Family Music
Posted on May 26, 2010 - Filed Under Camping | Leave a Comment
Family music
Going through music school for a short period of time learning primarily by music theory early in my life, I didn't get much of the actual acoustic guitar training that I wanted. This led me to self-taught books and expensive one on one guitar teacher for the longest time. I spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars on this sort of thing. You have to remember back in the 80's and early 90's that's pretty much all there was. There was no Internet. Later on, I had a family and my guitar playing had to go on the back burner for a while. One day we took a trip to Tom Lee music and one of my sons showed an interest in playing guitar, on one of those 3/4 mini Fender Stats. My son and me love to jam to music together. We don't need a drummer, because they are hard to find anyway so we, researched the Internet to resolve our problem. Whether the instrument is a guitar, vocals, or fiddle music brings a family together. You don't have to spend a lot of money on an instrument.
Read More..>>Bristol Sound City – Home of trip hop – named UK’s most musical city
Posted on May 18, 2010 - Filed Under Art and Culture | Leave a Comment
Bristol has been named the most musical city in Britain in a survey published by the Performing Rights Society this week.
According to the survey, the city, which is home to Massive Attack, Tricky and Portishead, has produced more musicians relative to population size than any other in the UK. This puts it ahead of traditional creative hot spots such as Manchester, Sheffield and Liverpool.
Massive Attack's Daddy G said despite the city's association with the slave trade, Bristol's multi cultural population has helped create an interesting music scene: “There's a huge West Indian population in Bristol, which is really amazing because it's helped influence the sound and the textures of Bristol.
Read More..>>How to fill up a music library
Posted on May 10, 2010 - Filed Under music | Leave a Comment
We've all had those times where we've ran out of music to listen to, or just bought a new iPod and have no music to put onto it. Well, from personal experience, I've found quite a few ways to fill up songs, quickly and easily.
music Discovery What you should always start out with is some basic tunes – at least enough so that other programs will have a reference. Last.fm, YouTube, and Songr are all resources you should consider, especially if you already have a favorite genre or artist. Last.fm will allow for you to enter a favorite artist and hear tunes by them. YouTube has many music videos, each with their respective view numbers and vote numbers (these digits can be used as a reference point). If you have completely no idea what you like, Songr's homepage will give you a list of songs others like; otherwise, just search up your favorite artist to find their tunes.
Read More..>>Getting Your Hands Firmly On Those Kelly Clarkson Tickets
Posted on January 23, 2010 - Filed Under Entertainment | Leave a Comment
There's no reason why you should think twice about getting yourself Kelly Clarkson tickets to a concert near you. After all she is one of the young female American pop artists who has consistently outperformed themselves with every successive album produced. And she does this while staying away from the controversy that is so easy to attract when you become an overnight success. Yes, it does take hard work to get to the top, but it is even more difficult to stay at the apex once you reach there. And this is expressly why one looks at Clarkson and her metamorphosis from the young 2002 American Idol winner to the confident and mature artist of 2009, will tell you everything you need to know about being successful and staying that way.
Read More..>>Clamor For Lady Gaga Tickets
Posted on January 2, 2010 - Filed Under Entertainment | Leave a Comment
From time immemorial, music has been a part of life, providing inspiration and rhythm to the lives of millions of people. It has inspired people to such an extent that poets, dramatists and authors have eulogized it at every stage of their creation and musicians like Lady Gaga have enthralled audiences with wonderful renditions of different types of music. Little wonder that Shakespeare had said, 'If music be the food of love, play on.' Due to the popularity of such musical shows, it does become difficult to get Lady Gaga tickets if proper booking through the Internet is not made well in advance.
Brief History
Read More..>>The shortest Retrospective of Iggy Pop
Posted on October 13, 2009 - Filed Under music | Leave a Comment
Born 1947 in Muskegon and raised in a trailer-park in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Iggy Pop began his musical career as a drummer in High-School. Although he achieved only limited mainstream success, Iggy Pop is one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. He's often referred to nicknames like “The godfather of punk” and “The Iguana”. I'll now give you the shortest possible Retrospective of the impressive creative output of this extraordinary personality. Iggy Pop was/is a musician, singer, songwriter, producer and actor. He started his career with a band he founded with Ron Asheton named “The Stooges”. He recorded four albums with “The Stooges”: “The Stooges”, “Fun House”, “Raw Power” and “The Weirdness”. He also recorded 19 solo-albums, here?s a list:
Read More..>>Punk Scene And The Internet
Posted on September 23, 2009 - Filed Under Entertainment | Leave a Comment
The evolution of punk in the United States of America and United Kingdom is around four to five decades old, but today it has evolved as one of the most stylish and unique subculture. You can easily recognize a punk from a crowd of millions because they prefer to look different from the rest through their clothing patterns and hairstyles.
Today, you might see punk culture very much alive and kicking on the sidelines with us and they are gradually spreading into different areas like films, fashion videos and our culture too. Punk evolved out of many philosophical, artistic movements and other economic reasons that were raging during the early 1970s. One of the main reasons was the economic recession that happened then and the youth was all out on streets expressing their anger and incompetent government policies. Some of the earliest forms of punk are protopunk and glam punk that developed in Detroit, Boston and New York City.
Read More..>>Rock Steady
Posted on August 17, 2009 - Filed Under music | Leave a Comment
Partying to great live music at a festival with thousands of other fans is many people's idea of the ultimate fun. Even those who are not normally crazy about camping get swept up by the high spirits and carefree mood. Which is good, to a point. Benign though the vibe may be, festivals aren't criminal-free zones and protecting yourself remains crucial.
Criminals do target music festivals and concerts. Criminals read newspapers to find events they can target, and then pickpocket and steal cars there. Common crimes include theft, assault when drunk or drugged people get into fights, drug possession, drug dealing and the illegal distribution of alcohol. Drug and alcohol abuse is common practice and unfortunately this leads directly to an increase in crime, even violent crime. There have also been cases where young women have left the event with a stranger and been raped outside the event.
Read More..>>5 Essential Guitar Tips You Cannot Ignore
Posted on August 10, 2009 - Filed Under music | Leave a Comment
There is a wide variety of musical instruments available these days. These instruments can generate sounds to express almost every mood. If you are a music lover then to own some of the musical instruments will be a great deal. Explore the different sounds from them. music can make you get rid of blues, make you happy and energize you from deep down within.
In order to make a wise decision, start from such a musical instrument which comes handy and is affordable. One of the best examples of an instrument possessing such qualities is guitar. It is not only easy to learn but it comes in the budget as well.
Read More..>>Michael Jackson, Personal Branding & Daniel Vasella
Posted on August 1, 2009 - Filed Under Arts and Entertainment | Leave a Comment
MJ is no more, long live brand MJ.
Even before the Tweets had quietened, there were blogs about MJ's childhood, his Moonwalk, his music and his life, and the brand he chose to live.
There! While you were not looking, I slipped in that weasel word, " brand" just to check if you recoiled with surprise;-)!
Call me old-fashioned, but just how does a human being become a brand?
Apparently, there is a thriving business around a concept called Personal Branding.
Is this just one more way of adding zing to a jaded word thus drawing attention to (and creating revenue for) the author? Or is there something valuable in this idea?
As I start digging into the history of that word, I discover conflicting data.
Read More..>> keep looking »
