Defining the true artist - do you have what it takes?
There are musicians who are more than comfortable remaining anonymous. You know, happy to hide behind their guitars or keyboards and be sidemen to the stars of today or tomorrow. Then there are those that have grandiose aspirations of stardom, adoration and limelight. And then there are those who have a driving desire and need to say something original artistically, to express themselves and to communicate that expression to an audience, be it a small niche market or wider demographic.
Those falling into the first category can make a living, albeit fairly modest as a general rule. Those falling into the second category often live in a little bit of a dream world and, depending on their tenacity and ’smart’ skills, usually end up disappointed because the focus is set on the destination rather than the journey. The third category usually reaps the rewards of the second category gaining all the success and limelight, but as a result of focusing on their art rather than the shallow and flighty end of the musician’s world. These are usually the most fascinating people too, because they generally have a little mystery about them and because they actually possess what most entertainers really want; sincere and dedicated talent! Read more
Is the Internet the best place to learn to play guitar?
Music has always been seen as a way to heal the spirit. Ever since the first tune was discovered, people from every corner of the world enjoy listening to various kinds of music and playing all sorts of instruments. Music is found in every culture on Earth and it is something truly amazing.
Learning how to play any music instrument requires an extraordinary amount of dedication and persistence. The proper age to start learning is when you are young but there are always opportunities for older people. The Internet has come up with various music guides, for people interested in various musical instruments. Read more
Download music online - Has the Internet turned the music world around?
A famous saying used to say that music is food for the soul. This proverb is today more truthful than ever, with various genres, suiting every preference and taste. Music heals the soul and provides it with incredible emotions that cannot be offered by anything else in the world. As we grow, we learn to appreciate and understand music, with all its subtle meanings and amazing lyrics.
Expressing feelings through music has always been an important part of human nature. The first tune appeared a long time ago and nowadays, people have many choices to choose from. There are many popular musical genres including: pop, rock, folk and R&B. The common elements of all these different rhythms are music lyrics and basic terms (harmony, tempo and timbre). Read more
Legal mp3 music : download and listen
Music plays a great role in our life, without music it would be of course less interesting, exciting and pleasant. Music helps us to find harmony with ourselves when we are in bad mood or to entertain us. People’s tastes differ; nevertheless there are no people who are not fond of music of one or another style.
We like different music, one likes jazz, another one likes rock, one likes pop music, another one – alternative style. Music fans of various music styles like to share their mp3 tracks and their opinions about music. And the amount of music fans is really great, nevertheless the problem of finding music of high quality or mp3 song that is rarely met still exists.
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Guitar Tab: Learn To Play Yankee Doodle With Guitar Tab
You can learn to play melodies on your guitar even if you do not know sheet music notation. We will instead use easy to learn guitar tab or guitar tablature. Let’s learn Yankee Doodle!
Yankee Doodle “Yankee Doodle” is a well-known American song, today sung patriotically. Originally it was a satirical song.
The first verse and refrain goes like this: Read more
Saxophone Blues Scales - If You Want To Play Blues, Rock, Jazz You Need To Start Here
If you’re a saxophonist interested in playing any type of blues based music including rock and roll and even jazz then you need to use the blues scale as your number one tool to make things sound right.
A little history
If you want to investigate back to the beginnings of the blues as it came about in America just start with W.C. Handy, who was a black composer active in the early 1900’s when the blues form began to get popularized in large part because of his instrumental compositions “Memphis Blues” (1912) and “St. Louis Blues” (1914). Of coarse the blues oral tradition can be traced back to the mid 1800’s.
The blues scale
Because our western music has it’s roots in European classical music the music theorists needed to notate the blues scale as it was naturally played and sung into an understandable notation which could be analyzed and played by western trained musicians. Read more
The Advantages Of Music Video Codes
First of all, a definition for music video codes is needed in order to know what this article is about : music video codes is a service which provides absolutely free HTML codes of music videos to embed on websites, community member’s profiles ( Hi5, Friendster and others ) and also for blogs.
Music video codes is by far the most widely HTML tool used by MySpace members. Thanks to this tool, the success among the MySpace audience is huge, their popularity is rapidly growing. The success of music video codes combined with MySpace started in 2005 when people started using this tool to personalize their profiles, giving them a special look with music videos that say a word about their personality. Some of the websites that offer free music video codes grant the possibility to search lyrics for your favorite music videos which you can easily add to your website or personal profile on a website like Hi-5 or others. Read more
Tips To Download Music Legally
Legal downloading has at last entered the mainstream. A handful of major vendors, such as iTunes and Napster, offer catalogues of more than a million tracks in all genres, while a small but growing number of labels and artists have started selling MP3s directly from their own websites. There are even many legal freebies to be had: various sites provide tracks by up-and-coming artists keen for exposure, while labels often dish out a free song to help promote an album.
Today there are many sites in which you can download music at where they claim it is 100% legal. The latest music file formats used are Windows® Media (WMA), Advanced Acoustic Coding (AAC) and Atrac 3, and are very popular as it increases the sound quality making it closer to an actual CD bought in stores. Another great advantage is that many sites such as SonicSelector Service on MSN allow you to preview the music before buying it. Many sites today also offer a three-day trial of their music downloading site, and then after that you will have to begin paying a monthly fee. So it is possible to download music legally online, but you must know some useful tips about it: Read more