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Arpeggios Tricks and Explanations
Wednesday, 28 Jan, 2009 – 16:10 | View Comments
Arpeggios Tricks and Explanations

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Arpeggios are a broken chord. You can still play the chord with your left hand, but with the pick hand only play “one note at a time“. The same goes for all …

The Facebook Effect
Sunday, 25 Jan, 2009 – 18:39 | View Comments
The Facebook Effect

Today is my birthday! As a result, every one of my social sites were blowing up, especially my Facebook and Twitter. Check it out above.
All this and it wasn’t even 3pm yet. You guys …

New Work City changes workplace and maybe indie music landscape
Saturday, 24 Jan, 2009 – 14:58 | View Comments
New Work City changes workplace and maybe indie music landscape

What if I told you the new studio isn’t going to be a studio – it’s going to be a complete building filled with Independent musicians.

But also along side of those producers, etc are going …

Fuzz.com closes its doors
Thursday, 22 Jan, 2009 – 11:55 | View Comments
Fuzz.com closes its doors

Breaking News: Fuzz.com is closing its doors. With the increasing growth in internet activity, a website for musicians was a great asset to the music community. But, as is were, there is increasing competition from …

RIAA abandons Lawsuits while 95% of music is illegally downloaded
Wednesday, 21 Jan, 2009 – 12:19 | View Comments
RIAA abandons Lawsuits while 95% of music is illegally downloaded

Hmmm…. coincidence?
Gizmodo published an article claiming that 95% of downloaded music is pirated which comes at an interesting time considering that the RIAA just announced last week that they are uplifting lawsuits.

Well, now as we …

Use iPhone’s iTick App for a portable Metronome!
Monday, 19 Jan, 2009 – 10:49 | View Comments
Use iPhone’s iTick App for a portable Metronome!

A metronome is any device that produces a regulated aural, visual or tactile pulse to establish a steady tempo in the performance of music. It is a useful practice tool for musicians that dates back …

Creating Scales On The Guitar
Friday, 16 Jan, 2009 – 11:29 | View Comments
Creating Scales On The Guitar

Creating Scales On The Guitar
To create scales, we will be using which ever key we decide to use.In this case lets make an A Major scale using our A major key: A B C# D …

Creating Major and Minor Chords
Friday, 16 Jan, 2009 – 11:28 | View Comments
Creating Major and Minor Chords

This Post written by James Dellay. To learn more about him follow him on Twitter!
Creating Major Chords
Creating Major Chords using the R/3/5 idea.Root/3rd/5th is the algorithm to create Major chords,The Root is the key you …

Music is Life. Music is Art.
Thursday, 15 Jan, 2009 – 15:07 | View Comments
Music is Life. Music is Art.

Too awesome not to share:

-Not sure who to credit for this painting But its amazing! It looks like something Salvadore Dali would do, but I highly doubt it. If you know, please …

Mobile Devices receive broadcasts in 2009!
Thursday, 15 Jan, 2009 – 15:02 | View Comments
Mobile Devices receive broadcasts in 2009!

Welcome to mobile entertainment. This is big news from a musician’s standpoint. 22 U.S. cities including New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Washington and Atlanta will start broadcasting to mobile devices this year! As …

The end of Microsoft’s Zune?
Wednesday, 14 Jan, 2009 – 15:01 | View Comments
The end of Microsoft’s Zune?

The Zune, Microsoft’s portable music player, is rumored to be laying to rest. It couldn’t cut into Apple’s iTunes and iPod sales, and has even received few support amongst mp3 buyers. (Thanks to HaveBoard for …

Is Twitter the new Business Card?
Tuesday, 6 Jan, 2009 – 13:20 | View Comments
Is Twitter the new Business Card?

OK, I use Twitter all the time. I’ve met amazing people this year through it. Having attended numerous meetups and conventions for my Music Lesson Show, I noticed something interesting:
Instead of handing out business cards, …

American Music Awards versus Youtube Live
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 15:42 | View Comments
American Music Awards versus Youtube Live

A few weeks ago was the American Music Awards on ABC. Normally this wouldn’t make a huge difference in my life, but this comes at a time where I had just finished watching Youtube Live.
We …