Lloyd Banks, who’s real name is Christopher Lloyd, born in South Jamaica Queens, New York, on the 30th of April 1982. He is also G Units youngest member at 23 years old. Although he every rarely announces the fact that Lloyd Banks is half Puerto Rican and half African American. He has two younger brothers […]
Remember when radio stations played great music?
OK, before you accuse me of sounding like your dad, I’ll rephrase that. Remember
when radio stations played an exciting variety of music and artists and you never
knew what they would play and when?
Well my friends if you do remember that, you’ve probably been around awhile.
And if you don’t know […]
More so than any other music since the blues, hip-hop is all
about stories. And its stories are both criminal minded and
grand, making them enthralling and unbelievable, but also making
them only as interesting and convincing as the teller. That’s
why, despite being blackballed by the industry, without a
major-label recording contract, heads still gravitated to
Jamaica, Queens’ realest son, […]
One of the Appalachian Mountain region’s greatest contributions to the world is Bluegrass music. Born in hills and hollows, Bluegrass is simply mountain folk music with heavy Celtic influences.
Today, you can hear the sweet harmonies of Bluegrass instruments and smooth vocals throughout the United States, and indeed the world. Bluegrass festivals abound, […]
There are many ways to increase the quality of your drumming and they can all be summarized into these 3 vital steps…
1. Develop Confidence
Many wanna-be musicians will choose the drums because they are shy and want to remain in the background (that’s where I was when I started drumming back in 1976).
The truth is your […]
The violin is a bowed stringed instrument and is the highest pitched member of the violin family. It sits along side its cousins – the other members of the violin family - the viola, cello, and double bass. The bow of the violin is a narrow, slightly incurved stick of Pernambuco about 75 cm long, […]
Once you begin to think about it, you realize that it was bound to happen. A place on the Web where creative independent artists all over the world can take their music form the street corner to the world’s stage without loosing their street corner autonomy.
The Indie music online revolution started with mp3.com the […]
Guitar music is available in a wide variety of styles.
Not only are there a large number of different types of guitars, but there are a variety of methods to play them, making guitar music most versatile. Most guitar music is played on either a solid body electric or an acoustic dreadnought, but there are also […]
Why it is hard to read guitar sheet music
One reason why it is difficult for many guitarists to read sheet
music is that you can find the same note on different strings.
It is pretty easy to master the notes on the first four frets on
your guitar but when you reach the fifth fret you have to […]
If you’ve been looking around for an mp3 player, chances are you’re very confused with all the different specifications and the vast array of models out there. You’ve read that you can get your entire music collection on to one mp3 player and that’s true - but not every mp3 player. You have also been […]