Have you noticed that finding a decent cassette tape at almost any store is practically impossible? For sure, the days of tape players are totally gone and CD~s may be heading there too. So, what is the invention that will replace CD~s? The answer is simple: the MP3.
An MP3 is a compressed music f...
One of the most common mistakes made by young oboists (and maybe old oboists too) is playing on oboe reeds that are just too heavy for that particular player.
I've been there, and I have certainly done that. And I saw many of my colleagues struggle with the same issue, especially when we were in s...
As you may have heard before, being consistent in your reed making helps ensure consistent reeds. A simple but powerful statement indeed.
Reed making is a rather long and varied process, and most successful reed makers would recommend that you do the same thing every time. That way you can slowly...
How would you like to be a musician? You get to travel to exotic places! Thousands of screaming fans greet you everywhere you go! Your band is great, and you have a few hit songs. Everyone loves your band, and you play to packed houses. Young people throw themselves at your feet.
What? You can't s...
We're going to use a "G" chord and a G major pentatonic to illustrate how we can use 5 basic chord shapes to move up and down the neck of the guitar.
These 5 basic chord shapes are the open forms (played at the end of the neck near the tuning pegs) of the "G" chord, the "E" chord, the "D" chord, t...