From Wikipedia: [[ Gene Taylor (July 2, 1952 – February 20, 2021) was an American musician. Taylor began his musical training as a drummer at…
After bouncing around the dial a couple of times, Houston’s Buzz eventually landed back on 94.5 FM. The current Buzz playlist includes new bands like…
Acoustica Legacy Software (Opens in new tab)https://acoustica.com/legacy Cakewalk by Bandlab (Opens in new tab)https://www.bandlab.com/products/cakewalk The Beatcraft drum program from Acoustica lets you create and store…
I’d like my piano students to check out Rick Beato’s demonstration of the 20 Best Keyboard Intros of all time. Most of these are played…
Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade – San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1942, Pierre Monteux conducting. Originally released by RCA Red Seal.
When you say ‘southern rock,’ the first bands most people think of are Lynyrd Skynyrd and Tom Petty. But The Allman Brothers Band was the…
One of the first points the narrator makes is that the Beatles didn’t read or write sheet music. The sheet music of their songs that…
Blitzen’s Boogie is a great introduction to blues, jazz and big band tonalities for kids. Just in time for the holidays. For non-classical musicians, the…
https://www.newstatesman.com/music-and-performance/2013/09/deal-it-parents-violin-lessons-are-pointless Mark Oppenheimer’s 2013 article proposes an informal test: Go on Facebook and ask your friends to chime in if, when they were children, they…
I ran into this video by Helen Ibe. She has some great advice for people who are learning guitar. She starts by talking about how…