“Understanding a musician’s motivations can deeply change your perspective of music.”
You recently read about listening sessions, and learned how to get more out of listening to a song. Reader and fellow-blogger Shankar from NewAgeVibe suggested I explore the topic of song titles.
One aspect that can enhance your insight into a piece of music is to […]
Picture this: You walk out in front of an audience, everyone’s got that expectant glare on their face and your inner conscience says ‘Hello’ with a screaming “Oh my god, lord, mother mary, buddha, I didn’t practice enough!”
Michelle Bennett over at “A Singer’s Life” shares a thought and an anecdote on rehearsing, and when it […]
To celebrate the launch of this blog and b5media’s Music Channel, we’re giving away some cool prizes.
What’s up for grabs?
* 3 iPod Shuffles
* 3 MP3 players with preloaded MusicIP software
* 3 iTunes Certificates (worth US$25 each)
Read on to see how you can win.
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“I used to be quite haphazard with my practice routines, until I tried using a diary.”
How does your practice routine look? You get down with your instrument when you feel like it, open up the page of some piece you want to play and start playing? Do you just grab that guitar and start jamming […]
1. Press the button
2. Listen
Sure, that sounds easy enough. Unfortunately, most people get Step 2 wrong. And god forbid I’ve met people who get Step 1 wrong as well, but that’s a different story.
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Don’t deprive your children of the so-called “Mozart-Effect“. Engaging in music activates your brain like almost no other activity, studies say. Harness this power and encourage your children to learn music.
But many parents go about in a very wrong way. After 10 years of playing experience, I can tell what should’ve been better in […]
Why does the slamming of a door sound different than the pluck of a guitar string?
Before we dive into things lie music notation, chords, scale systems and the likes, we should understand the basic nature of music. When does a tone become a musical tone? The answer: When we perceive a sound as a regular, […]
Be a successful musician, one note at a time.
Written by Claudia Snowden [email] for b5media.
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