Music Articles

Music | By Jerry Shepard @ Wednesday, 19th November 2008

Many people rush out to get wireless outdoor speakers and then stop to think. What do I do with them? Where do I now place them? They obviously want to place them outside, hence the name. But where should wireless outdoor speakers be placed? We spend a lot of time outside enjoying the warm sun and the cool breeze and [more...]

Music | By Duane Shinn @ Wednesday, 19th November 2008

Many people are amazed when they realize that President Bill Clinton can play the saxophone. Moreover, he was not the first or only President of the United States of America with musical talent. Musically inclined presidents and their instruments included: * John Quincy Adams, the flute * Thomas Jefferson, the violin, cello and clavichord * Abraham Lincoln, the violin and harmonica * John Tyler, [more...]

Music | By Craig Chambers @ Wednesday, 19th November 2008

Ceremonial drums gave my home that great, southwestern look I was trying to achieve. I was so happy with the unique, southwestern look that the Native American drums added to my home, that I began researching and reading about the history and the influential role they play in Indigenous cultures. If you are like me, you have probably seen how [more...]

Music | By Jill Engledow @ Wednesday, 19th November 2008

Have you ever tried to figure out your favorite Hawaiian song? Practically impossible, if you ask me. How about the 10 best Hawaii songs? Still tough. Anyone who loves Hawaiian music knows that the Hawaiian repertoire includes so many beautiful tunes, usually with equally beautiful words, that one\'s favorite is likely to change at any moment. Like, for [more...]

Music | By Jim Brown @ Tuesday, 18th November 2008

I guess everybody has the desire to sing like a pro and perhaps is searching ways in how to improve the skills in order to sing as efficient as those you hear and watch on TV. Well, here is the good news; you can. There are many things you can do to start singing like a pro. It does not [more...]

Music | By Dominic Donaldson @ Tuesday, 18th November 2008

The market for all things retro seems to get bigger every day; who would have thought that sweet wrappers from the 1970\'s would one day become incredibly collectible and turn up on ebay! Dj equipment and sound recording equipment from the last century has seen a surge in popularity in recent years as a new generation have discovered the history [more...]

Music | By Mike McCoy @ Tuesday, 18th November 2008

Your wedding music is the sound track for the most important day of your life. Although songs like, Reasons, Three Time A Lady, Why Have I Lost You, and If You Think You\'re Lonely Now - Wait Until Tonight, Girl, are all great songs, they are terrible songs for a wedding! The music of your wedding day serves [more...]

Music | By Duane Shinn @ Tuesday, 18th November 2008

Stephen Collins Foster, the \"father of American music,\" wrote songs in the nineteenth century that live on to this day. He was the forerunner of today\'s professional songwriter, though he died in poverty. He expanded the musical tastes of America like no other before him. Born in Pennsylvania, Foster was one of ten children. Though his family was middle class when [more...]

Music | By Constantine Lekendiros @ Monday, 17th November 2008

Harmonicas are great musical instruments and learning how to play the harmonica will give someone an understanding of the basics of music necessary to move on to other musical instruments. Harmonicas are great because they are versatile portable and relatively inexpensive. Harmonicas are used in a wide variety of musical genres, such as bluegrass, blues, folk, rock, country, Gospel, jazz, [more...]

Music | By Constantine Lekendiros @ Monday, 17th November 2008

The harmonica has almost become a trademark of blues music. Harmonicas where initially brought to the United States in the 1800\'s and have over 100 years of history in North America. Initially the harmonica was the instrument of the poor but just as blues music began to come into the mainstream the harmonica gained mainstream recognition. Another reason why the harmonica became [more...]

Music | By Constantine Lekendiros @ Monday, 17th November 2008

Harmonica is an instrument that gained vast popularity with the blues music movement. Over the years the harmonica has remained a trademark of blues music and has also remained popular as an instrument as well. Harmonicas are made up of cover plates, reed-plates, and a main body called the comb. Harmonicas are free-reed aero-phone instruments which means sound is produced [more...]

Music | By Anna Stenning @ Monday, 17th November 2008

Music affects everybody in some way or another, whether they listen to the radio or simply hear a jingle for an advert. Everywhere we go somewhere along the line, on a day-to-day basis we hear some tune or note that either brings back memories, makes use tap our feet or shudder with annoyance! The fact is music is everywhere, whether [more...]

Music | By Matt Chang @ Sunday, 16th November 2008

Doesn\'t it always happen that when you want to learn how to do something for the first time you jump in head first and sometimes don\'t take the time to think about the best way to do it? When you start learning guitar playing, you want to be the new sensation on the hit charts within one day. If you\'re [more...]

Music | By Keith Baxter @ Sunday, 16th November 2008

Perhaps the first thing you should do if you are setting out to learn the guitar is to master a basic guitar chords chart. Even if you aim to be a lead guitarist, learning the chords is a logical first step. Almost every song out there, whether it is an easy guitar song or a more difficult song, [more...]

Music | By Roberto Sedycias @ Sunday, 16th November 2008

A guitar is a musical instrument, usually with six strings. This six-stringed guitar finds its origin in Spain. It can be played by handpicking or by finger-picks or plectrum. Plastic plectrums find wide usage today. However, the tonal quality is higher when tortoise shell picks are used. Guitars can broadly be divided into two categories: acoustic and electric. Acoustic guitars are [more...]

Music | By Jim Somchai @ Sunday, 16th November 2008

When you want to learn guitar and you don\'t have of the budget to spend on. You may want to know how you can learn how to learn playing guitar for free. I don\'t really believe in free stuff but I did see some way that you can use to start learning guitar on your own. This article will suggest [more...]

Music | By Keith Baxter @ Sunday, 16th November 2008

How would you like to be as good as your favorite guitarist at playing guitar? Can you imagine downloading some free guitar tablature, say some Eric Clapton guitar tabs, and playing the guitar part as well as Clapton himself? The exciting news is that if you can imagine this, then you can do it, even if you currently [more...]

Music | By Ann Knapp @ Sunday, 16th November 2008

The association between smoking and creativity is an old one, almost stereotypical. In the nineteenth century the painter Edouard Manet, for example, used the upward drift of cigar smoke in his famous portrait of the celebrated French Symbolist poet Stephane Mallarme to symbolize the wafting elusiveness of the poet\'s mind and sensibility. And of course it\'s difficult to picture the [more...]

Music | By Ann Knapp @ Thursday, 13th November 2008

There\'s no doubt about it. Tobacco farming is tough work, with backbreaking hours in hot conditions. Nobody knows that better than the growers and harvesters of so-called \"shade tobacco,\" who make possible a multimillion-dollar industry from rural Connecticut. Eighteen-hour days, with seven-day weeks from spring to early fall, are the lot of the Connecticut shade tobacco farms, whose main season [more...]

Music | By Keith Baxter @ Sunday, 2nd November 2008

Being excellent at anything takes dedication, motivation and practice To rise above your peers in any endeavor, it will require a sincere effort on your part. Becoming an excellent guitar player is no exception to this rule; one does not become truly excellent without countless hours of practice and a deep love for music. This is true regardless of the [more...]