subject: Waltz Across Texas With Wireless Internet [print this page] Texans have created some of the best music that this country has to offer. From Ernest Stubbs, who sings the classic Waltz Across Texas, to the Dixie Chicks, to Willie Nelson, to Janis Joplin, to Spoon: the list could fill up this entire article and beyond! For those who are looking to find out more music that comes out of their great state, one great place to turn to do a little bit of research is your wireless Internet connection.
Back in the day, if you were researching new music, perhaps you would have had to go to your local record store to chat up the old smelly guy who wants to talk to you about Stevie Ray Vaughn for an hour and a half while you stare at your finger nails. With wireless Internet, you can avoid this entire awkward process. You can simply sit down at your computer, go to your search engine of choice (be it Google, Bing, Yahoo, or something else), and enter a simple search term, like musicians who sound like Stevie Ray Vaughn. You will probably get more results than you could possibly know what to do with! Or, you could go to an online directory of musicians. This could be a website that is dedicated to music, like LastFM, the website of Rolling Stone or Spin or another well-known magazine. Or, you could even go to an online general encyclopedia like Wikipedia (although be careful in this last case: anyone can write the information, so it could very well be the number one fan or even the publicist of the person that you are researching, or perhaps the bands biggest critic and detractor!). All of these sites will provide you with info on the artists themselves, and perhaps even info on other similar artists that you may like.
You will also be surprised to find out how many people have web pages dedicated to specific topics in music. Say your interest in Texas music is centered mostly around bluegrass. There is almost guaranteed to be some random dude in a basement who has created the most complete online archive of the bluegrass seen outside of Waco that you could have ever imagined. Once again, a few well-thought out search terms in a standard search engine, and wireless Internet will soon ferry you to a destination you would never have dreamed of.
Once you have the names of a few artists that you want to check out, you can go to websites like YouTube and check out the sounds of the recommended performer or band. This way, you can use wireless Internet to figure out if you actually like the stuff before you go and plunk down your hard-earned cash on an album or a CD that you have never heard before. It really is amazing all of the ways that the Internet can connect you to the outside world. You will never want to turn to another source of information again. After spending a little time online, it will all seem too slow!
