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During the past couple of months, I have been privileged and overjoyed to have spent some time with my Brother and sister-in-law's beautiful 6 month old baby. It is truly amazing to behold how she learns and develops. While most of us are holding down...

Stress Stress is a serious business. The subject is often in the news: we know that it causes the loss of more working days than physical illness and can lead to serious conditions of the heart and other organs. Stress is taken so seriously these days ...

Sheet music is an important tool for established musicians and those who want to learn. If you do not know how to read sheet music, don't worry. There are many online tutorials that will take you step by step on learning how to read sheet music. Sheet ...

Today's composers have a new outlet for their creativity, it seems: the mobile phone. In addition to writing songs for discs, radio play and live performances, songwriters are now producing pieces of music designed to do nothing more than sound off when s...

In the pursuit of music, most students have to struggle against the fear of copying. I have noticed this particularly among composers of original music, arrangers, and those trying to develop a personal style. Although much can be said for originality ...

Any songwriter knows that a song will not make it without having well-written music and perfectly crafted lyrics. But the interaction between music and lyrics in a song poses two questions. The first is which is more important and the second is which shou...

Right from the beginning, ballet and music have been uniquely intertwined. Without music ballet is nothing more than the empty motions of a ritual. Without the movement and rhythm of dance, music looses all vitality. And so, ballet as a doorway to human e...

Vienna is the music capital of the world. No other city evokes such immediate associations with the great classical composers and the king of waltz. The House of Music was opened in the First District, in 2000 as a museum of the 21st century. The building...

So, your band just finished recording their first album and are now looking to get 1000 retail-ready CD's inside shiny jewel cases, with killer graphics and all the prerequisite bells & whistles for a CD replication project. Good for you and your band - t...