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There are guitar solos, and then there are great guitar solos. There are many different ways to develop a really creative guitar solo. Some guitar solos come from the heart, and are expressed during moments of improvisation. Other guitar solos are developed note by note until the desired solo that is in the mind of the guitar player is expressed. Once practiced over and over again, the guitar player can utilize this developed guitar solo over and over again within an original, or memorized song. Soling on the guitar is a fun and exciting way to express the ideas that are within you as a guitar player. When learning to master and learn guitar solos, it is important to discover as many creative...

Some of the greatest guitar compositions have made it to the hall of fame thanks to their lead guitarists. Lead guitar refers to a the use of a guitar to perform melody lines, instrumental fill passages, and guitar solos within a song structure. Guitarists like Van Halen, Steve Vai, David Gilmour, John Petrucci, Dave Mustaine, Tom Morello, Kirk Hammett, Jimmy Page, Dave Murray, Joe Satriani, Steve Morse and many more have popularized the art of playing the Lead guitar. Mastering the lead guitar takes time and effort. To master it you will need to use different and advanced scales, arpeggios, modes, riffs and licks. If you are thinking of becoming a lead guitarist then you will have to master various...

One eskimO is an eclectic indie release that emphasis the value of a tight group of musicians to enhance the presentation of impassioned lyrics, compelling arrangements, and the engaging vocals of Kristian Leontiou. One eskimO: Hometime; Astronauts; Kandi; Slip; Simple Day; Givin Up; Chocolate; All Balloons; Chosen One; UFO; Amazing Personnel: Kristian Leontiou: Vocals; Adam Falkner: Drums, Percussions, Cajon, Vibraphone, Backing Vocals; Peter Rinaldi: Guitar, Banjo, Backing Vocals; Jamie Sefton: Bass, Horns, Backing Vocals; Martin Waugh: Guitar; Craig Dodds: Guitar; Mark Bates and Zak Rae: Keyboards, Programming; Scott Addison: Guitars; Ewan Bleach: Saxophone; Peter F. Blazer: Keys, Programming...

If you are a worship leader or musician trying to serve well in church, or even a church pastor who wants to know what's going on in your church worship ministry, it's understandable if you get confused or discouraged. Many worship experts abound in the field today, offering different ideas, concepts and paradigms for worship ministry. Sifting through all that they say and teach can be a daunting task, trying out what they suggest even more so. And when you don't get results after following what the experts tell you, usually you'll blame yourself or the people you are trying to serve ("they just don't have the heart for worship"). But if you can understand just ONE secret, the ONE secret I'll reveal...

Who does not want employment with the government? There is money, social sanction and security. But in recent years, it has become very difficult to get government jobs. If you are a resident of Virginia Beach, then you know that there is a scarcity of jobs. But did you know that there are a lot of government jobs that are waiting just for you to snatch at them? A lot of people don't even know that there is a whole list of these jobs. In this article, we shall try to give you a correct estimate of two lucrative kinds of government jobs available in this region. U.S Army Band Musician Are you a musician? The army then, is a good place to begin your career. This provides a lucrative and exciting...

Roxy Music are an English art rock group formed in 1971 by Bryan Ferry, who became the group's lead vocalist and chief songwriter. The other members are Phil Manzanera (guitar), Andy Mackay (saxophone and oboe) and Paul Thompson (drums and percussion). Former members include Brian Eno (synthesizer and "treatments"), and Eddie Jobson (synthesizer and violin). Although the band took a break from group activities in 1983, they reunited for a concert tour in 2001, and have toured together intermittently since that time. A new studio album, which would have been their ninth, began recording in 2005. It would have been Roxy's first record with Brian Eno since 1973, who wrote two songs for it as well as...

