In June 2012, I wrote an article for NBIZ Magazine where I described Texas' "Energy-only" power market structure, quoted industry officials explaining their business model, and warned of failures like…
From Wikipedia: [[ Gene Taylor (July 2, 1952 – February 20, 2021) was an American musician. Taylor began his musical training as a drummer at age eight but two years…
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 Imagine Dragons and Twenty One…
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 great sounding drum parts. The…
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 on a conventional piano, but…
Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1942, Pierre Monteux conducting. Originally released by RCA Red Seal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e7C4DugjyI
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 band that defined southern rock,…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmjRM3AziTY 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 you buy was all…
Blitzen's Boogie is a great introduction to blues, jazz and big band tonalities for kids. Just in time for the holidays. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KbG1NEpKZw For non-classical musicians, the best predictor of whether…
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 took five years or more…