| Nightmares Are Symptoms by Phoenix-Audio | | Are you familiar with a tormenting feeling that starts little by little and
gradually grows into inexplicable anxiety? Is it a tormented feeling that eventually turns into a nightmare? Or is it that tormenting feeling you get when you begin your performance on stage, and cannot remember a single ...
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| Where Is Modren Symphony Going? by Phoenix-Audio | | Recently I read an interesting article on the topic of the modern symphony. However, it left me wondering. The author spoke of titans of symphony in the twentieth century, yet Prokofiev, Honegger, and Shostakovich completely escaped his attention. Was this an accident? It seems like the mighty ...
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| A Dying Cat And A Nylon String Guitar by John Stockwell | | "Music isn't just learning notes and playing them, you learn notes to play to the music of your soul" Katie Greenwood. Why are you learning music anyway? Is it to pick up chicks? Is it to fulfill a void in your mundane life? Is it an indescribable calling? I always wanted to learn ... Full Article | | Views: 512; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 611; Article Characters Count: 2935 |
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| Be Your Own DJ - Digital Audio Processing Tools Overview by John Deprice | | SoundEdit Pro
http://www.deprice.com/soundeditpro.htm SoundEdit Pro is a digital audio editor for a user-friendly price. It's the perfect program for home studio recording and for people who are just getting started with audio editing. SoundEdit Pro provides an intuitive, easy-to-use ... Full Article | | Views: 287; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 495; Article Characters Count: 2878 |
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| How Many Guitar Chords Do I Need To Know? by Duane Shinn | | Guitar chords, (chords played specifically on a guitar,) differ only from other types of chords by virtue of instrument; they're simply a series of three or more notes played together. These notes don't necessarily have to be played simultaneously, however. Broken chords (also referred to ... Full Article | | Views: 141; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 456; Article Characters Count: 2607 |
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| How to be Creative at the Piano by Edward Weiss | | So you want to be more creative when playing piano. Many students wish they could just sit down and improvise their own music but don't know how to begin. They think if they can't play a fugue like Bach, they are untalented. Or, they think the music that comes out of them must be ... Full Article | | Views: 128; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 265; Article Characters Count: 1459 |
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| Improvising On The Piano: Jazz Musicians Do It - Why Not Other Styles? by Duane Shinn | | Why jazz piano improvisation? Why not gospel piano improvisation? Is it not possible to improvise classical music, or sacred music, or any other kind of music? Bach improvised many of his fugues and inventions while playing organ in church. Many others in all musical styles have... Full Article | | Views: 267; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 535; Article Characters Count: 3116 |
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| Jazz: What In The Heck Is It? by Duane Shinn | | All of us know what jazz is when we hear it, but trying to define it is a different matter. With so many variant styles, coming up with an accurate definition of jazz is difficult if not impossible. But I suppose that an article on jazz really ought to attempt to define the term "jazz." My ... Full Article | | Views: 62; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 558; Article Characters Count: 3198 |
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| Legal Free Music Downloads - Songs You Want at No Cost by W R Kirk | | It's all over the news these days. Download music from the Internet and you could be sued, fined, and/or go to jail. The truth is free music downloads, done correctly, are completely legal. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) aggressively prosecutes copyright violators. And... Full Article | | Views: 530; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 377; Article Characters Count: 2180 |
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| Make Money with Your Music – the Top 5 Ways by Brian Cook | | Songwriters dream of making their living by writing, and sometimes performing, their songs. But until that day comes they've got to make a living somehow! Sound familiar? With a little imagination, you can probably find a way to convert your love for music and songwriting into a means of ... Full Article | | Views: 147; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 468; Article Characters Count: 2588 |
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| Mp3's – The Future of Music? by Duane Shinn | | Mp3 music is audio that has been digitally encoded and compressed to make the amount of data smaller without compromising the overall sound quality. It's a revolutionary technique with incredibly good results; mp3 music is frequently indistinguishable from music found on a CD (though some ... Full Article | | Views: 243; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 395; Article Characters Count: 2397 |
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| Piano Lessons For Adults: More Fun, Easier, & Faster Than Piano Lessons For Kids by Desiree Bruyere | | Piano lessons for adults is generally LOTS more fun than it is for kids, primarily because the only adults that play piano are people who really want to, which is certainly not true of most kids that take piano lessons because their parents want them to. But that's not the only reason by a ... Full Article | | Views: 489; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 524; Article Characters Count: 2902 |
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| Piano Playing and Performance Anxiety by Edward Weiss | | I'll never forget the first time I played the piano for an audience. It was my first concert and it was fairly full up. I was to play my first CD "La Jolla Suite" containing 12 pieces. There was to be one intermission and the whole concert lasted about 80-90 minutes. Let me tell you ... Full Article | | Views: 79; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 386; Article Characters Count: 2019 |
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| Piano Playing For Adults: More Fun Than Sex And Not Nearly As Dangerous. by Desiree Bruyere | | OK, so I lied about the fun part. Maybe piano playing is the just 2nd most fun thing adults can do. But 2nd place isn't bad when you consider the popularity of the competition. But there's no question at all that it is MUCH safer than sex. How so? Piano playing has no ... Full Article | | Views: 370; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 400; Article Characters Count: 2145 |
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| So You Wanna Learn How To Start a Record Label? by Dayne Herren | | Well, you love music so much that you have decided you want to start a record label of your own. This can be a very exciting step and a fun one. The good news is, anyone can start their own record label if they know the right steps. It won't be an easy road by any means, but it is possible if ... Full Article | | Views: 162; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 524; Article Characters Count: 2673 |
