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There’s A Worm In My Head And A Fish In The Bed

Smiley — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:07:31 +0000

Nestled quietly South West from Birmingham off the infamous M5, sits Stourbridge. Unassuming and fairly shadowed by the great Midlands city, it presented to the British indie pop scene a misshapen motley crew of four young men in 1986 who called themselves The Wonder Stuff. It was the brain child...

How To Read Guitar Tabs

Smiley — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:27:45 +0000

Have you had trouble learning how to read guitar tabs? Learning how to read guitar tabs is really quite easy. With this simple tutorial you will know how to read guitar tabs in no time

First let me explain to you what the numbers on guitar tabs represent. This is the key to basic understan...

Shut Up And Sing

Smiley — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:29:17 +0000

What is it with these performers and their politics? Do they really think that people who pay $100 or more to hear them sing want to hear them utter political opinions? The audience pays hundreds of thousands of dollars to see and hear a performer PERFORM. You want to spout politics, run for frea...

Andres Segovia, the Father of the Classical Guitar - A Remembrance

Smiley — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:22:29 +0000

Next year, 2007, marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Andres Segovia, the father of the classical guitar for almost the entire 20th Century. This remembrance of what was to be one of his last concerts, a 1985 performance at the Arlington Centre, Santa Barbara, is a tribute to his extraordin...

Art of Band Creation

Smiley — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:11:01 +0000

No wonder we all seek to express ourselves in some way. To achieve success in music we need a band, as a solo career is no longer popular. And now you are between decisions how to choose the band members to share you dazzling ups.

Well, there are two ways out:
1.To involve professional...

The Blue Aeroplanes - Poetry And Dance In The Mind And The Ears

Smiley — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:01:36 +0000

Back in the days of what was the explosive 'Woodstock' music scene of Bristol and the West Country, a vocalist emerged from the new genre, known as indie, in the shape Gerard Langley. Hardly, as you would first think, a name to be reckoned with in the glitzy world of music showbiz, but a fairly...

Handmade Violins

Smiley — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:22:37 +0000

Handmade violin is an affordable alternative to a more expensive older violin. It has become so affordable that anyone who wants a hand-made violin can easily afford it.

A wide range of handmade violins are available in the market to cater to the needs of beginners as well as professional p...

The Sixties Black American Music And the British Mods

Smiley — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:01:44 +0000

During the early sixties there were great changes in America, particularly, in the civil rights movements. This meant black popular music became a lot more accepted. Soul and Motown were the main musical styles providing good fast music with a catchy beat which people could easily dance to. These...

Is There Anything Good in Rap-Rock

Smiley — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:04:42 +0000

Aerosmith did that song with Run-DMC, Anthrax did a few, 311 made it a little different by bringing in some groove, Faith No More blew everyone away with "Epic", and then Limp Bizkit dropped the standard with weak songs starting a trend of a lot of mediocre rap-rock bands hitting the mainstream...

The Music At Work Place

Smiley — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:27:21 +0000

In 1972 Fox and Embrey conducted four experiments to determine whether efficiency in completing tasks was affected by background music, or a lack of. The four experiments were based around the workers completing certain tasks in a specified amount of time, with different styles of music being pla...

Gram Parsons - The Complete Reprise Sessions - Music Review

Smiley — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:19:14 +0000

Sweet golden honey slide tears. Want to feel, really feel, the original alt country thing that so many, like My Morning Jacket, are doing now? Do you use music like a drug? Is your poison country rock? Try the Complete Reprise Sessions from Gram Parsons.

"Oh, but she sure could sing." Bod...

Album Leaf, Maquiladora and Adam Gnade at the Casbah in SD CA - Music Review

Smiley — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:05:22 +0000

Jimmy and The Album Leaf had a nice thing going over two shows at the Casbah and the Knitting Factory. They were very tight and the crowd was very appreciative both nights.

Travelling as a four piece they came out for a 3 or 4 song encore both nights. All of the songs were synched up to vid...

Top 50 Music Quotations

Smiley — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:15:31 +0000

Discover the phenomenonal complexity of music and reflect on the way it can positively influence your life with this sound collection of riveting quotes...

"Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below."
-- Joseph Addison
"Music was my r...

Win Friends & Influence People Through Music — Is It Possible

Smiley — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:25:39 +0000

The idea that studying music improves the social development of a child is not a new one, but at last there is incontrovertible evidence from a study conducted out of the University of Toronto.

The study, published in the August issue of Psychological Science was led by Dr. E. Glenn Schelle...

Festival We Don’t Need No Stinking Festival - Music Review

Smiley — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:16:40 +0000

Ah, the urban wilderness that is LA! The wild smog in the wild air settles all over you like a fine coating of pancake makeup applied to a nude model. You stroll through this thick atmosphere and feel the desperation and faded glory assault your senses. Crumbled and stained sidewalks and curbs se...