when they are young so they can ..
December 03, 2005
A very important person on your successful team is your manager. Finding a good, responsible and reputable manager is not an easy task. If you don't already have a manager, you may not need one. Experience proves, however, that you can only go so far without one. But how do you obtain a manager if ..
December 03, 2005
I get asked a lot about press kits. People want to know how to present them, what's in them, etc. I have been asked over and over again to write articles on the subject, so here you are: a brief crash course on press kits.Your press kit is your calling card. It will introduce you and your band to ..
December 03, 2005
Learning strategies are important for piano students. Having developed great learning strategies over years of teaching experience is what makes good teachers. Young piano students, however, need a bit of guidance to practice their music at home using effective strategies to develop good playing ..
December 03, 2005
Downloading free mp3 music from the internet are a great thing to do. Mp3 downloads can give you thousands of free mp3 songs and hundreds of hours of listening just by using your fingertips. However, the common way to do download mp3 music is illegal... but there is an other method.Its a fact that ..
December 02, 2005
In my twenty-eight plus years on the planet, I have come to believe two fundamental principals about life: Coffee is best served black & some of the best conversations you’ll have will happen in bars. A perfect example of the latter occurred last week at a local pub in Chicago. I was chatting with ..
December 02, 2005
Piano students need to have knowledge and understanding of musical concepts in a way that they can apply to their playing. For example, students often have difficulty understanding the musical term syncopation. They can memorize the definition, but don’t know what it sounds like or how to do it. ..
December 01, 2005
You know 50 Cent by his music but in this 50 Cent biography you will get to know more about the man and where he came from. With so many obstacles in his way, this individual was determined to make it big. Now, 50 Cent is the largest figure in the hip hop world, dominating rap for the last two ..
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