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| These MIDI Tools Are Music To My Ears by John Deprice | | Curious about MIDI? Want to find out what tools are out there and what they do? Here are a few pointers. MIDI Maestro is music software designed for use by amateur and professional music directors, conductors, and soloists in live musical theater and similar musical accompaniment ... Full Article | | Views: 236; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 418; Article Characters Count: 2367 |
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| Your PC Is An Awesome Singer... If You Let It. by Haakon Rian Ueland | | As an amateur songwriter, who struggles with a computer far from powerful enough to run the necessary software to record vocals of good quality, I have looked for good solutions. And I've found a few. In a short while you will hear songs that are totally computer made including the vocals... Full Article | | Views: 508; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 616; Article Characters Count: 3326 |
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| 14 Ways Musicians Can Increase Their Tips by Marc Gunn | | I was listening to NPR the other day when they did a report on tipping in the restaurant industry. One they had a list of tips on how wait staff can increase their tips. That got me brainstorming and surfing the net for other ideas to boost tips. That combined with lots of performances at ... Full Article | | Views: 38; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 939; Article Characters Count: 4847 |
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| A Brief History Of Gibson Guitars by Michael Casamento | | Gibson guitars have been around forever. It's funny, but although Gibson has produced some of the most amazing guitars in history, perhaps the company's largest contribution to music has been through their advancements in pickup technology. Gibson's first electric guitar the ES-150 was produced ... Full Article | | Views: 193; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 252; Article Characters Count: 1552 |
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| A Brief History of Gongs by Andrew Borakove | | The gong is one of the oldest musical instruments in the world. Archaeologists have unearthed gongs built almost four thousand years ago. No wonder when we hear a gong we feel like we are being touched in our soul. The earliest written mention of the gong was in China in the 6th century. In... Full Article | | Views: 191; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 347; Article Characters Count: 1980 |
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| Alternative Sales Sources for Your Music by Kenny Love | | Following, is a list of alternative sources that may
be interested in carrying your music for sale for
their particular clients and customers, if only they
were aware of your music. Most of the clients and customers are already
"captive" audiences who are waiting on a product
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| Are iPods Changing the Way We Listen to Music by Spencer Anderson | | They're everywhere, and not only are they everywhere, they look cool too. Since its launch in 2001, 10 million have sold and 8 million of those were in 2004. So welcome to the next generation. 8 tracks, records, cassettes, CDs, and now the iPod. I don't have one, yet. My first taste of it ... Full Article | | Views: 153; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 469; Article Characters Count: 2501 |
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| Born into musical family, Michael Jackson is as big as ever today by Dean Erickson | | Michael Jackson was born Michael Joseph Jackson on August 29, 1958 (making him 47 as of year 2005) to Joseph and Katherine Jackson in Gary, Indiana. He was the seventh of nine siblings. The Jackson family was raised as Jehovah's Witnesses and practiced door-to-door evangelization. Despite being ... Full Article | | Views: 528; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 662; Article Characters Count: 3772 |
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| Building A Good Relationship With Your Guitar by Ismael D. Tabije | | The guitar is considered the friendliest musical instrument there is. It is because the guitar is the handiest musical instrument that could stand on its own. A group can enjoy music with just a guitar even without the accompaniment of winds and percussions. The term "acoustic" is referred to, in... Full Article | | Views: 229; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 1034; Article Characters Count: 5442 |
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| CD Mastering using Har-Bal by Earle Holder | | Feel free to download the entire manual detailing the mastering process from Har-Bal complete with pictures of all the tools needed to create a great sounding mastered cd . http://hdqtrz.com/Files/Har-Bal_Mastering_Process.pdf Please remember that you can experiment with different ... Full Article | | Views: 152; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 814; Article Characters Count: 4346 |
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| Composing for Dummies by Edward Weiss | | When most people hear the word composer, they automatically think of classical composers like Mozart or Beethoven. This is the point where many "would be" composers freeze up because they tell themselves that their music could never be as good. And this is also the point where would be music ... Full Article | | Views: 420; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 240; Article Characters Count: 1306 |
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| Fiddle Tab Makes Learning Fiddle Fast and Easy by Elan Chalford | | Learning fiddle tab is so intuitive and so easy that a student picks it up in five minutes. This is true even for five-year-olds. Before starting this examination of fiddle tab, let's recall what standard musical notation looks like. The familiar dot-shaped notes on or between the five ... Full Article | | Views: 157; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 864; Article Characters Count: 4766 |
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| Five Steps to Protecting Your Music and Your Money by Jeromie Frost | | There are a lot of independent labels out there waiting to use a talented musician to make quick money. The offers may seem hard to refuse, especially if you are a struggling artist or band that has struggled to get a record deal. A little money and exposure may seem great for the moment, but you... Full Article | | Views: 159; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 855; Article Characters Count: 4607 |
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| Getting Rhythm - Three Tips for Guitar Beginners by Darren Power | | If you are just starting out learning guitar one of the
hardest things can be getting a good rhythm and keeping
that rhythm going while you change chords with your
left hand. When I first started learning guitar I would strum along
happily until the chord change and then my right hand
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