Over the years, I have often wished that other collaborative pianists would share their insights into the works they are currently learning in the thought that it might prove helpful (or at least, insightful) when I ultimately encounter that piece of the repertoire. This is the first installment of what I intend to be a recurring theme of my writing. Currently, I am preparing a recital that is scheduled to showcase patriotic music for flute, soprano, and piano. The first work that I will examine is Charles Ives' Variations on "America," arranged for flute and piano by Daniel Dorff. As an additional help, I have found a single recording of this arrangement by Pam Youngblood, flute, and Gabriel Bita...

Can You Feel The Love Tonight? It has been said that music is the universal language of love. Regardless of your background, most of us can relate to music as a sensual art. In this article we will take a look at translating emotion into a beautiful song using a few simple techniques. First off, throw your speedy hands out the window. Technique is a fantastic thing for every guitarist to master, and you will be using it for playing this style of music. However, some of the most thought provoking music comes from slow and deliberate notes. Moving around your fretboard at lightning speed won't get you the sound you are looking for. You might be surprised to read that playing music at a slower tempo...

-- End Ad Box ---> The exceptionally talented Smooth Jazz artist Norman Brown has released him CD entitled West Coast Coolin'. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Norman Brown fans, and Smooth Jazz fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of West Coast Coolin' Norman Brown's artistic excellence is on full display as Brown has once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be him best work to date. These days it's a very rare CD on which every single song is good or better than the one before it. This CD is certainly one of those rare CDs. West Coast Coolin' literally grabs your attention right out of the gate with I Might and doesn't...

A lot of people wanted some sort of accomplishment that is set above the average person. Each of us have our unique capacities and talents that make us different yet beautifully blended. Just like an orchestra, one plays the piano, another on a saxophone, on cello, on violin and all other classical instruments that gives off a classical blend of beautiful sounds that resonate on the hearts of its listeners. Well as talents go, music is the sole aspect in which most people are not inclined especially when we talk about playing a classic instrument like the violin. Playing the violin is a great and some might say a grand feat to do, since rarely does a person knows how to play one. The violin is a...

Richly talented Rock artist Michael Mcdonald has released him latest album titled Blue Obsession and Wow! It's good. This one will grab your attention right out of the gate with All I Need and won't let go until the very last note of the very last song You Can't Make It Love, which is another great track by the way. One of the refreshingly nice things about this CD is the way all of the participating artists seem to be really enjoying themselves. Combine that with the overall presentation and you've got one of Michael Mcdonald's most impressive releases ever. If you're even mildly into Rock music you'll enjoy this CD. Overall Blue Obsession is an a great release. I give it my double thumbs up. You...

Guitar Arpeggios are really cool and they're a great addition to the Pentatonic Scale. In all it's glory and power the Pentatonic Scale lacks a few very important aspects which are chord tones to cover every chord but I get ahead of myself. When I was a kid and just started playing guitar I was amazed at how well certain players managed to craft solos to perfectly fit the song. Guys like Slash, Dave Gilmour, Clapton and the likes. I read that these cats used the Pentatonic Scale to a great extent but I could never get my solos to sound like theirs. Until I did the unimaginable. Sit down with the records (ok cd's but records sound cooler) and worked out the solos. I soon discovered that they weren't...

Music has many different types of instruments attached to it. There are different types of guitars, drums, electric organs, and even microphones. Percussion instruments include instruments with strings, such as piano and harpsichord, wind instruments such as saxophone, and the un-pitched instruments such as drums. Drums are called un-pitched instruments because they don't produce a pitch when hit. This happens when no pitch is heard when the skin of the drum is hit, which means it doesn't matter how hard you hit the pitch, it remains the same. A normal drum kit consists of a bass, tom-toms, ground toms, snares, cymbals, and hi-hats. These instruments are all percussion based and have to be hit to...

In the 1920's and 1930's, blues guitar players like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Son House, Robert Johnson, and Lonnie Johnson were the influential performers of the day. They used a slide which was often made out of a knife blade or the broken or sawed off neck from a bottle. Most of the music was improvised, and unaccompanied. The form of the songs were loose, and were rarely, if ever, played the same way twice. As the 1940's came, the jump blues style characterized by big band music sequestered the guitar to the rhythm section primarily. The primary influence of this era on blues guitar is that it heavily influenced the development of what would later be known as rock and roll, or rhythm and blues...

