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November 11, 2005
Children, like all of us, need help setting goals that won’t run out of track before the end of the journey. The piano journey is no different. There are basically two kinds of goals: Dead goals that simply expire, and Living Goals that never die. What kind of goals do you want your child to reach ..
November 11, 2005
Guitars are music instruments that are very versatile; most musicians around the entire world use them because they find a guitar to be very easy to play.They are also the most commonly chosen instrument for a student to start playing their way into music, mostly because it takes very little time ..
November 11, 2005
Made Her CryI played at a Katrina Benefit this weekend. It was a huge weekend. More stuff happened in two days that normally happens in a month. I had a special guest on stage with me, Frank Oxley, renown New Orleans Jazz drummer who is temporarily moored to a shelter bunk in Elgin until he is ..
November 11, 2005
TimeThey say that there really is enough time in the day, and that all the time you have is all you really need. I dunno about that. I keep spinning like a compass that can't find North between the four musical bearings: writing, recording, rehearsal, and road. I just learned “Hoochie Coochie .
November 11, 2005
Small WorldLookin’ at the stats for my web-site; four percent of my traffic this month comes from Thailand.It kinda makes me think that the blues is universal and even in Thailand they get the blues. So I surfed and guess what? They’ve got the blues! They’ve got Creole Samui playing Thai blues at a .
November 10, 2005
“Do I have to?” How many times have you heard your child use this phrase? Too many times to count? Would you like to change that? You can! How we use language makes a positive or negative difference in our lives. So teach your kids to choose their words carefully and you’ll be shaping their future. .
November 10, 2005
Children are often curious about the pedals on the piano when they first come to piano lessons. There are four common questions inquiring, young musicians want to know about the pedals. Here are the first three. “When am I going to use the pedals?" “How come your piano has three pedals and mine ..
November 10, 2005
Sometimes parents of piano students don’t want their children to play anything except classical music. And sometimes parents only want their children to play popular pieces, because they think classical music stinks and their kids won’t like it. Both of these attitudes create artificial limitations .
November 10, 2005
Crunk music is a specific type of hip hop music, based out of the southern states. Crunk (sometimes spelled Krunk) is high-energy, club-oriented hip-hop.In the hip hop society, crunk rappers have been criticized for having no lyrical content and all southern rappers uses the same beats and styles ..
November 08, 2005
Parents often don’t realize how much progress their young child in piano lessons can make. Some parents don’t even take their young children in piano lessons seriously! It’s hard to believe but I've even heard parents say things like, “Well she’s only 6 years old, you can’t expect her to really ..
November 08, 2005
Imagine your child practicing their very first Christmas Song on the piano, such as Away in the Manger, or Silent Night, but they’re not holding out the half notes or playing the dotted quarter rhythms like we’re all used to hearing it. Their song starts and stops and lacks the rhythm your trained ..
November 08, 2005
A child’s first piano recital is an important one because it establishes a performance history they will look back on - unless they’re too young to remember it! So why wait until your child is an adolescent to give them piano lessons when they will be much more concerned about their peers, and feel .
November 08, 2005
You say you want to sing. What does it mean to sing or to be a singer? The answer may appear obvious, but is it?When we think of singing, we may think of a specific song or performer. We may think of notes, pitch or wonder how many octaves someone is able to sing.The one thing you may not consider ..
November 08, 2005
Parents are often confused about the difference between piano lessons and piano theory. They want to know if it’s necessary for their children in piano lessons to learn music theory.If your child is already enrolled in piano lessons I can guarantee you they are learning some music theory. What ..
November 08, 2005
Piano students and their parents are just like everyone else. Before they invest their time and energy in something, they want to know, “What’s in it for me?" This is especially true with learning scales. Sometimes parents of piano students even think teachers who want children to learn scales are ..
November 08, 2005
I recently started watching the Pink Panther movie series ever since I purchased the whole set on DVD. I figured I was really into that whole swinging sixties sound popularized by Henry Mancini as he was responsible for composing the Pink Panther films as well as many others. I thought the best way .
November 08, 2005
The running joke that everyone secretly wishes to be a rock star may not be off track. So many people long for the ability to sing, to sing more, to sing better.And many of them feel that they can’t do it.Whether you are actually working on a professional singing career or just want to have a ..
