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November 16, 2005
Grokster fought the law and the law won. Having lost in a Supreme Court ruling, Grokster has shut down and settled with the recording and movie industry.Grokster - Rest In PeaceFacing up to a Supreme Court decision against them, Grokster has settled with the music and movie industries. The company ..
November 16, 2005
Patterns. That's an interesting word and one that applies well to music. There are patterns everywhere in music. Repeating patterns, note patterns, chord patterns etc.For New Age piano playing, a pattern that comes up frequently is a crossover technique for the left hand. The left plays a repeating .
November 16, 2005
Helping your older piano student learn to love music and keep playing piano for a life-time is really easy. All you have to do is clearly define your parental role and your piano student will know what to do.Older children in piano lessons need a different kind of support from their parents than ..
November 15, 2005
Metallica is perhaps one of the best known metal bands around. In May of 1951, Lars and James made their first introductions. This meeting was shortly followed by the formation of Metallica just five months later.On April 23rd of 1982 Metallica appeared as a 5 piece band with Brad Parker on the ..
November 15, 2005
Rock ‘n Roll does not start until noon.Which is why I was left waiting for a phone call for 11 o’clock from Trevor Hurst from the band Hurst - it is now 1145am. Shame on me for not knowing better, but trust me the interview that follows was definitely worth every minute, not to mention his ..
November 15, 2005
Whisky Rocks Tara Slone!Whisky Rocks Unplugged is a four-week promotion that runs into November 2005, in 600 LCBO (liquor) stores across Ontario, highlighting the world’s finest whiskies (including 20 new products in Canada) and one of Canada’s own: songstress TARA SLONE!Tara Slone is the former ..
November 15, 2005
The role of the military drummer is a fascinating chapter from the hidden history of drums.Hidden, because most people are unaware of the vital role played by the military drummer in communicating strategy and keeping the machinery of battle oiled.Battle StationsIn the 17th century, in preparation ..
November 15, 2005
Raising children can be trying. At times so much so that it even tempts devoted parents to wonder, “How does the world manage to re-populate itself?" So keeping a sense of humor is really important. Here’s some crazy things kids say when taking piano lessons and practicing that parents need to be ..
November 15, 2005
Would you send your child to math class without their math book? Would you send your child to English class without their English book? Would you send your child to Science class without their Science book? Of course you wouldn’t. So help your child in piano lessons stay organized so they’ll have ..
November 15, 2005
In order to understand what takes place when singing high notes you first need to understand what pitch is. Pitch should not be thought of as a note. Pitch is a musical thought. A mental image. First, the singer gets a strong image of the note they wish to sing. You then sing the desired pitch ..
November 15, 2005
Surgical Sound -Last week I went down to Wrigleyville to catch one of my favorite bands, American English perform at the Cubby Bear. The night was steeped in history, both Cubs and Beatles. Between sets I walked up to the stage and took a really close look at the Beatle instruments that had created .
November 15, 2005
Garageband Evolution -Remember the garage band era? Summer nights in the 60’s, man, you could walk around your neighborhood and always catch a garage band concert—someone belting out “Hey Joe" (the Leaves version of course) or a scratchy vocal rendition of the Yardbirds’ “For your ..
November 15, 2005
The sensational portion of Mississippi Delta region is not the sniper guy running through the empty buildings. Nor is it the Government’s delayed initial response—or exactly who is responsible. Or why.It’s the reaching out of soul to soul.If you read between the lines of what a tragedy it it is, ..
November 15, 2005
Piano sheet music provides a great incentive for piano students giving them a chance to expand their repertoire and play special pieces chosen just for them. Piano lesson method books are important for children who are learning musical ideas and concepts that are brand new to them. Following a plan .
November 15, 2005
To achieve musical goals, as with anything else, our attitudes and habits need to support these goals. In other words how we take care of things matters. For example I wouldn’t take care of my cactus plant the same way I care for my cat. My cat needs water and also to be petted. Obviously I ..
November 15, 2005
Purchasing music for use as production music for film, television and video projects, or as background music for different projects and companies as well as music on-hold for personal and professional telephone systems can be a time-consuming and very expensive endeavor. Because many businesses do ..
