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Legal Free Music Downloads - Songs You Want at No Cost


It's all over the news these days. Download music from the Internet and you could be sued, fined, and/or go to jail.

How to be Creative at the Piano


So you want to be more creative when playing piano. Many students wish they could just sit down and improvise their own music but don't know how to begin.

Piano Playing and Performance Anxiety


I'll never forget the first time I played the piano for an audience.It was my first concert and it was fairly full up.

So You Wanna Learn How To Start a Record Label?


Well, you love music so much that you have decided you want to start a record label of your own. This can be a very exciting step and a fun one.

Why New Musicians (Rappers) Fail: Three Reasons and Solutions


Despite the title of this article, the purpose of it is actually to HELP new emcees AVOID some common traps on their journey to learning how to rap better. You can come up with a million reasons why new rappers fail?or why any artist fails for that matter, but we've boiled the list down to three specific to new emcees.

Hip Hop Clothing


Celebrities now such as Outkast, a fashion wear can be a must have. Likewise gainful for celebrities included within the clothing lines world, which is how come we are in possession of these most up to date hip hop clothing lines on the market like, FuBu.

These MIDI Tools Are Music To My Ears


Curious about MIDI? Want to find out what tools are out there and what they do? Here are a few pointers.MIDI Maestro is music software designed for use by amateur and professional music directors, conductors, and soloists in live musical theater and similar musical accompaniment situations.

Dierks Bentley Brings The Heat From Nashville To The North!


Dierks Bentley is more than meets the eye, but what does meet the eye is pretty darn hard not to look at. His presence is warm, inviting and you feel like you just sat down with an old friend.

Creating Caverns - an Improvisation Exercise


In a recent post to my Yahoo group, I mentioned that I created the piece "Caverns" using one chord. I'd like to explain how I accomplished this.

The Dos and Donts of Getting Your Child to Love Learning an Instrument


We all know that music can be inspiring, entertaining, and exhilarating. There are few things more enjoyable than listening to good music.

Visualization Techniques for the Pianist


Controlling the images of the mind through image projection has proven valuable not only for psychotherapy, but also as a learning aid. Visualization can have as much impact on the subconscious, memory, and entire body as a "real" experience.

Can You Really Learn To Play a Musical Instrument From an Online Course?


Out of the 250 million people in the United States, about 25 million of them play an instrument of some kind, or used to when they were in school and would like to pick up where they left off. Another 30 million or so sing in a church choir, a barbershop quartet, or at the very least, in the shower.

Memorizing Music - How Is It Best Achieved?


When memorizing music there are several things you can do that will make your job that much easier. Memorizing music is important as most people know you play better when having the music in your head rather than having your head in the music.

MP3 Music Subscription Services. A Good Deal?


There's a reason Apple Computer dominates the legal 99-cents-a-download digital music scene: It does it right. Apple's iPods set the style and ease-of-use standards that other portable music players must try (so far unsuccessfully) to match.

What Works Best in New Age Piano Improvisation


Many students want to know how to improvise. What they really want to know is how to be able to keep an improvisation going.

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