November 07, 2005
It says a lot about an artist when their return to the media spotlight after a long absence is met by almost as much hype as before they went away.And it says much more when that artist is a popstar who’s recording company is prepared to patiently wait over a decade for the next release.Such is the .
November 07, 2005
Learning the guitar fretboard can seem like a daunting task to many beginning guitar students. However, if you adapt a systematic approach, it can be a fairly easy thing to do. But some of you may be wondering if it's really necessary in the first place. Afterall, a person can get along fine these ..
November 07, 2005
So you want to learn how to use a compressor? Well good luck. It takes years to get even a decent feel for a compressor. I'm just now getting where I feel that a compressor will tolerate me playing with it's settings. In the past, it was just laughing and mocking me because I just didn't understand .
November 07, 2005
I remember about 5 years ago. I bitten by the recording studio bug. Before I knew it, I had maxed out a few credit cards and taken out a large loan to pay for enough recording gear to record a full band. I was excited about recording bands. I knew nothing, but I certainly wanted to learn. I saw a ..
November 07, 2005
Back when I started recording at home in 2001, I had a Pentium 3 550 Mhz computer with 384 MB of Ram. I recorded a number of projects on the 9GB hard drive until I eventually added a 40GB hard drive to the equation. I was quite limited in what I could do on that computer, but I was limited by a ..
November 07, 2005
The ironic thing about the situation is the engineer admits now that he did nothing different on that bass sound than he had on the numerous other records he had done. Of course, no one cared much about the bass sound on the other records. It turns out that the only change in the equation was the ..
November 05, 2005
Downloading music off the internet can be a tedious and usually boring task. This article will show you how to find online music faster and more precisely then ever before.There are a few different ways of obtaining music over the net, however each one has its own set of pro’s and con’s.1) The ..
November 04, 2005
You are neither too young nor too old to play piano and compose. If you think otherwise, get that fairy tale out of your head.A few geniuses began at age 3 and burned out in middle age. Gustave Mahler, a modern symphonic artist and Jazz Guitarist legend Wes Montgomery didn't start serious composing .
November 04, 2005
The enigma of interweaving visual aesthetics to the tunes of a sonic ambience has reached pinnacles of success through Video Jockeying over the last decade. This new genre of culmination of art and technology, planning and spontaneity, imagination and visualization, found its roots in 1966 when ..
November 04, 2005
So you have decided to buy a studio microphone? The first notion I'd like to shoot down is the “studio microphone myth”. There is no such thing as a studio microphone. A microphone will pickup sound anywhere you put it. It doesn't have to be a recording studio. It can be a kitchen. Granted, some ..
November 04, 2005
That's right, if you did the math, you quickly figured out that the band must write a song every 6 minutes to stay on target and THEY MUST STAY ON TARGET. That's the challenge. You must enforce that they have to get 10 songs done in one hour.Here's how I do it:I divide the band in groups of two. If .
November 04, 2005
Dying at the age of thirty-five is not much of an achievement. Unless, the person in question was an aspiring musician during an era when most of the jazz greats already existed and he hung around trying to create a unique sound as well as build a following of listeners. After all, a musicial ..
November 03, 2005
START SMALL Many successful entertainers began their careers from small beginnings. There are many avenues open to you to help promote yourself in the entertainment industry.You can produce your own posters and sell tickets to your very first concert, in your local area. It doesn’t cost much to ..
November 03, 2005
KEEP YOUR VOICE HEALTHYWhether you’re a professional or an amateur singer, it’s important to stay fit and healthy. To maintain proper breathing ensuring that you have full use of your lungs, regular exercise should be part of your day. Walking and swimming are particularly good for performers ..
November 03, 2005
Unfair music monopolyBecause of the monopoly that exists in the Music Industry at the moment, new artists are, quite frankly, given a raw deal. Just think of the millions of talented singers, instrumentalists and bands out there who may never “make it" because they're not given a fair go. ..
November 03, 2005
Whether you are a guitarist, singer, drummer or violinist, you should always get good professional advice when it comes to purchasing any equipment.When considering purchasing a musical instrument, the most important thing is to go for good quality. There is nothing worse than listening to a good ..
November 03, 2005
What is Copyright?The Copyright Act usually gives the copyright owner the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following: To reproduce the work in written copies, mp3s, Cds, Dvds etc; To prepare derivative works based upon the work; To distribute the written copies or ..
