Remember when you used to just go out on a short afternoon road trip armed only with some posters, a couple of cassette tapes of your band, some business cards and you could actually spend an afternoon hitting clubs and come home with bookings that would give everyone a $100 per night pay check form the gig to the hire musicians? There were not a lot of hassles. The club owner listened to the tape, you had a couple beers he opened up his calendar...more
Once upon a time there was a musician that wanted to make music in music industry. He had lofty goals of getting rich and doing everything on his terms. He was a great songwriter and a decent band and a local following that packed the venues every Friday and Saturday. In fact they even opened for all the big groups coming through the area on comeback tours. They we ready for the big time. On the plane back from New York City with a briefcase full...more
Do You Enjoy Baroque Music? Classical music can be traced back hundred of years ago, from the 1600s when commencement of new form of music style had emerged after the Renaissance period and what is now known as Baroque music. Baroque music composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi and Henry Purcell, left distinguished legacy of classical music worldwide. Today it is likely to be played among classical music stations the famous Brandenburg Concertos and Air on G String which are composed more than three hundred years ago by JSBach. Vivaldi wrote the Four Seasons, of which the Spring movement is one with the most recognizable pieces of Baroque music and classical music, for that matter ever written. Purcell, the renowned English composer, wrote Dido and Aeneas, which may perhaps rank as the greatest opera ever to come out on the Baroque period of classical music. Baroque music is characterized by a unity of mood throughout an entire work, less frequent shifts in dynamics than its successors inside Classical or Romantic eras, and a devotion to sacred music, evident in Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, or Handel's Messiah. The Baroque music period featured...more
"Street children are not the slightest concern when expensive clothes stained with blood." So the British press defined the so-called British casuals. For its part, showed casual culture open to the world as an extension of widespread hooliganism and crime in sport, but the fact is that as always happened to the music, the UK was at the peak Soccer...more
The Way to Play Guitar and Sing at the Same Time Learning the right way to accompany yourself on guitar (alternatively known as "singing and playing guitar at the same time") is actually among the main aims for more than a few newbie and intermediate guitarists. How awesome is it to be able to hang around with buddies at a celebration and...more
What should rock guitar lessons teach me? Playing a melodious lead on your electric guitar is the most self satisfying thing and accomplishment that a guitarist can ever get. But the journey towards that ultimate nirvana entails right kind of training from an expert tutor, determination and a great deal of hard work from your part. It is often found that many people spoil their guitar career by learning from random sites and videos found on Youtube, often learning all the wrong things, get demoralized about themselves and ultimately quit playing guitar forever. So don't let that happen to you. I will give you few tips in order to achieve your goal of playing some exciting lead riffs on your guitar.Getting a strong basic foundation – I have seen many people who start learning guitar often directly jump on to learn tablature or tabs as it is popularly known. That is one of the dangerous things that you can do to yourself as a guitarist. You should always start learning guitar with standard staff notation. Tabs are only a short cut to playing a song on guitar and have got many limitations. You should always start by learning the names of the strings, notes on each fret and...more
T-Bone Walker Master Guitar Playing Blues Man Blues music has been famous for a long time and there are many renowned artists in the music industry who are responsible for making it this way. There are many young and old people across the...more
Tips For Improving Your Guitar Playing What grooves you? Why do you want to improve? Regardless of your intentions - whether to get started playing, learn a few licks of your favorite tunes, or want to expand your repertoire to include blues,...more
Learn About The Disneyland Magic Music Days Program Disneyland has always contributed to the education of young people in one way or another. This tradition is continued with the Disneyland Magic Music Days program, which is an educational...more
Why The Fender Stratocaster Is The Guitar Of Choice For So Many The very first guitar I ever played was a Candy Apple Red Fender Stratocaster. It was love at first touch. I wanted that guitar SO bad. I grew up listening to Eric Clapton, David...more
Playing Guitar Is Awesome! - Free Online Guitar Lesson If you've always wanted to learn how to play guitar, here's good news...Many people have taught themselves guitar, and you can too! The truth is that the guitar is one of the easiest...more
The Basics Of Playing Piano Chords If you are playing several notes at the same time, then you are playing piano chords. Simply put, when multiple notes are played together, piano chords are achieved. The chords then come together to form a...more