Music Articles
151: Minor Chords How To Form Them and Use Them
Minor chords create a sound which is somber or serious; some people even think of minor chords as "sad", as opposed to major chords which sound "normal", or "happy".
Some of the great classics are written in minor keys, including Fur Elise by Beethoven, Prelude in C# Minor by Rachmaninoff, Prelude in Cm by Chopin, and many others. In popul
152: Musical Instruments Make Better Toys
So many children's toys these days have virtually no value after a very short time. Musical instrument toys however have the potential to last for a lifetime. Not just from a durability perspective, but they are one of the few toys you can buy your children that can have a positive effect on them for the rest of their lives. Apart from the educa
153: Piano ChordsHow Many Are There
An interesting experiment is to ask people how many chords there are in music. You'll be surprised to find out that most musicians don't do any better at answering that question than non-musicians.
Why do you suppose is that?
It is probably because it sounds like one of those questions such as "How many grains of sand on the seashore
154: Pop Music Princess Comeback Mariah Carey
Pop music lovers, if you ever doubted who the best pop princess comeback award belongs to, you must have been in a coma when Mariah Carey reemerged onto the 2005 musical scene. And boy did she make her presence known! This hot tamale has been racking up the #1 position on pop and R&B charts since 2005 when her debut single, Its Like That was releas
155: Song WritingIs It Hard Or Easy To Write A Song
Do you feel that it is easy to write songs? Can anyone be creative? A song is the end product produced by stimulating your song writing powers in many different ways. Let's take a look!
Here are some tips on how to stimulate and develop your song writing abilities:
Listen
An obvious tips of course! You have to listen to songs to find and d
156: Ukulele TabLearn To Play Amazing Grace
Do you know that you can play melodies on your ukulele? Amazing Grace is a popular christian hymn. It doesn't contain many notes and it is quite easy to play on ukulele with the help of ukulele tab notation. Let's learn Amazing Grace!
Here is the lyrics to the first verse:
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I onc
157: Unlimited Music Downloads Top 5 Hot Tips
It makes perfect sense to invest in a good MP3 player with the appearance of websites that offer unlimited music downloads. The online music industry is worth billions of dollars and online music sales are accountable for a larger piece of the pie for annual sales. Everyone seems to be discussing about downloading music online. Let us take a look a
158: Why Lyrics Are Important
What makes a good song so appealing to the people who buy CDs and MP3 files? Is it the background beats or the guitar riffs played? Is it the voice of the lead singer or how high he or she can take his vocals to?
The truth is that the most important part of most songs, techno possibly being an exception, is the lyrics, or the words of the song.
159: Will Dead Sara Wake Up LA Music
I was so impressed by Dead Sara's last performance at the Whisky a Go Go, that I thought I would catch them again. (Could I be right? Is Dead Sara LA's next gem?)
So I went to the Knitting Factory, Saturday, February 3, 2007, but I didn't get there until 10:00pm. A number of people told me they liked the band that just played, The Vespertines, b
160: 7 Reasons Why You Should Learn to Read Music
The process of learning to read music is a wonderful journey into the discovery of new musical horizons. Try it, you will not be sorry. Learn to read music today.
1. Essential to communicating with other musicians.
Music is a language unto itself. Given that, how can you communicate if you cannot speak it? Ensembles, bands, choirs, opera, jaz
161: A Brief History of Taylor Guitars
Taylor Guitars got its official start in 1974 with its founders, Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug. However, the story begins much earlier than that in the 60s when popular music spurred by the Beatles got a lot of people itching to play the guitar. The founders were young then, but they started their love of the guitar at around this time.
Eventually,
162: Don t Play Drums According to Your Personality
After having played music with many different musicians on many different skill levels I have noticed something interesting among most of them. Each one will usually play his or her instrument according to his or her respective personality.
When this concept comes to drumming it is really noticeable.
I've noticed that drummers who are a rela
163: Drum Practice Cheat Sheet
A lot of drummers don't really sit down to practice their instrument, but rather just sit down to "play." Just sitting down to play what you already know is fun and can be great for maintaining certain techniques, but little progress will be made.
If you are into drumming only for a hobby, then making progress is probably not really a great pri
164: Green Day Revives Punk Rock Music
Green Day is an American punk rock trio composed of Tre Cool on drums, Mike Dirnt on bass and Billie Joe Armstrong on lead vocals and guitars. They have backup members for guitars (Jason White), keyboards (Jason Freese) and trumpet (Ronnie Blake).
During the mid 90s, along with other Californian bands like Rancid and The Offspring, Green Day rev
165: The Marketing ABCs of How to Get a Record Deal
Every aspiring musician out there desires to know the secrets of How to get a record deal. I know, I know, there are so many record labels out there; it is so hard to know what every one of them is looking for. Fortunately, there is one common thread that they all share. They are all looking for someone who is marketable!
For a record company,
Page 11 of 136
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93] [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] [121] [122] [123] [124] [125] [126] [127] [128] [129] [130] [131] [132] [133] [134] [135] [136]