TAB, which is short for tablature, is a good way for many people to learn to play the guitar. When learning to play the flute, piano, saxophone, violin, and other types of music, a person uses written music. However, the guitar is different in that chord diagrams are used instead. Now, some people have the ability to read chord music quite well while other people struggle. Because of this, a different method of learning was devised whereby a person can learn guitar TAB. Tablature is simply a way in which a series of notes are written so a person can learn a riff or run on the guitar. For many individuals, the option to learn guitar TAB is a blessing, helping them learn quickly and with much...

Paul Brown has released his most recent CD entitled Up Front. I wish it weren't the case but, it's not everyday that I get a CD from an artist that I can just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two that I just can't force myself to get through. Not at all the case with Up Front. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish. Up Front is a pleasantly varied, mix of 12 tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly talented artist. With many of the songs displaying a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. Clearly drawing from what I can only imagine are his own personal experiences...

Let say you play in a band, you have a tune ready, with intro, verses , refrains and maybe some kind of bridge part, maybe that bridge is a refrain sequence moving over back to verse part or opposite. Only thing missing is to create a guitar solo. I have a couple of approaches for this for which I try to follow, and I would at the same time introduce some terms of my own, like for instance passive and active approach solos. You will try to make your solos approach the accompaniment actively. Accompaniment meaning the tune's overall content, chord progressions, song melody and the different tune sequences mentioned above. As a rule of thumb the solo should be a short summary of the expression or...

If parents created the necessary environment for their child to develop musical abilities, then they've done a good job. But don't start celebrating the victory just yet the journey towards success has only just begun. Don't believe those who tell you that musical education is very difficult for children. I guess, in some respect they are correct and it will be difficult if you don't know how to create, develop and maintain the child's music interest. Interest in music does not just appear. Its origin stems from a number of events and circumstances. Parents need to create events and circumstances that will encourage the child to want to take up music. After creating the environment for your child's...

Thailand is one of the best places to enjoy an exciting night life. There are numerous bars and clubs where one can enjoy live bands playing, perfect for an amazing night out. Here are the top five places in Bangkok to enjoy live bands:o Tokyo Joe's - located at the 25/9 Sukhumvit Soi, right at the opposite side of the Tara Hotel. Tokyo Joe's is called the Mecca of Blues. The bar opens at around 9.30 every night. Lots of talented local musicians crowd up the club with amazing music. The Tokyo Joe's musicians occasionally play R&B, soul and jazz music. Their specials are the Flamenco Nights on Mondays, and the jam sessions on Sundays which are the people's favorite. Visitors and guests can enjoy...

How many parents have given their children years of music lessons, only to have the child one day announce: "I quit!" It can be heartbreaking for the parent, not least because of the thousands of dollars they may have invested in lessons and instruments. But inevitably, years later, the former teen will say, "I never should have quit the violin (or cello or viola)! I wish my parents had forced me to stick with it!" Being a music school director for the past ten years, and the parent of three (an 8-year-old, a teenager, and a former teen), I have seen this sort of thing happen again and again. So I have made it one of my primary missions to create an environment that keeps kids in music, from tot...

Fantastic works of art come out of Africa, they are renowned for them. The most appealing works as of late are their brilliant beadwork. This beadwork technique has been past down for hundreds of years, they have mastered this beadwork technique to a tee. This incredible art form has to be seen to be believed. In times gone by works of art have been made using anything from eggs to seeds, also stones and metal. However these latest artworks have been made using glass beads. First came the discovery of glass beads by the Egyptians, eventually trade routes were set up with the people of South Africa, trading was common, Ivory and and other valuables were traded for glass beads. The South Africans...

