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Numbers as Intervals in Music
Tuesday, 25 Aug, 2009 – 9:02 | View Comments
Numbers as Intervals in Music

A lot of times, when referring to an interval, people will refer to it as a Number instead of the actual note.
The example is that A B C# D E F# can be written as …

Note Durations Explained
Monday, 24 Aug, 2009 – 3:44 | View Comments
Note Durations Explained

This is similar to my How to Read Music tutorial.

I get a lot of questions regarding note durations. The idea is that the flag is what tells you how long you should play a note. …

Thinkgeek The Musical Act 1 Scene 2
Thursday, 13 Aug, 2009 – 9:23 | View Comments
Thinkgeek The Musical Act 1 Scene 2

So I was on Thinkgeek the other day to buy a key/screwdriver/bottle opener thing and was having a blast looking through the site when all of a sudden – the PAYPAL button didn’t work …

Cupcake Symphony #1
Friday, 24 Jul, 2009 – 11:32 | View Comments
Cupcake Symphony #1

This video was the idea of Rana. She’s amazing
So basically, we took cupcakes and drew different music durations notes throughout. Then we used duck tape to make a treble clef on my …

First iPhone 3gs video
Monday, 20 Jul, 2009 – 21:00 | View Comments
First iPhone 3gs video

Looks like I’m going to start teaching music while I’m walking the streets. Which is Awesome!
I’m so excited that I finally own the newest iPhone 3gs release from Apple. I have been amazed by this …

Barre Chord Intro
Monday, 20 Jul, 2009 – 20:40 | View Comments
Barre Chord Intro

Barre Chords (sometimes called Bar Chords) are when you use one finger (mainly your pointer finger) to completely ‘bar’ the guitar’s fretboard.
There are 2 types of Barre Chords: Partial and Full. A partial Barre chord …

Difference between 4/4 and 6/8
Monday, 20 Jul, 2009 – 20:34 | View Comments
Difference between 4/4 and 6/8

4/4 means there’s 4 quarter notes per measure. 6/8 means there’s 6 eighth notes per measure.
This video explains the difference between the two and how these ‘Time Signatures’ are similar.

AOL Music still biggest Music Site in the world ahead of Myspace
Saturday, 16 May, 2009 – 15:06 | View Comments
AOL Music still biggest Music Site in the world ahead of Myspace

As of May 14, 2009 AOL Music is still the biggest Music website. in the world with over 27 million listeners. Meanwhile MySpace is in a close second.
This raises an interesting point – is Myspace …

Twitter brings back @Replies after Uproar
Wednesday, 13 May, 2009 – 16:03 | View Comments
Twitter brings back @Replies after Uproar

Today, Twitter did the dumbest thing ever, and took away @Replies from people. Then finally, after the community uproar decided to retract their steps and bring it back.

As a marketing and social media guy specializing …

Revision 3 NYC May 2009 Meetup at Lunasa’s
Wednesday, 13 May, 2009 – 13:30 | View Comments
Revision 3 NYC May 2009 Meetup at Lunasa’s

To learn more about NYC Revision 3 events go here

In this picture David Chaitt (@Chaitters), Jon Accarrino (@Accarrino), Jim Louderback (@JLouderb), me, Anthony Perry (ajperry74), and Daniel Delaney.

Last night I hosted my first Revision3 meetup. …

What you see in NYC Subways
Friday, 8 May, 2009 – 9:28 | View Comments
What you see in NYC Subways

Epic. Enjoy

Building Scales by Skipping Strings
Thursday, 7 May, 2009 – 8:00 | View Comments
Building Scales by Skipping Strings

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When you’re trying to ‘break the cycle’ and learn new scales (or memorize ones) then its easy to learn them by skipping strings. This is because you use …

Solos are like Talking
Thursday, 7 May, 2009 – 7:54 | View Comments
Solos are like Talking

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So let’s speak to each other!

Accidentals in Key Sigatures
Wednesday, 6 May, 2009 – 16:29 | View Comments
Accidentals in Key Sigatures

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This is similar to the Circle of Fifths. Watch above and learn!