Why does an individual choose to study music? People study music for different reasons. Some people want to be a performing artist and others may want to be in the entertainment industry. Deciding on a music school is important because it is the foundation for your career.There are many choices someone has while in music school. There are those who choose to work in the entertainment business, you are probably in one of the two main...more
Sooner or later your electric guitar, cable, or amplifier is going to have problems and you need to do some guitar troubleshooting. There really isn't much that you can do to prevent it. Honestly, instruments and equipment just get old and need repairs.But, it's still good to know what components of your electric guitar connection need replacing so you can prevent yourself from spending money on something that wasn't actually necessary. Here is a...more
It's a wide world and it's full of those ancient collections of paper called books. Yea, the internet has been around for awhile and there's tons of knowledge floating around in cyber space, but instructional guitar books are where it all began.I think the appeal of owning a book versus viewing knowledge on the web is that books can go just about anywhere. So, for those of you willing to crack open a volume, here are two very important types of guitar books and why you should be gathering them up.1. Music Tab BooksMusic tab books are absolutely great for learning just about any hit song that you've heard before. What makes these instructional guitar books better than online tab sites, is the fact that they were published by a professional publishing company and contain real musical notation if you decide to do away with the guitar tablature.So what makes music tab books so cool?* The songs are almost exactly the way the artists played them.Most of these guitar tab books gather the information from the artists themselves on exactly how they play their tunes. However, sometimes the artists are too busy to work with the publishing companies and they hire guitar professionals who are...more
The moment that you start to learn chords on the guitar is the moment you start getting ahead in the game. Just about ever song every created for the guitar contains a basic set of chords, and fortunately for us, most radio hits use all of the same chords and progressions.That means that once you start buckling down and learning a few of the most...more
Copyright (c) 2010 Maurine PattenFor many beginners, learning to play the piano can really be challenging. And in truth, the piano really is a difficult instrument to study. But once you master the first few lessons, you will find that the rest will be so easy. All you need to do is memorize and master all the notes and chords in...more
Internet has made it possible to have a hold over every other thing be it music, movies, music videos, books etc virtually with the facility of downloading. Online music stores have increased due to this raving popularity of downloading the latest music albums. Therefore, whether you are novice or an expert downloader there are certain tips of downloading that can make your work fun and easy. A loud buzz is made about the online music downloads and buying online movies in the virtual community. There are plenty of choices that one can avail of while buying music DVDs online or downloading music videos and here are certain tips to keep in mind while going for online music downloads.Tip No.1- Check the Compatibility of the Music and Movies FilesThere are many formats for music downloads and therefore, it is necessary to know if that format is compatible enough with your music playing system. WMA, Vorbis, MPEG, MPEG Plus and so on are the various music formats that can play on a media player compatible to read these formats successfully. MP3 format is the most common and a better format to use as it can be played anytime with all the media players. Tip No.2- Multi-genre...more
For beginning guitarists, making mistakes is a problem and probably a common occurrence that takes up all of your time to fix. Really, you're not expected to have all the bugs out of playing the guitar in one sitting, so you better prepare for...more
As a musician wanting to expand your popularity base and boost your CD sales, Amazon.com may be a venue you hadn't considered. Using the Amazon service, you can offer your merchandise for sale in an environment that is trusted by...more
It is hard to imagine a time when a record label would give an artist anything close to seven million dollars to make a music video. Today, artists often have to find the cash or fund the music videos themselves if they want to make...more
It is hard to imagine a time when a record label would give an artist anything close to seven million dollars to make a music video. Today, artists often have to find the cash or fund the music videos themselves if they want to make...more
When Darius Rucker first rose to fame, it was thanks to his unmistakable voice at the front of the rock band Hootie and the Blowfish. That voice can apparently transcend genres, as he is back on top of the music scene, but this time as a country...more
You can actually download games, movies and music to Nintendo DSi from the internet. Do you want to know where and how you can download DSi games, movies, music and software to your Nintendo DSi console? You can actually download any...more