When a young student or an individual gains an interest in playing trumpet or cornet, they are faced with renting or buying. New trumpets and cornets are quite expensive these days, and require quite a commitment from the player. So purchasing (or buying) new can be quite an expensive undertaking, and if you're not sure that your young student (or you) will stick with playing the trumpet, probably not the first choice. Most usually, the horns see some abuse because they are prone to dents and dings, and require some care. They are not as fragile as a woodwind (such as flute, clarinet or saxophones). With dents, dings, and wear, they horns lose some value, so reselling the instrument will not gain...

Jazz piano has been a part of jazz since its beginnings. Piano is one of the rare instruments in a jazz combo which can play chords, unlike saxophone or trumpet which can only play single notes. The early jazz piano was mainly stride. Stride is also known as New York ragtime is a pioneering jazz piano style. It was developed in Harlem during the World war one. As you can see from the name (New York ragtime) it was influenced by ragtime but it featured improvisations, blue notes and swing rhythms which were new in this type of music. The great performers of that time were Earl Hines, James P. Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, Willie "The Lion" Smith , Art Tatum, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Mary Lou Williams...

Rock and roll has become so familiar to music lovers that very few ask about its roots or origins or how the name came about. The history of rock and roll still remains a matter of research. While there are several theories about the history of rock and roll. Many researchers agree that the music genre got its name after the World War II. Its sound was then born out of a fusion of R&B (rhythm and blues) along with influences from Afro-American culture as also from gospel music and American country music. Many are of the opinion that rock and roll has its roots in country records during the 1930s and blues records during the 1920s, even though the music was never labeled as rock and roll...

If you feel your restaurant decor is drab, spruce it up with unusual framed art. Every wall can tell a story from the past, reflect a certain theme, or create the dining atmosphere you want for your patrons. There are paintings and posters to reflect almost any theme. From African-American art to Latin art, and even Native art - there's something for every type of restaurant! Here are some great ways to enhance the look and feel of your restaurant with unique framed art. Jazzy Theme for the Musical Atmosphere If you want to create a "jazzy" theme, choose framed art that reflects musicians and musical instruments in action. There are several amazing African-American paintings by Bearden that bring...

Little boys like a lot of noise. So it is no surprise then when they are drawn to music. (Not that music is "noise," per se, but we all know that's the way it is when a person is just learning to play.) Parents who want to encourage their sons' natural affection for music should consider exploring instrument options. Boys and Guitars There is something just idealistic about a guitar. Cowboys under the stars at campfires or rock stars on stage are both associated with the guitar. Maybe that is partly why so many boys find it so appealing. Guitars can also be used to play a wide range of music genres. The art and discipline of learning to play a guitar can teach a young boy quite a bit about rhythm...

Walter Beasley's latest jazz release, Free Your Mind, is music to help you let go and lose yourself in the moment. Free Your Mind: Steady As She Goes, Love Calls, Oh Yeah, Message To Mark, Shirlitta, Free Your Mind, DukeZillia, Just Breathe, Barack's Groove, She Can't Help It, Miss Minnie Personnel: Walter Beasley: Saxophone, Vocals; Tony Watson Jr.: Background Saxophone; Randall Bowland: Guitar; James K. Lloyd: Keyboard & Programming; Lynne Fiddmont: Vocals; Jeff Lockhart: Guitar; Webster Roach: Bass; David "Pookie" Cole: Drum Programming; Walter Barnes: Bass; Derek Cannon: Trumpet; Craig Shaw: Bass; Phil Davis: Keyboard, Drum Programming; John Roberts: Drums, Background Vocals, Percussion...

The super talented Smooth Jazz artist Rick Braun has released his most recent CD on the Warner Bros. Records recording label, entitled Esperanto. It's a rare day indeed that I get a CD from an artist that I can truthfully say does not have a bad track in the bunch. I'm more than happy to announce that's exactly what I must say about this one. There simply isn't a bad one in the bunch. No fillers here at all, with each song standing tall on it's own. Smooth Jazz music fans will recognize some of the well known contributors n the project including Kirk Whalum and Norman Brown plus a few other notables as well. This is a first rate CD, delivering a little something for everyone. I give it two thumbs up...