November 03, 2005
To record your very own CD you have many choices these days. You can go to a reputable recording company that already has a name for quality and success.It is a good idea to ask to listen to the superiority of previous CD productions. Some studios employ not only a sound engineer, but also a ..
November 03, 2005
Thursday, a post-hardcore band, is from New Brunswick, New Jersey. The band formed in 1997. Their first full-length album was released in 1999 with a New Jersey based company called indie Eyeball Records. Thursday is known for their notable advancements of artistic nature; many of the bands songs ..
November 03, 2005
Remix albums are a hot thing now and Everything But The Girl were definitely in line to release their own remixes perfectly compiled on an album. I have to admit I am always first in line to purchase any remix album that comes out and this release is definitely worth it the purchase. It contains ..
November 03, 2005
This is the perfect playlist for HALLOWEEN!I figured these tracks would work great for this time of year when everyone gets dressed up and goes out to parties or trick or treating. I figured a mostly electronica mix would work great so this is what I have come up with.I start things off with The ..
November 02, 2005
AC/DC - THE BOYS FROM DOWNUNDER SOCIALLY MALADJUSTED STEP INTO LEGEND BAND OF BROTHERS CAN'T HOLD ME BACK FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK PLAY TIME TUNES VELVET UNDERGROUND SCHOOLBOY CAN'T STAND STILL THE KING WHAT WOULD OUR FANS THINK?AC/DC - THE BOYS FROM DOWNUNDERMany can argue that Australian rock ..
November 02, 2005
BLACK AND WHITE MAINSTAY MARKET SHARE CALL/RESPONSE THE QUIET BEATLE I’M HAPPY JUST TO DANCE WITH HER ELEANOR RIGBY SALVATION STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER BLACK AND WHITE BLACK AND WHITE Are the Beatles still relevant these days? After decades of varying music, does the fab four still wield ..
November 02, 2005
Some consider melody the most important aspect of music making. Of course, there's harmony and rhythm, but melody is the one part that listeners hold to memory more than any other, and, it's also the easiest part to create!For example, in the lesson Oriental Sunrise, we have two chords. Now if we ..
November 02, 2005
Now that Halloween is over, it's safe to talk about traditional piano lessons - the tedium, the boredom, the overbearing teachers with their incessant metronome beats.Do we really need this? Do we really need yet another polished perfomer who can play Czerny and Beethoven on cue? Don't we have ..
November 02, 2005
Free music downloads? Is there really such a thing?I remember back in the 90s, this really existed. There was such a thing as completely free music. You could go online and get as much music as you wanted, any time, for absolutely nothing.Nowadays, I think there's something new...Computer adware ..
November 01, 2005
The sad fact is his death took place back in 1977, while he was in his 40's and still touring in concerts - but stressful lifestyle, diet, and prescription drugs seemingly got the best of his heart.But talking about the fact of death is not fun so let's instead imagine how the story might have gone .
November 01, 2005
Hotel Costes, Vol. 6 kick starts things right off with In The Black Of The Night by Slow Train. It’s a beautiful, soulful, jazzy track with excellent female vocals. We then head off to Reality Check by Stigmato Inc. Not one of my favorite tracks on here but still OK. It gets thing ready for the ..
November 01, 2005
Gangster rap, or hardcore rap, is generally considered a sub genre of the larger category of rap music, which itself is a subcategory of hip-hop. Gangster rap is differentiable from other rap music in that it makes use of images of urban life associated with crime (Haugen, 2). According to the ..
November 01, 2005
Henry Mancini was a master musician. His music will always be remembered and anytime you watch a film that he scored you'll learn to identify his sound and hear what a great musician he was. You can actually hear his trademark sound and get to recognize his style.Pink Panther's Penthouse Party came .
November 01, 2005
There is something about a professional recording engineer grabbing the faders of his console and going to work that just seams to blow away what the average home recording guy can do. Why can't you get the same sound in the your home studio mixes? Let's see why.I get emails from bands all the time .
October 31, 2005
What exactly is improvisation? It's a word that means, “to make up..." to create without forethought or plan.Many students want to improve their ability to improvise but make a big mistake when they think this means learning new techniques. No. The key to improving improvisation skill is to ..
October 31, 2005
In her book “Writing Down the Bones" Natalie Goldberg talks about writing practice. It's an exercise where you sit down and just write without editing what comes out of you. This is also a good idea for musicians to do.She'll have her student's do timed writing exercises, i.e., you sit down ..
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