One of the rules of practicing we all hear over and over is "Be sure to practice slowly." (I'm guilty of this too!) Often the result of this is a feeling of inhibition, which leads to tedium. Picture yourself filled with excitement and yearning in sett...

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...

Since British and Germans settlers came to the area in the 1700's, Charlotte in North Carolina has been a hive of activity. Following on from the pioneers' discovery of Gold, Charlotte has maintained its financial heritage, being the second largest banki...

In many years of arranging jazz bands for all sorts of events I am struck by the similarity of how the request is made by most of our clients. It goes something like this: "We are looking for a jazz band to play at our wedding / book launch / family fu...

"I rock ?em, roll ?em, all night long," bragged the Dominoes' bass singer, Bill Brown. The year was 1951, and the raunchy lyrics were from Sixty Minute Man, a song whose popularity would be reincarnated years later in the movie Bull Durham. At the time, B...

Does Reading Make Music? Copyright 2005 RAW Productions When you read music you are deciphering the printed page and transferring the information to the keyboard. You might say that you are decoding what the composer or arranger put on the page . ...

There are many excellent restaurants in Dubai, all having great things to offer to their customers. Should one be interested in international and vegetarian specialities, the Jumeirah Beach Road is the place where the One can be found. This café ¡lso of...

Growing up in the City of Detroit during the early sixties was a memorable era for music. It was a period of time whereby the unique sounding records of Motown were being played and heard throughout the streets, nightclubs, house parties and radio station...

Ever since some cognitive human beings have set foot on Earth, music has greatly taken part of their lives. The folks belonging to the days of yore created their own musical arrangements by plucking strings and hitting things like wood, hide, or stone. Th...

The Spanish guitar is a type of guitar usually used for playing “classical" music and originated from Spain. The guitar is made of soft boozel wood with a large, hollow sound-box with a shape similar to of the female body, which is probably why so many ...