Junkanoo is a famous event and celebration that has made Bahamas music popular. This celebration takes place on December 26th and January 1st. The event begins in the morning with a parade. The parade has people wearing colorful costumes, and dancing to Bahamas music. This music is also gaining popularity in the United States and Japan due to groups such as the Baha Men, Ronnie Butler, and Kirdland Bodie. The Junkanoo celebration has influence and promoted Bahamas music. Although this music is very popular for the celebration, it is loosing its recognition due to American influence. The Bahamas are so close to Florida that they can pick up American radio and television stations. This and the...

Techno music came from from Detroit, Michigan in the USA in the late 1980s. It is a type of electronic dance tune frequently played in night clubs, discos and bars. The very first archived utilization of the term techno to coin this genre was in the year 1988 and through the years, a multitude of types have been produced. A great deal of techno tunes have also been launched all over the world since its early days in Detroit. Additionally, due to its vast acceptance and appreciation, along with the many technological developments available to folks nowadays, it comes to no surprise that it is currently quite simple to discover ways to make your own techno music as well. This information will do just...

In this article we're going to review one of the most famous reunion concerts in pop history, the reunion of Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were one of the biggest singing duos in the late 60s and early 70s. To understand why this concert was so important one first needs to know about the events that led up to it. Right after their recording of their landmark album "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Simon and Garfunkel had a huge falling out. In a nutshell, Paul Simon felt he didn't get the credit he deserved for their Grammy winning title song from that album. Because Paul Simon actually wrote the tune he felt that he should be the one identified with it. But...

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. It is a time to come together with friends, family, and our loved ones to give thanks. It is also a time to watch football for as long as we can without feeling guilty, eating until we are about to explode, sitting at a formal dinner table, and listening to smooth music playing in the background. The perfect Thanksgiving dinner party should have background music amidst the conversation. The music shouldn't be too distracting or loud, but a nice compliment to a great tasting home cooked meal. You should choose your playlist in advance so that you can spend as much time as you can with your friends and family and less time picking out CDs or radio stations. I...

Having taught violin and viola students for over 10 years there are a number of misconceptions I hear over and over when it comes to buying a student violin. Ideally students are going to be spending time playing their instrument everyday, and getting an instrument that allows them to be successful is very important. Read over these common misconceptions and then talk to your teacher (or your child's teacher) and additionally find out what they think is important in a new instrument. Misconception #1: NEW IS BETTER. Especially with stringed instruments like violin, viola, and cello new isn't always better. These instruments sound better the more they are played, over time. A hundred year old violin...

Barry Bitman, MD, the president and CEO of the Yamaha Music and Wellness Institute is currently leading some of the most extensive research to date on the health benefits of playing music. His research team has found that music can lead to reduced stress and a stronger immune system. Recreational music-making modulates natural killer cell activity in the body, a marker of immune response and has been shown to reverse stress at the DNA level according to the Medical Science Monitor. Recreational music-making is defined, by Yamaha, by music-based activities that unite people of all ages and music experience. According to Dr. Bittman, only 7.6% of adults in the U.S. play a musical instrument, and it is...

Destination weddings create a dynamic and energetic environment where people show their best and funniest side. Below are the 5 WOW factors for a destination wedding: FUN. Everyone's mentally prepared to explore and seek adventure together. Guests will spend time together experiencing new music, exotic foods, new traditions, fun outdoor activities and breathtaking locations that only a foreign city or country can offer. EXCLUSIVE. As a bride, you have a lot of room for creativity to offer unique tourist activities and local traditions that will be a WOW factor for your guests. The authenticity of a foreign place can't be replicated back home. Imagine yourself getting married in a historic location...

