Although up to now music Compact discs have been the most important medium for collecting music, these days MP3s have become mainstream and iPods and media players have started to substitute the traditional CD player. I will show some nifty ways to build and keep track of an iPod music collection. I'm also going to recommend some awesome gizmos that will improve your MP3 and media player.Collecting music by saving tracks as MP3s has numerous...more
Plenty of practice, of course, is super important when you're trying to get a handle on guitar. It's been said that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master any skill.More important though is HOW you practice. If you spend your 10,000 hours playing the same AC/DC song over and over, it won't do you much good. And if you go about learning songs the wrong way, it will take longer than it should.Here's 3 tips on how to...more
If there's one thing that seems to terrify most new guitarists, it's the idea of stepping out for that first guitar solo. But with a little time and a lot of practice you can shredding with the best of them. Let's take a look at how to get started and get better.1. The idea of improvising a lead guitar solo is simply putting together groups of notes and creating a melody that sounds good to you. Start with that idea and play a bunch of notes with no accompaniment. Just create melodies with no restrictions. Follow your ears to the notes you want to hear.2. There's no such thing as a "bad" or "wrong" note. One of the great joys of music is that no one has ever been killed by a bad note. You'll play lots of them over the years. Do not fear mistakes. The longer you play and the more advanced melodic technique you learn, the more you'll find out that just about any note can work as long as you know how to get to it and out of it. And play it with conviction.SUPER BIG "SAVE YOUR BUTT" TIP:If you play a note that doesn't sound right to you, move one fret in either direction. Most of the time that will put you on a note that matches the chord better.3....more
Many guitarists aspire to play the blues. Even if it's not your main style, you'll still find a lot of enjoyment in a good 12-bar jam. The blues is a very deceptive style. It's very simple to grasp the basics (which we'll do here) but it can take a lifetime to really master the style and create your own voice within it. Let's...more
Nowadays, it is a smart move to first check out the Internet before contemplating of making a purchase online. That way, you can be confident with the online product, program or service you will be availing. This is the same case with making a purchase of an online piano program such as Rocket Piano or several similar other piano tutorials.You...more
Chicago Illinois has long been a music epicenter. In the early 1900s, plantation workers migrated from the south bringing with them jazz and the blues, which lead to the birth of the Chicago blues and Chicago style Jazz. Chicago became very famous for the Blues however the Chicago music scene is not just limited to the Blues. Chicago is full of every kind of music from Symphony to punk rock and everything in between. Any and every kind of music style, Chicago has it all.During the 1960s and 1970s folk music became a focal point from a number of prominent folk singer-songwriters like John Prine and Steve Goodman. The Chicago music scene is also famous for the Chicago house, a style of house music, which led to the birth of the techno style of music. In the 1980s and 1990s rock music, especially heavy, punk rock and alternative music were strong in Chicago when bands like The Smashing Pumpkins got their big start. And more recently more hip hop artists like Kanye West are emerging from the Chicago music scene. Despite the different varieties of music, these artists all have one thing in common they all got their start in Chicago.The tradition of a great local music continues with...more
Visualize Your Means To Mastering The GuitarThere are all kinds of excuses for many who began off eager to be taught the guitar and never quite acquire their goals. Some don't need to put in much needed follow time and some stall out...more
Some people may say that the garden studio is actually one of the most innovative constructions of our times. The studio is very useful especially because it can help us create more space for us and also not move. You don't have to be worried about...more
You might be thinking you are too old to learn to play the guitar. It is normal for most people to think that adults cannot start learning a musical instrument late in life. Actually, the guitar, or any other musical instrument, can now be learned...more
Tea Party Rock? Most have heard of the Tea Party Movement, the emerging political movement that has been in the news the past two years and is considered a grass-roots organization. But what is Tea Party Rock? It's a new genre of music-...more
Mastering is one of the most important stages in producing a well-rounded piece of music. Without mastering, we probably wouldnt have anything like the kind of clarity of quality we see in modern music production, so we owe a great deal to the...more
Copyright (c) 2010 Robert HinchliffeIn addition to the necessity of a good oboe tutor book, it is important that young oboists get the opportunity to play rewarding yet accessible pieces, preferably with a piano accompaniment. This...more