Archive for 'Music + More' Category
Michael Jackson’s Estate Has Earned Close to a Bill Bucks in the Year since He Died
7 June 2010The big sum - from record sales and profitable deals brokered by the estate - is 47 TIMES what the debt-ridden King Of Pop made the year before. That is virtually 2/3rds of what Elvis Presley’s estate has made in the thirty three YEARS since his demise. If the money keeps rolling in, Jacko’s youngsters, […]
Information on Pipe Organs
4 June 2010Pipe organ music is one of the most precious traditional music genres. It may feature one or several keyboards controlled by the hands, and a pedal board played by the feet, each of which has its own set of stops. The organ’s continual supply of wind grants it to maintain notes for as long […]
Arctic Monkeys Frontman Votes for His Favourite Album
10 December 2009Richard Hawley teamed up with Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner at a gig on Thursday that affirmed Yorkshire’s status as an incubator for songsmiths.
Hawley and Turner, both from Sheffield, performed a cover of Arctics’ track The Only Ones Who Know during the former’s headline set at London’s Union Chapel.
Turner surprised the audience at the Little […]
Guitar lesson: Learn To Play Popular Melody On Your Guitar
13 May 2008There are many ways to notate music on the guitar. You can use
sheet music easy to understand when you have learned to read
sheet music. To learn to read sheet music on the guitar is
however not so easy for many students.
What different ways are there to notate guitar melodies?
1. You can use guitar sheet music. The […]
Hip Hop Potency
26 April 2008The success of rap music as the main expression of hip hop has elevated it beyond a cultural movement but to the status of financial powerhouse. Started in the 70’s by innovative DJ’s, rap has become a world wide phenomenon. The organic growth of the music has established the identity of rap music as a […]
View from the Stage: Give Me Your Lost, Your Lonely, Your Drunk
29 March 2008They gather in clusters around tiny tables on soaring stools. You find them belly busting at the bar, shoring walls, and idling in the aisle waysthe people who leave the coziness of their living rooms, and head out into the night in search of music and camaraderie: Rock Fans. Sure they have a plethora of […]
Copyright Infringement and the Funeral Industry
19 March 2008Fifty years ago, the music used at a funeral home service and at memorial services was limited to the available talents of an organist or pianist or a vocalist. More elaborate funeral services might use larger musical groups such as string quartets or even small woodwind or brass ensembles. Rarely did funeral directors […]