Music Articles

Music | By Anna Stenning @ Tuesday, 9th September 2008 @ 11:54 PM

Since getting my first bass guitar, nothing could tear me away from it for the first few months. A year later, I am still learning to play; however, one thing that has changed with precaution is that I allow selected few to play with it. Provided that I am there to supervise and there are no finger print marks left on the front! Taking pride in your guitar is just one of the side effects of purchasing one - after all you have spent a great deal on taking lessons and playing until your fingers ar... more...

Music | By Ann Knapp @ Tuesday, 9th September 2008 @ 7:06 PM

Chicago is home to many great festivals and events. One of its greatest is the Chicago Blues Festival, held in Grant Park each June. This year's festival is a landmark celebration for the 25th Annual Chicago Blues Festival. The largest free admission Blues festival in the world, the four-day festival offers the best in national, international and local Blues entertainment on six stages with more than 70 performances, preceded by a month of Blues activities, known as Blues Season, throughout... more...

Music | By James Steele @ Tuesday, 9th September 2008 @ 2:55 PM

Electronic drum kits are a great alternative to acoustic drum kits. If you have never tried an electronic drum set and are looking to buy new drums, do not miss the chance to give electronic drums a try. In many ways they can be much better and add more variety to your drum sessions then your old style acoustic drum can. Electronic drum kits provide a variety of sounds from the same drum kit. If you want to keep that acoustic sound without the hassle of tuning and maintaining an acoust... more...

Music | By James Steele @ Tuesday, 9th September 2008 @ 2:05 PM

Cheap drum kits are available for anyone with a little patience and time. You will have to put in the work to search out the best deals on drums, but it will be worth it in the end. The payoff is that you get much more for your money when you find a quality drum kit for cheap. To start off with, it is important to understand that by cheap drum kits, we do not mean cheap quality drum kits. There is no point in getting anything for a reduced quality, especially your new drum set. You do... more...

Music | By Sayid Aksa @ Tuesday, 9th September 2008 @ 1:50 PM

Hip hop music or also known as rap, is a kind of music genres which consists of rap backing beats. The rise of hip hop is because of the change in united states urban culture especially in 1970s. Most important is the low cost involved in getting started, living cost was quite cheap, and the chances for anyone to MC with popular hip hoper. There is a difference between Rap and MC, Rap means talk to girl or speak to someone, it was used by Rappers Delight, Sugar Hill Gang, and become the ... more...

Music | By Duane Shinn @ Tuesday, 9th September 2008 @ 10:23 AM

Andre Previn is a German-born pianist, conductor, and composer. From arranging and composing Hollywood film scores to his multiple marriages which sparked many musical inspirations, Andre Previn's life was never dull. Andre Previn is a German-born pianist, conductor, and composer. Born April 6, 1929, in Berlin, Previn was born to a Jewish family. In 1939, the Previn family immigrated to the United States; however, Previn did not become a citizen of the United States until 1943. At... more...

Music | By James Steele @ Monday, 8th September 2008 @ 8:44 AM

Shopping for drums for sale is not always easy. It is worth taking your time to define your drum needs. Then search several outlets for drums on sale to make sure that you are getting the best price. Patience is your ally as you are the one holding the money. Educate yourself so that drum kit suppliers are falling over themselves to get your business. To start off with, you need to think about exactly what you are looking for while searching for drums for sale. Do you want a brand ne... more...

Music | By Kevin Sinclair @ Sunday, 7th September 2008 @ 12:33 AM

Singing has several advantages as a hobby or a practice. To begin with it is quite a fun practice. But the singing is not restricted to being merely a fun recreational exercise. Singing in fact since time immemorial has been a great way of self-expression. Say what you have to say in a song. It just like telling a story that way. If you are shy and often seem to have a lack of self-confidence you could take to singing to overcome that. Having a great karaoke session with friends and relat... more...

Music | By Victor Epand @ Friday, 5th September 2008 @ 7:42 PM

In the movie "The Wedding Singer," Drew Barrymore's fiance comes home with his latest purchase, a CD player. He's very happy with his accomplishment because, being the materialistic kind of guy that he is, he's proud of thee fact that it cost about $700. Of course, the joke is on him and the entire audience knows it, because the average price of a CD player today is only a couple of hundred dollars. Still, in 1985, the year in which this movie is set, I'm sure that $7... more...

Music | By Ann Knapp @ Friday, 5th September 2008 @ 12:15 PM

Perhaps it's because there's a close cultural connection between great music and smoky bars. Anyone who knows anything about jazz knows that its truly legendary improvisers - Coltrane, Bird, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie - cut their teeth playing in bars so smoky that it's a good thing everybody was too busy improvising to need sheet music. Or maybe it's because both cigars and music are contemplative pleasures. A casual smoker can get a quick tobacco-fix from a cheap c... more...

