Do you remember the very first stories you learned as a young child? I bet you do. And most likely you learned them from your parents and caregivers who used song as a way to comfort, teach and entertain you. Yep! All those nursery songs about the alphabet, numbers, and eeeentsy-weeentsy spiders […]
Making a successful recording of a choir whether it’s a large male voice choir or small children’s choir, depends on a number of crucial factors. Before I begin I want to clear up a couple of common misunderstandings. Firstly you cannot make a successful recording of a choir in a conventional recording studio unless its […]
The sound of New Age music can be divided into the 3 parts melody, harmony, and rhythm. The harmony aspect can be thought of simply as chords. Now New Age music does use certain piano chords more than others.
One chord I’m fond of is the 9th chord. All this means is that the ninth note […]
There are no easy ways to teach someone the discipline and knowledge that is needed when they first learn play lead guitar. It is a combination of natural talent, teachings and technique that will make you the best lead guitarist you can be!
Technique
Technique is one of the key elements when you learn to play lead […]
There is indeed just too much music in the world and because we keep listening to it, we are missing great sounds around us. John Cage once said “If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that […]
Many guitar players only know how to play their instrument but there are times that they forget to clean and maintain their guitar’s appearance. It is essential to take good care of the guitar’s main parts; where the main components for creating tunes and sound are located. The frets and strings need to be maintained […]
If you are looking for cheap electric guitars there is a lot of
choice out there. You can buy a cheap electric guitar from as
little as £70 and there are a number of brands making cheap
guitars.
Don’t spend under £90 on a guitar
If you are buying your first electric guitar, I wouldn’t
recommend spending under £90. Most of […]
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 […]
For many, this term, audio is unfamiliar. This is probably because the technology in our world has far expanded this realm of simplistic thinking. But, nevertheless, audio is a term that means, “I hear” in Latin. It is a term that means that sounds can be heard. It can describe many aspects of our lives […]
When you’re having oboe reed troubles, looking at your own reeds for answers is
like trying to make out your reflection while looking into a cloudy pond. It is really
hard to see, and what you can make out, you can barely make sense of anymore.
That’s the thing with oboe reedmaking.
The pendulum can swing from […]