November 15, 2005
They gather in clusters around tiny tables on soaring stools. You find them belly busting at the bar, shoring walls, and idling in the aisle ways—the people who leave the coziness of their living rooms, and head out into the night in search of music and camaraderie: Rock Fans. Sure they have a ..
November 14, 2005
Intonation is the guitar’s ability to stay in tune for the entire length of the fret board. Having correct intonation is vital to sound good, period. There is a way simple to test it, and the guitar doesn't even have to be in tune.Okay, the 12th fret of the fingerboard is the middle of the scale. ..
November 14, 2005
Are you the parent of a young piano student? Do you find that getting your child to pracice is kind of a pain. Well, you might find this hard to believe, but encouraging your child taking piano lessons to practice doesn’t have to be a struggle. Here are five things you can do that really make a ..
November 14, 2005
You can encourage your young child in piano lessons to play for others by giving them many opportunities to play for family and friends. This will help your piano student to build trust and confidence in others. Remember, even though kids can be so cute, don’t laugh at your child if they make a ..
November 14, 2005
Posture is so important to developing good piano technique that without it students may never learn to play the piano with ease. Stories that use analogies are a great way to get through to children without hurting their feelings.Here are five simple analogies to help your child sit correctly at ..
November 14, 2005
Help your child in piano lessons learn to be organized and they will learn a whole lot more. If your child can’t seem to get from A to B without wandering through everything else in the alphabet first, they’re going to have difficulty accomplishing their goals. I’m not trying to say that all ..
November 14, 2005
Like much of the country I am sick of today’s media driven, image based, digitized and synthetically enhanced music. The so called “artists" who are studio packaged to marketing analyzed perfection complete with the synergistic packaging of cross promotional, cross sales compatibility. Reality ..
November 14, 2005
Do you ever wonder why bands break up? God knows I do.The thing is that even your own band may be or have been going through the same issues that many of your favorite popular bands have.Just from personal experience, I can tell you what my personal opinion...You have to be friends first.Sounds ..
November 14, 2005
I'll never forget it. Several years ago I was on my way to see KISS in concert (first time seeing them with makeup, I might add) with a good friend of mine. She was interested in music as I was; she had taken piano lessons for ten years or so. Inevitably the conversation during the drive turned to ..
November 14, 2005
...Nothing like being prepared...It would serve you well to keep that in mind. Whether or not you going to play your gig, your recording session, or just jam with the band, the list below comprises (in my honest, humble opinion) ten of the most important accessories you need to have in your gig ..
November 14, 2005
"Do I need to know how to read music?"A very valid question.I'm sure many of us, when they first started playing, worked out of one of the old Mel Bay books that had shown standard notation while learning a song. Got pretty boring didn't it?Personally, I just wanted to ROCK! Forget all of the ..
November 14, 2005
Fifteen years ago or so I wanted a new amp. One that would be loud as all get-out. One that would melt your face!!So...I went to the local music store and got just that.Boy...do I regret that now.Sure...I had a great amp that was versitile. It was big enough and loud enough to use for stage volume ..
November 13, 2005
In my experiences, most independent musicians do very little, if anything, in the interest of generating advance exposure for their upcoming new music releases. This is, most likely, due to not having a strong enough budget in most cases.When I was writing my first music handbook fifteen years ago, .
November 13, 2005
It's time to start thinking about guitar gifts (already!). As the holiday season rolls around, I've noticed the impact on the guitar world. Big displays of guitar “starter packs" crowding the floor at the local guitar shop. The seemingly endless infomercials on the shopping networks of ..
November 13, 2005
Sometimes parents of piano students think all they need to do to support their children in piano lessons financially is to pay for their piano lessons. This is wonderful, but your financial support shouldn’t stop there.Don’t be afraid to invest a little extra in your child’s piano future. ..
November 13, 2005
Parents, you can prepare your young child to read music with piano or keyboard lessons that you can teach at home. It isn’t difficult to teach young children keyboard basics that will not only prepare them to read music but prepare them for piano lessons as well.Many parents who don’t play the ..
November 13, 2005
Downloading music is one of the greatest things about owning a computer. However, the most popular way to do it is illegal. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is trying to stop anyone from downloading music illegally and have recently been passing out hefty fines to prevent ..
