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Alright, let’s play a game inspired by Darren Rowse over at DPS Photography School and put together a hypothetical situation. Let’s say you walk into a popular music store in your area. The owner tells you he’s going to give you $5,000 to spend on anything you want in the store, but you only have …
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Author: Keith Wyatt and Carl Schroeder Publisher: Hal Leonard Publication Date: September 1, 2002 Price: $6.15 on Kindle and $7.19 Paperback Edition: Paperback, 176 Pages I bought my first copy of the Hal Leonard Pocket Music Theory: A Comprehensive and Convenient Source for All Musicians when I was in high school. I had signed up …
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One of the most important things you can do for yourself both personally and for your career is to constantly look for new ways to grow, learn, and improve. And we’re not just talking about practice. There are two sides of music: the art and the business. So whether you are an up-and-coming artist, a …
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DC Music School, founded by guitarist Denis Chang, is getting ready to officially launch later this year. The online school offers a variety of lessons and materials in the rock, jazz and gypsy music styles through play-a-longs, videos and pdf etudes/charts. For the time being, many of the lessons are geared towards guitarists and violinists, …
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On April 29, 2014 saxophonist Jackiem Joyner will release his fifth solo album, Evolve. The album, with eleven original and self-produced tracks, certainly exemplifies Joyner’s evolution as an artist, performer and saxophonist and so far, stands out as one of the most diverse and interesting projects to be released this year. Jackiem Joyner teams up …
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If you’ve happened across videos of a saxophonist playing while surfing on Youtube (or even here on Teen Jazz), you’ve already had an introduction to the talented, up and coming musician that is Reggie Padilla. Having become a tour de force on the Hawaii jazz scene as a sideman and bandleader over the past few …
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More and more artists are shifting from the traditional album release model, opting to go the independent route rather than work with a label, turning to crowd funding as a viable way to fund and produce an album. So it’s no surprise that Brian Culberston chose to do just that with his latest release “Another …
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It hasn’t been long since harmonica player Yvonnick Prené’s last release – he made his debut just under a year ago with “Jour de Fête” in March 2013 – but that hasn’t stopped the New York based musician from heading back into the studio to produce yet another outstanding project. And so, it is with …
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Author: Daniel J. Levitin Publisher: Plume Publication Date: August 28th 2007 Price: $18.00 Edition: Paperback, 226 Pages According to the author, This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, is “about the science of music, from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience.” (p. 11) It provides an extensive two chapter introduction to …
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I’ve been going to NAMM almost every year since 2004 and I’ve had the opportunity to see a number of changes in music technology, instruments and products over the last decade. This year’s NAMM took place at the Anaheim Convention Center January 23-26, 2014, and as always, it was exciting to be a part of …
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