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How to Start a Band - Secret 1 - Authenticity and Attraction

When starting a band, the biggest mistake that 99% of bands make when they get together is that once they've found all of the "right musicians" they stop looking for musicians altogether. The situation created by this mistake is that when changes occur within the band, sometimes as soon as a month down the road, the band's activities come to a screeching halt and they have to go through the tedious process of seeking out musicians all over again.

Music Festivals in Miami - What Are the Keys to Success?

In 2009, Miami had two major music festivals, Future Classic Festival and Miami Music Festival, that should have been great successes. However, each of these festivals face great difficulties in achieving this goal. What can be done to improve the quality of these festivals for both the performers and the attendees?

Voice Over Software - How the Simplest Software Can Give You the Highest Quality Recording

You have read about plug-ins and Pro Tools and thousands of dollars worth of voice over software, but how much of that do you really NEED? Extremely high quality sounding voice overs can be recorded with the simplest software. You don't need to go broke buying software!

How to Make Your Own Music

It's so much easier now for would-be successful musicians to produce their own "masterpiece." As technology in this field advances at a rapid rate, not only can you make your own music, but you can do so working from your own home.

Go From a DJ to an Audio Mixing Engineer

D.J.'s do more than just D.J. They record tracks and produce music as well. D.J.'s also get jobs with record companies to be resident D.J.'s meaning they do all of the in house D.J. music for artists on their records or they produce records for artists.

Learn Electric Guitar - The Student Point of View

The guitar remains one of the most popular instruments to learn because of the versatility it offers. The guitar can be used to play just about any type of music and whether you start learning the electric guitar to emulate your musical heroes or because you want to write your own songs, learning the electric guitar will be great fun.

Can Beginner Piano Lessons Result in Your Becoming a Professional Musician?

People of all ages have considered taking beginner piano lessons. Could this be the first step to your becoming a Pro?

Learn Electric Guitar - How to Buy an Amp?

Most new players overlook the aspect of an amp for their electric guitar. This articles aims to provide some insight on how to choose an amp.

Music is the Best Medicine For Our Body and Soul

Music is always considered as the soul of our body. Listening to pleasant music relaxes our mind and body as well. Humans have invented many gadgets with the help of science just to make life easier and comfortable. However, we forget to believe on the easiest relaxing method i.e. music.

Mixing House Music and Distinguishing the Breaks in the Music

When it comes to mixing house music, it takes some experience of knowing how house music is created. This simply comes with listening to it over and over again.

Sonic Producer - Music Production Anywhere, Anytime, Online

Sonic Producer is a music production and beat making software available in an online format. The program is unique because you actually use it online, unlike the competitor software where you have to fully install it on a machine. While the software is online, it does not lack any functionality.

Choose What Kind of Dj You Want For Your Important Event

A quality mobile DJ will have a range of Disco Equipment with them that can be put to good use at various types of party venues. Mobile DJs of course make it their business to have the best Disco Equipment they can afford because they like to put a good show on for their clients.

How to DJ Like a Pro - Learn to Read the Crowd and Whip Up a Dance Floor Frenzy

Tune into the crowd. They can feel it when you can. When your heart beats faster and you're excited, they can feel it too. No one knows exactly why, they just can. The key point is, it AIN'T SCIENCE! We don't understand everything in this world. We can only try to feel what we can't understand.

Country Guitar Lessons - The Good From the Bad - Country Guitar Lessons

Good country guitar lessons should teach you the basics of playing a guitar in country style music. Contrary to popular belief, country music is gaining momentum in commercial music zone and is fast becoming a fad. While there is the bouncy pop music and loud rock and metal music in guitar, country music has its own share of fans and the number is growing thanks to the soothing and comforting tones of this southern style of music. Undergoing country guitar lessons should help you better understand the nuances of this age-old style of music and appreciate this style in a much better way. In country guitar lessons the music is mainly taught through acoustic guitar which does not need electricity to work.

Guitar Lessons - Benefits For Online Guitar Methods

With the Internet now almost anyone can get access to anything in seconds, and guitar lessons are not the exception. They are very looked for because of the fact that you can go to your very own "guitar school" or "music school" in your pajamas, you don't get to see anyone and nobody gets to see you.

Epiphone Les Paul Special II Review - A Great Inexpensive Guitar

The beginner-level instrument market is a moderately tough niche to crack. There's no dearth of beginner-level musical instruments, and you can even purchase them at major retail merchants such as Wal-Mart or Target.

Major and Minor Scale Shapes

No matter what key you are playing in, knowing which frets to use on the guitar is pivotal in your playing ability. Memorizing scale shapes is a great way to remember where your fingers should go.

Guitar Plans - How to Make a Guitar Body Template From Paper Plans

Do you know how to make the templates for the guitar you're about to build without destroying the original set of paper plans you just bought? You will once you read this article.

Beat-Matching Tutorial For Beginners

Beat-matching is the art of mixing two musical compositions together seamlessly by speeding up or slowing down one of the songs to align their rhythms. Basically, you need to be able to hear whether the beat you are adjusting is faster or slower. In order to do this you need skill which comes from an ear for tempo and lots of practice. A good DJ knows how to beat-match, and this article will share with you some of my techniques.

Featured Artist: Kerry Chater

Chart debut year: 1977