November 13, 2005
Do you write songs? If occasionally they seem “ho-hum" to you, take a look at these suggestions for writing good melodies and chords:MELODIES:i) A good melody has to be memorable. It's no good if your audience can't remember it. So make sure your melody has repeating elements. If you can get ..
November 13, 2005
It's time to take the plunge and call a reputable Singing Teacher if you have the urge to improve your voice or you have that dream to become performer on stage or television.But, if you feel that you need to develop some more confidence before you talk to a Singing Specialist then why not search ..
November 12, 2005
Looking up this week from getting a reggae backing to sound like St Ann rather than St Felicity, I spotted the small dark mist in the usual corner behind the left monitor speaker. I have sometimes believed absolutely that this is my best muse, back from a pizza run to the outer starbelt. Or maybe ..
November 12, 2005
Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to for families to give thanks for all the blessings they have received over the past year. It’s also a great time to teach your children to do the same. Children taking piano lessons, because they are supported by so many people, have a wonderful opportunity to ..
November 12, 2005
Any real Beatle fan knows that Stu Sutcliffe was the original bass player,who died of a brain embolism before the Beatles became famous. But what if it hadn’t been Stu with the deadly weakness, but rather…?There is very little time left now. The meeting will take place in a matter of hours: an ..
November 12, 2005
How do you fit a $500,000 recording studio into a small box? Easy. You buy a decent PC and $1000 worth of software. You can blame this as the start of the Golden Age of the songwriter, because before this evolutionary step-up, people like me used to write maybe four songs a year, badly recorded on ..
November 12, 2005
Once a recording studio reaches a certain size, it has to have a studio cat. That seems to be Nature’s unwritten law and you resist it at your peril. It happens as you’re unwrapping the new Lexicon reverb unit that will take you up to the next level of sound. Before the carton has been cleared ..
November 12, 2005
The ghost of Bob Dylan breezed into the studio this week and touched me on the shoulder. Lyrically, Bobby Zim has always been right up there, although melodically he’s down here with the rest of us. I played in a folk group in the 60s around Britain and in France and my mental repertoire of folk ..
November 12, 2005
I’ve been teaching piano for many years and I have found a great way to encourage my young students to practice. During group piano lessons I put a practice pal on each student’s piano. This year at the beginning of the school year I gave each student a special gift – a Piano Practice Pal for their .
November 12, 2005
Listen. This is vitally important. If you do not listen then your track will be very poor indeed. Listening is what most musicians have forgot to do and that is why we do not hear from them again. They have lost their roots, what ultimately made them famous. Trying to move away from your group ..
November 12, 2005
Christmas is a great time of year to give your child taking piano lessons musical gifts and encourage them to reach their musical goals. Below are Twelve Days of Christmas Gifts for Piano Students.1. Books – Stories about the piano journey are a great way for your child to explore important ..
November 11, 2005
Studio microphones need to accomplish one thing and one thing only: to record the best possible voice or musical instrument sounds. In order to do that, they use advanced technological methods to filter out unwanted ambient sound, which are present even in a controlled studio environment. Studio ..
November 11, 2005
Microphones are transducers, devices that change information from one form to another. They detect sound information as air pressure patterns, which they interpret and “translate" into electric current patterns. The accuracy of this transformation provides a better or worse sound. Magneto dynamic ..
November 11, 2005
The piano is the most wonderful of instruments in my opinion. Irving Berlin wrote the words and music to a song about the affection many people share for this beautiful instrument called I Love a Piano. It was introduced in 1915 in the Broadway musical Stop! Look! Listen! Later it was sung by Fred ..
November 11, 2005
In The Muppet Show Kermit the frog sings an inspirational song called The Rainbow Connection. It goes like this:Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what’s on the other side?Rainbows are visions and only illusions and rainbows have nothing to hide.That’s what they say and some choose to ..
November 11, 2005
Brazil has the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest and river; Brazil has the Iguassu Falls, the biggest waterfalls in the world; Brazil has the Pantanal, the hugest concentration of wild life in America; Brazil has the longest tropical beach coast in the world, with internationally unknown ..
November 11, 2005
Hey everybody… g-man here; just walked in the door from Memphis. I had a great time.Wonderful place Memphis is. Good bar-b-q, brews, and blues. It’s a place to lay down some style between the downcast Mississippi Delta, and the smoky Chicago bars that I love so much. The heart and sole of Memphis ..
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