http://www.articlefeedster.com Free Reprint Article Feedster and Web Site Content - Arts and Entertainment (Music) en-us http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Nightmares-Are-Symptoms.htm 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 ... 14139 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:07:02 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Where-Is-Modren-Symphony-Going-.htm 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 ... 14140 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:07:02 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/A-Dying-Cat-And-A-Nylon-String-Guitar.htm quot;Music isn't just learning notes and playing them, you learn notes to play to the music of your soul quot; 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 ... 13799 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:37 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Be-Your-Own-DJ-Digital-Audio-Processing-Tools-Overview.htm 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 ... 13806 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:37 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/How-Many-Guitar-Chords-Do-I-Need-To-Know-.htm 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 ... 13801 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:37 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/How-to-be-Creative-at-the-Piano.htm 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 ... 13798 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:37 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Improvising-On-The-Piano-Jazz-Musicians-Do-It-Why-Not-Other-Styles-.htm 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... 13803 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:37 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Jazz-What-In-The-Heck-Is-It-.htm 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 quot;jazz. quot; My ... 13804 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:37 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Legal-Free-Music-Downloads-Songs-You-Want-at-No-Cost.htm 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... 13797 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:37 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Make-Money-with-Your-Music-the-Top-5-Ways.htm 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 ... 13800 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:37 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Mp3s-The-Future-of-Music-.htm 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 ... 13802 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:37 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Piano-Lessons-For-Adults-More-Fun-Easier-and-Faster-Than-Piano-Lessons-For-Kids.htm 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 ... 13808 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:37 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Piano-Playing-and-Performance-Anxiety.htm 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 quot;La Jolla Suite quot; containing 12 pieces. There was to be one intermission and the whole concert lasted about 80-90 minutes. Let me tell you ... 13795 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:37 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Piano-Playing-For-Adults-More-Fun-Than-Sex-And-Not-Nearly-As-Dangerous-.htm 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 ... 13807 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:37 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/So-You-Wanna-Learn-How-To-Start-a-Record-Label-.htm 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 ... 13796 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:37 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/These-MIDI-Tools-Are-Music-To-My-Ears.htm 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 ... 13794 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:37 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Your-PC-Is-An-Awesome-Singer-If-You-Let-It-.htm 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... 13805 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:37 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/14-Ways-Musicians-Can-Increase-Their-Tips.htm 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 ... 8238 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:35 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/A-Brief-History-Of-Gibson-Guitars.htm 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 ... 8235 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:35 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/A-Brief-History-of-Gongs.htm 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... 8159 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:35 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Alternative-Sales-Sources-for-Your-Music.htm 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 quot;captive quot; audiences who are waiting on a product or ... 8198 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:35 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Are-iPods-Changing-the-Way-We-Listen-to-Music.htm 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 ... 8208 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:35 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Art-of-the-Recording-Engineer-From-Michael-Jackson-to-Mutant-Radio-Matt-Forger-Speaks-Out.htm Interviewed by Scott G The G-Man G-Man: When people think of Matt Forger, they usually think of your work with Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Glen Ballard, and Bruce Swedien, yet when you hand out a CD with examples of your producing, engineering or ... 8170 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:35 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Born-into-musical-family-Michael-Jackson-is-as-big-as-ever-today.htm 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 ... 8218 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:35 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Building-A-Good-Relationship-With-Your-Guitar.htm 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 quot;acoustic quot; is referred to, in... 8165 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:35 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/CD-Mastering-using-Har-Bal.htm 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 ... 8193 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:35 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Composing-for-Dummies.htm When most people hear the word composer, they automatically think of classical composers like Mozart or Beethoven. This is the point where many quot;would be quot; 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 ... 8225 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:35 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Fiddle-Tab-Makes-Learning-Fiddle-Fast-and-Easy.htm 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 ... 8178 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:35 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Five-Steps-to-Protecting-Your-Music-and-Your-Money.htm 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... 8172 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:35 GMT http://www.ezinearticles.us/articles/Arts-and-Entertainment:Music/Getting-Rhythm-Three-Tips-for-Guitar-Beginners.htm 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 ... 8188 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:02:35 GMT