Music | By Patrick Omari @ Friday, 5th September 2008 @ 4:20 AM

Too many times lately has the phrase "making a comeback" been thrown around when referring to the return of a barely missed pop act. A boy band that realised the game was up five years ago whose members find that acting in soap operas or sitting on the sofa doesn't pay as much decide to get up and lip-sync to the same old songs and claim to have become a "man band" is hailed as a comeback. A pop star who's spoilt tantrums alienated those that wrote their songs f... more...

Music | By Victor Epand @ Friday, 5th September 2008 @ 2:29 AM

When I was in high school, I was on the dance team and during football season, we worked with the band for the halftime show. I remember there was a running joke about the drum line, the upshot of which was that if you did not get out of their way, they would run you over, and you would have no one to blame but yourself. In the world of show bands and football halftime entertainment, the members of the drum line are the bad asses, the bad boys, the ones with the attitudes. Heck, drum line perfor... more...

Music | By Victor Epand @ Friday, 5th September 2008 @ 2:09 AM

Subwoofers, or "woofers," have always seemed quintessentially masculine to me. I suppose it's because of all the young men I've met who have shown me their car trunks, the entire interiors of which have been taken up with gigantic speakers. Yet as silly as it can sometimes seem, the subwoofer is an important part of any high quality music reproduction system. First created in the 1960s, the subwoofer was developed in response to complaints about a lack of bass response i... more...

Music | By Victor Epand @ Friday, 5th September 2008 @ 2:08 AM

It's not very often that an entertainment genre has music, dance, and an instrument all specifically designed for it, but this is precisely the case when it comes to the art of flamenco. Flamenco is a Spanish musical genre, arguable the most famous, which is probably due to the dramatic dance style associated with the art. Flamenco dance is an expression of passion and is characterized by powerful, graceful movements and intricate hand and footwork. The music that accompanies such dance mus... more...

Music | By Victor Epand @ Friday, 5th September 2008 @ 1:57 AM

I remember when my family bought our electric keyboard. I must have been about ten years old, and I remember thinking that our family was going to be the coolest one on the block. All the different sounds it could make! All the different beats it could produce! I was sure that I'd be producing professional-sounding music in no time. Of course, as I soon found out, there's more to playing an electric keyboard that just fiddling around with the buttons and keys. I soon lost interest in t... more...

Music | By Victor Epand @ Friday, 5th September 2008 @ 1:52 AM

The title "Spanish guitar" is a reference to the instrument's origin rather than the music played on it. It is also called the "nylon string guitar," "classical guitar," or "gut string guitar." It is certainly one of the most recognizable instruments in the world today, and its history can be traced back for approximately four centuries. Thanks to ancient carvings and statues, we know that instruments similar to the modern guitar have existed for at least 5,0... more...

Music | By Victor Epand @ Friday, 5th September 2008 @ 1:40 AM

Guitarists have a tendency to be self-taught or, at the most, to have taken a few lessons in an informal setting. This is a very different approach from that of most other instruments, which are generally taught formally and with a heavy emphasis on musical theory and written music. A guitarist, for whatever reason, will usually try to work his way through a new song without the aid of written music. Anyone who has ever participated in a campfire sing-along will be familiar with the blunders of ... more...

Music | By Victor Epand @ Friday, 5th September 2008 @ 1:18 AM

The primary characteristics of a steel-string acoustic guitar are self-evident from the name. At first glance or from a distance, it appears completely similar to the traditional classical, or Spanish, guitar. However, closer inspection reveals that the strings, rather than being nylon, are steel, and there is no mistaking the sound of a steel-string for that of a classical instrument. Devotees of the steel-stringed guitar are usually drawn to that sound, which is "brighter" and louder t... more...

Music | By Anna Stenning @ Thursday, 4th September 2008 @ 11:30 PM

Getting guitar lessons could not be simpler than what is offered now, many young people and potential musical talents can find free lessons just at the click of a mouse button. Others prefer the old fashioned and personable approach of being taught face-to-face. However, for those who can afford to do this, are able to benefit from one-to-one tuition from an expert guitar player. Those who are not so financially stable will find themselves opting for the next and more popular thing. For a... more...

Music | By Duane Shinn @ Thursday, 4th September 2008 @ 5:16 PM

For those who want to pursue a career in piano, the options for training are diverse. There are a number of quality schools available in the United States and some abroad too. * Juilliard: The Juilliard School in New York has a reputation as one of the best music schools in the world. In addition to piano and other instruments, students can also focus on dance and drama. The institution was founded in 1905 by Dr. Frank Damrosch. Damrosch was a musical prodigy and the godson of Hungarian ... more...