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Prem Joshua is considered to be a pioneer in the field of World Music. I have been reviewing Joshua's innovative synthesis of East and West since the mid-90s, with Tales of a Dancing River, Hamsafar and Desert Visions still among my favorites. I'm delighted to be able to tell you about Taranga, Joshua's latest CD. Taranga, which means "colorful waves of joy and enthusiasm" in Sanskrit, features captivating melodies on the sitar, bamboo flute and soprano sax. Joshua's compositions soar over driving tabla rhythms as ancient Sanskrit and Sufi poems re-awakened in the 21st century. And while Joshua draws inspiration from deep wells of Eastern musical traditions, he's...

Della Griffin, a legendary jazz singer and one of the first female drummers, was born the 19th child out of 20 on June 12, 1925 in Newbury, South Carolina to William and Mary Gilliam. Though born in the south, Della Griffin grew up in Jamaica, Queens, NY. As a child, Della Griffin took an early interest in entertainment. She devoutly listened to big band singers and jazz tunes each day on the radio. She began dance lessons when she was 8 and took up singing, which became her ultimate love, three years later, after her brother-in-law, a trumpeter gave her a Billie Holiday (1915-1959) (whom later with her husband, became a close friend) record. Upon receiving the Billie Holiday record, Della “...

Music students on any instrument at any age and level can learn how to improvise. We can take all of our our theoretical knowledge and apply it to improvisation. I was fortunate to learn jazz improvisation with Dave Burns, former trumpeter in Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band. He had a beautiful grand piano in his studio and recorded the chord changes of the songs I was learning each week into a cassette recorder for me to practice improvising at home. Music students learn new rhythms and techniques by breaking them down into smaller pieces and use repetition to achieve success. You can use just a few notes at a time over one chord to achieve your first successful improvisations. Then repeat each step...

Try typing "Dudley Moore, piano" into an Internet search engine. Yes, that Dudley Moore. Before the biographies and his life and trials as an actor, you'll find video clips of the actor sitting in front of a piano. Dudley Moore played the piano; he wasn't just a star tinkering with a bit of music in his spare time either. Besides being a screen legend, Dudley Moore was a truly accomplished pianist who released 11 albums as part of the Dudley Moore Trio. Dudley's childhood wasn't easy. He was a lot shorter than friends of the same age. He was born with a clubfoot, which was also a source of ridicule before it was surgically corrected. The shy Dudley found solace in music, quickly taking to the piano...

Anyone growing up in the 60's would remember the songs of Dion DiMucci. Dion had hits starting when he was in his teens with the Belmonts singing I Wonder Why, Teenager In Love, and many other great Doo Wop era songs. I was not yet 10 years old when I took an interest in his music. He has a soaring melodic voice that put you "in the song". In 1960, Dion parted with the Belmonts. The hits rolled on with The Wanderer, Runaround Sue, Lovers Who Wander, Ruby Baby, Donna the Prima Donna, and others. When the British Invasion hit America, Dion along with many other late 50's - early 60's singers faded away. After Abraham, Martin, and John in 1969, Dion would go through a phase of singing Folk and...

It's 8.15 p.m. at 726 St Peter Street in New Orleans. I'm entering the beautiful wrought iron gates of Preservation Hall, paying my $8 and getting my tickets which will allow me to pop over to Johnny White's bar in the interval and gain re-entry. The Hall is very full and the reason for that is tonight we have a real jazz band on show - it is Tommy Sancton and his New Orleans All-Stars. On this evening, Tommy has his friend and super trumpet player Clive Wilson with Tom Fischer playing tenor sax in lieu of Freddy Lonzo who usually plays trombone with the band. The rhythm section is Frank Oxley on drums, Tom Saunders on bass and a very special treat, my favorite piano player John Royen. The music is...

As an instrumental music teacher, I have found that music students on any instrument at any age and level can improve their technique while learning how to improvise. Just as music teachers guide students to learn music theory with written music, we can take theoretical knowledge and apply it to improvisation. The same way we learn how to perform complex rhythms and finger combinations by breaking those elements down into smaller pieces and using repetition to achieve successes, we can break down the proper scales to use over a chord into using just a few notes at a time over one chord to achieve our first successful improvisations. We repeat each step until the student is comfortable using those...

