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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 …

Being Told No
Tuesday, 25 Aug, 2009 – 8:12 | View Comments
Being Told No

When someone tells you that you can’t do something then look them in the face and prove them wrong.
Lance Armstrong overcame cancer, Michael Jordan overcame being cut from his High School Basketball team. Michael …

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. …

Whuffaoke!
Saturday, 8 Aug, 2009 – 18:57 | View Comments
Whuffaoke!

Whuffaoke was bring Karaoke music TO THE STREETS! And I just don’t mean in New York City, but the entire USA. I joined Tony Bacigalupo, Alex Hillman, Tara Hunt and more on their adventure of …

Silence is Golden
Sunday, 26 Jul, 2009 – 9:25 | View Comments
Silence is Golden

Silence is the most powerful and important part in conversation, presentations, and even music. Too many times I see people walking down the street with their iPods or mp3 players. I feel its important that …

Easy Way to Learn Scales
Saturday, 25 Jul, 2009 – 11:35 | View Comments
Easy Way to Learn Scales

Learning scales can be difficult. There are a few tricks to going about and speeding up the process.
Understand that there are also Modes, too. You’ll be happy to learn that all the chords you know, …

Tapping Explained
Saturday, 25 Jul, 2009 – 11:27 | View Comments
Tapping Explained

Tapping is a lot of fun. This technique allows you to stretch and hit notes that would other wise not be possible to reach with only your fret hand. The idea is the grasp your …

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 …

Sibelius 6 Intro
Wednesday, 22 Jul, 2009 – 5:15 | View Comments
Sibelius 6 Intro

Sibelius 6 is the latest installment of the best music engraver around. There are a bunch of new features in this one that my older version didn’t have.
One of them is “Panoramic View”, which allows …

Standing Out
Thursday, 11 Jun, 2009 – 10:25 | View Comments
Standing Out

Don’t be afraid to express yourself.
But remember: “Be yourself, because everybody else is already taken

Difference Between Bass and Guitar
Monday, 16 Mar, 2009 – 7:42 | View Comments
Difference Between Bass and Guitar

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What are the differences between Bass and Guitar?
Bass has 4 strings (E A D G), Guitar has 6 strings (E A D G …

Music Acts in Youtube Live 2008 and Youtube Gathering 2008
Monday, 24 Nov, 2008 – 9:49 | View Comments
Music Acts in Youtube Live 2008 and Youtube Gathering 2008

Youtube Live marked a new era in shows and performances – both in music and other art forms. Last night was the first ever annual Youtube Live Concert, and it was everything I’d hoped it …

Me, iJustine, Gary Vaynerchuk, & Ben Parr hang out at #NME PICS and more (2 of 4)
Tuesday, 2 Sep, 2008 – 8:09 | View Comments
Me, iJustine, Gary Vaynerchuk, & Ben Parr hang out at #NME PICS and more (2 of 4)

At the New Media Expo I was on a panel with iJustine and Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV. The panel was moderated by Mashable.com‘s Ben Parr. We spoke about where New Media is headed …

Understanding Complex Time Signatures
Sunday, 13 Jul, 2008 – 20:47 | View Comments
Understanding Complex Time Signatures

Understanding Complex Time Signatures

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