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Recording Your Music At Home - Part 4 - More About Arranging

After a week of listening to the masterpiece you created from reading my previous 3 articles on recording your music at home you decide that it is a bit weak in places. Perhaps you like that beautiful, harmonic strings section on your CD that you never managed to include in your original recording s

Piano for Kids - Don't Underestimate Your Child's Intelligence

Some piano resources sold on the internet for children are not all they claim to be.In fact some of these can actually hurt your childs ability to learn because they create a dependence on false musical concepts. Read this article to make sure your children are not relying on false analogies and ass

3 Quick Ways to Increase Your Head Voice

In this post, I'm going to talk a little about the head voice -what it is, why you must develop it gradually as a singer and some tips you can start using right away to increase your head voice, not minding your gender. A popular misconception about the this is that it is only used or to be use

Piano Notes - How To Achieve Hand Independence on the Piano

"I'm losing the left-hand," cried one piano student. "Every time I try to add in my right hand, the left stops" exclaims another. These are common complaints for students who wish to learn hand independence. Read this article and discover how to strengthen both hands!

Music Licensing Tips - The Power of Building a Network

In a recent article, I talked about the importance of building a network of friends and colleagues who are all working towards mutually related goals. Today I want to expand on the idea and give you a couple personal examples of how networking has helped me to both achieve many of my music business

How to Sell My Concert Tickets Immediately

Purchasing tickets to a show and later finding out you can't go can be a disappointment. It is even more disappointing to know that the money spent on those tickets could possibly go to waste. Ticketing outlets only process refunds for canceled or postponed shows, leaving the buyer no choice but to

How to Sell My Music Product

Selling a music product consists mostly of selling recorded music or by selling products used to promote the artist or musicians who created the music. Mp3s, CDs, tour T-shirts and band stickers and pins can all be classified as music products, but music is the main music product that must be create

Taylor Swift Tickets Speak Now Tour 2011

The Taylor Swift Speak Now Tour is currently under expansion and the singer surely deserves credit and accolades for playing 97 shows in about 19 countries in four continents all over the world. Recen

How to Succeed With the Help of Sampled Beats

Today, the music industry is extremely competitive. However, to succeed you need to be a step ahead of the competition. You can manage to do so if you acquire sampled beats. Unfortunately, some of your ...

Cons Against Signing A Rap Record Deal

Hey whats good... I want to talk to you about record deals. A lot of my friends are trying to get signed to major labels. I tell them do not do it because I feel in this day and age that is one of the worst things you can do for your music career. The independent movement is popping right now, you c

3 Things That Make a Piano Player Great

A great piano player stays focused on his/her goals. They don't let anything deter them or slow them down or stop them from reaching their goals.

How to Make Cajon Conga Drums

A Cajon is a percussion instrument first built in Peru by African slaves in the 1800s. Named after the Spanish word for "box," a Cajon is literally a box-shaped hand drum with a thin membrane, usually plywood, which reverberates after being struck. A hybrid of bass, snare and bongo drum

How to Replace Kluson Tuners with Grover Tuners

The original Kluson tuners on a vintage guitar typically demonstrate a lot of wear and many otherwise spectacular instruments will not stay in tune because of a loose connection between the worm shaft and spur gear. Replacing these tuners with a new set of Grover tuners will solve this problem and k

6 Reasons To Learn From An Online Guitar Website

With all of these new guitarists popping up all over the place, you might begin to wonder how all of them are learning to play this instrument so quickly. Honestly, most of them are learning ...

The Best Way to Learn the Guitar Quickly

If you are a millionaire, the best way to learn the guitar is with your own personal guitar teacher! For the rest of us, who aren't so wealthy, learning the guitar online is becoming the most popular way to learn, simply because the results are so impressive.