Music has always been something that speaks to the soul. People listen to music to relax, to create an atmosphere, to set a mood. Music consists of two main parts namely the melody and lyrics. By combining these two aspects simultaneously you create a harmony that goes beyond explanation. The melody creates the correct atmosphere […]
The students could be in the bad mood while taking lessons. Force them to play will not make them playing well even the kids often persist in not wanting to play. Let them just sit with no activity is also not the good solution. As teachers, what should we do so that the lessons can […]
The Russian Composer Igor Stravinsky once said: ” A good composer does not imitate; he steals.”
I think what he meant by this is that it’s OK to use a technique developed by another and make it your own. To imitate is to steal a technique or style and, somehow, not incorporate your own voice and […]
Writing a song is, in many ways, like baking a cake. Almost anyone can do it. On the surface it appears to be merely a matter of selecting the proper ingredients and putting them together according to some prescribed recipe. However, in reality songwriting is not quite as simple as all that. Just as two […]
Tips (to help keep ya workin’)
Hey everybody, I am going to change the name of this page of my website to Tips & Tricks because I intend to rap with the musicworld about just that. Tips & Tricks, Both musically and businesswise.
ATTITUDE
OK..Here’s tip #1. It’s something that my father used to always tell me: ”Make […]
Recording, playing and listening to music has never been more fun that it is today. Through the Internet, you can easily download songs and listen to your favorite music anytime of the day and wherever you are. Portable players that have access to Internet or those that can store large number of digital music files […]
Guitar is a musical instrument strung with gut strings having a
body with a flat back, graceful incurvarions etc. and for
playing, it is twanged by the fingers. It is called in French as
guilarre, German as Guitarre, Italian as cijitarra and in
Spanish as guitarra. The construction of the instrument is of
paramount importance in assigning to the guitar […]
With its angular body, and sharp headstock the Gibson Explorer is instantly recognisable.
First released by Gibson in 1958 (along with the equally famous Flying V guitar) the Explorer was a radical departure from its more famous sibling the Gibson Les Paul.
The original Explorer - the X-Plorer (or the Futura as it was initially named) came […]
This lesson can open for you a secret of high-speed guitar playing. If take the given technique for 2-3 weeks you’ll feel progress in high-speed playing of complex passages.
The given principle of development of techniques “was tested” not by one generation of guitarists and not only guitarists…
In this lesson we shall concern high-speed technics. Skilled […]
Country Music star Brad Paisley has released his latest CD entitled Time Well Wasted and it simply is his best release to date.
All of the songs on this collection have stories behind them and are very uplifting and inspirational. Not to mention that Paisley is one of the best steel guitar players in contemporary music.
Time […]