Dying at the age of thirty-five is not much of an achievement. Unless, the person in question was an aspiring musician during an era when most of the jazz greats already existed and he hung around trying to create a unique sound as well as build a following of listeners. After all, a musicial instrument is nothing more than a translator of a sound coming from the artist's soul that vibrates through a listeners ear. Charlie Parker had mastered the alto sax well enough to appear on the same stage as Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis and with Jay McShann and his Orchestra. Of course, he did not live long enoughto reach his full musicial potential. By the time his life ended in nineteen fifty- five...

Orchestra Hall, a monument to Beaux Arts architecture located just a little south on Chicago's "Miracle Mile", was designed before the days of equality for the masses. It was, up to that point, a place to enjoy opera and symphony and such. In order to get to the cheap seats you hiked up 7 (or was it 10?) stories through a winding, narrow, windowless corridor that only accommodated one way, single file traffic. This set up allowed adoring, but economically challenged, fans to get to seats in the roost without disturbing the "real" customers. The seats ran to the top of the Hall and the incline was as close to 45 degrees as engineering could safely construct. This may not sound like a recipe for...

The Definitive CD continues with the seventh track, Orinthology, where Charlie Parker's invention of the two-chorus solo is executed with a precise swiftness. Charlie recorded the eighth track, Yarkbird Suite, the eleventh track ,Embraceable You, the twelfth track, Scrapple From The Apple and the fifteenth track, Star Eyes with Miles Davis. Hearing Billie Holliday warble Lover Man was quite something but to hear Charlie Parker play it the ninth track years later on the alto sax was quite another. It was also symbolic that both artists suffered from the same habitual affliction that plagued both their musical careers. Relaxin At Camarillo the tenth track was recorded after Charlie's release from...

Step 1. The very first thing you should do when you get your guitar is tune it. Don't put it off. Put the time in and learn how to tune it. I've seen intermediate and advanced players struggling with this simple procedure simply because they didn't put the time in to learn. Sure, you want to dive right in and actually learn how to play, but if you don't develop a knack for tuning your guitar you will never sound right and worse yet later on down the road, no matter how good you get playing the guitar, tuning it will make you nervous (especially in public). How often should you tune your guitar? As often as it gets out of tune. Some go out of tune very easy - every time you stand it up or put it in...

Here is my take on what happened on June 25th, 2010 at The Center for Performing Arts. The opening act was Renee Rosnes and Bill Charlap duo on piano. I was not too impressed with this duo. They played very mellow music. It was the kind of music you would want to hear when you are sad. I was not sad at the time so the music did not fit me. They played many original songs. Again, they were very depressing. I did not tap my feet to the music. I could not tell who was playing what part. They did not do a call and answer type of playing. They played together the whole time. They accompanied each other and took turns playing the melody. I could only barely tell when Renee was playing because I could see...

Hi, my name is Derek Yeung. I have bipolar disorder. This article will let you know that there are people out there with bipolar disorder that live normal lives. It is not a life threatening disease. It can be maintained. Maybe not yet cured, but it can be managed. The night before any day I always write down what I want to do the next day. I will write in my daily planner. This always helps me organize my day. It will also allow me to see where my empty time slots are. I try to stay busy all the time. I do take naps, but only if I am really tired. Everyday, I will attempt to go to yoga. Sometimes I make it, sometimes I do not. But, if I miss a day, I will do two on the next day. I like doing hot...

When studying the piano, a student encounters a myriad piano styles. To master the instrument, at least several of these styles must be learned, and all if at all possible. Knowledge of various playing styles enables a pianist to enjoy and play in any genre and to cross-polinate styles to create a fusion he or she can call their own. Many modern piano styles are based on the blues. The blues involve an emphasis on the major and minor pentatonic scales, with an additional note included. The flatted fifth is added to the minor pentatonic to create the blues scale. Many blues songs are based on a simple chord progression, known as 12-bar blues. This uses the I, IV and V chords of a scale to create a...