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Yep, Melbourne. Wandered down Flinders Lane this evening to find the laneway to hell. More like the laneway to lotsa garbage bins. The laneway itself is really not that rock’n'roll. It smells (see garbage bin reference). But there are two bars in the laneway, the Alley Bar and the Cherry Bar. I believe either or [...]

The world of music is an ever changing one, and musical tastes change faster than ever. Only 10 years ago, boy bands were all the rage and these days they are nothing but a joke. Nearly 20 years ago, New Wave and Michael Jackson were kings of music, now they are archaic and funny in retrospect.

When you are deciding what instruments to buy for your child, you are facing a very large dilemma. You want to make sure they get instruments that will nurture their creative side, but you don't want to get them something that is going to be so complicated that they quickly lose an interest in playing it. As a result, you are walking a thin line between finding the perfect used instrument that inspires them creatively, and a used instrument that frustrates them immensely.

When you are thinking about taking the plunge and learning how to play a musical instrument, it can be a difficult endeavor complete with heartache and pain. You may succeed in learning the instrument, but the path to that point can be difficult. So why would one want to take the time to learn a musical instrument, practicing hours a day just so they can become proficient at it.

The classic way to listen to music is with vinyl. It is the old form of music playback that is a cherished item for the Baby Boomer generation in North America. However, since the advent of the cassette player, they have faded away and it has been decades since they were actually sold as part of new music packages.

This article catalogues great music CD's that are overlooked. Suggestions are given for where you can buy these great CDs.

Music is an amazing thing. Uniquely human, at least here on Earth, music has the ability to lift the hearts of everyone who listens to it -- making them feel on top of the world and taking their spirit high into the sky. Music has evolved through humanity's own evolution.

This article talks about the most important instruments in music, that is the human voice. Suggestions are given for how to learn how to sing.

When you have a child and they are old enough to walk, then they are old enough to begin looking at playing instruments.Many of the greatest musicians in the history of music have started out incredibly early. Mozart himself was playing the piano at the age of three and composing operas before he was 10 years old.

This article focuses on the group Nirvana. It chronicles their ups and downs and eventual demise.

Toys are a kid's friend, in so many ways. Apart from the fun and amusement it offers, they hold a special place in every child's memory about their childhood. From dolls to Robots, the variety of toys now available is rapidly increasing.

Music is said to be the driving force when it comes to rejuvenation of the tired minds and souls. It has the divine power to relieve you from your tiring work schedules.

So first rule? When practicing, you should not let your mind wonder. You should pay attention to your muscles and to the music. You should seek to understand what it is you are doing. That is the most important rule of all.

Learning to play acoustic guitar is a great adventure which is sometimes spoilt a bit by the prospect of having to learn to read music. But for most acoustic guitar players, learning all the symbols and theory connected with musical notation is not really necessary.

While many timbres, like those which come from bowed strings and woodwinds, are readily recreated with synthesizers, percussive instruments are some of the most tricky to create convincing emulations of. Piano and harpsichord are most easily dealt with through sampled instruments, but the enharmonic qualities of bells and xylophone instruments are relatively easier to create. In this context, enharmonic refers to the relative balance of harmonics in a given audio source being unrelated to the fundamental frequency of the instrument.

This video looks innocent enough until you skip forward to 6:30 (NSFW unless you've got headphones and you don't mind people thinking you're a wierdo), when you see full-screen endoscope footage of a singer's voicebox while they're singing in a distorted Tom Waits / Joe Cocker style.

Learn how to tune a guitar to itself. This means that one string is tuned using another string as a reference. Then that string is used as a reference for the next and so on. When all of the strings have been adjusted they are said to be in tune relative to each other. This article discusses two methods: The "Fret 5/4" and the "Harmonic 5/7 ".