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1006: The Popularity of Music Memorabilia
Music memorabilia has always been popular for keen collectors of merchandise from famous music artists. Now, with the help of online auction sites, collecting music memorabilia is fast becoming a popular hobby for brand new collectors.
If you want a piece of music history these days, just search the internet. There's no need to check out music s
1007: The Power of Music Memorabilia
People collect many different things. They collect stamps, teddy bears, hats and other assorted items like buttons, that to many people simply do not make any sense to collect. However, there are also people out there who collect another type of item, and that item is used music memorabilia.
When they collect used music memorabilia, they are col
1008: The Process Of Recording From A To Z
You may think that we are only going to be learning about recording instruments and vocals, with the results immediately going on to disc. Of course, it is a more complicated process than that. There is a lot of work done behind the scenes which goes into getting the finished product to sound exactly as desired. These steps are postproduction, mas
1009: The Pucky Sounds of the Classical Harpischord
The harpsichord is related to the organ and the piano, to mention a couple that have been created with the same idea of the harpsichord. The harpsichord was developed around the same time that the clavichord came around, which was sometime during the 16th century. It is a stringed instrument that is played by pressing on the keys. When each key is
1010: The Reed Like Sound of the Bass Flute
Often in a pitch lower than the concert flute by about one octave and in the key of C, the bass flute is one of the largest instruments in the flute family with a curved end. This type of flute has keys that the musician uses in order to plug different combinations of holes to create the different notes. While this flute has a low sound, its drawba
1011: The Revolutionary Sound of the Fife
The fife is a type of flute that is fairly similar to the piccolo. It is a transverse flute that emits a high pitched sound that is louder than the piccolo because of its design. It has a narrower bore that causes the higher pitch. This flute was most often used in marching bands and the military, possibly because of its loud and distinguishing sou
1012: The Rolling Stones Debut Album
The first Rolling Stones Album titled "The Rolling Stones" was released in the UK in 1964. The US version of this album was released a few months later with a different title; it was called "England's Newest Hit Makers".
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have been the main songwriters for the Stones over the past forty years but in this, there firs
1013: The Rolling Stones Still Going Strong In 2008
The Rolling Stones are one of the most successful bands ever. They originally formed in 1962 and are still touring forty-six years later. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were among the original band members shortly followed by Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts.
Brian Jones and Ian Stewart originally formed the band. Mick Jagger joined at the beginning
1014: The Roots of Bluegrass Banjos and Much More
Bill was from Kentucky, which is the "bluegrass" state (theoretically the grass there is so green it's blue). Monroe's music draws from a number of musical traditions: the Scotch-Irish ballad tradition of the Appalachian mountains, the bluesy sound of African American musicians who interacted with Bill, and the roots of country music via the Carter
1015: The Sachmo of Music and His Extraordinary Life
Despite the claim that he was born on the fourth of July in the year of 1900, baptismal records later confirmed that he was actually born on the fourth of August in the year of 1901. He was born into a poor family that broke up when he was still very young. His father left his mother for another woman and he and his sister often spent much of their
1016: The Secret To Maximizing Your Guitars Potential
Poorly setup guitars really make playing the guitar a bigger challenge. As if it is not an endless challenge itself. But why make it more difficult? As you probably know by know, the faster you learn to play brings you more personal gratification and desire.
What is 'guitar setup'? Basically it means to have the specifications adjusted to the ac
1017: The Shrill of the Musical Whistle
The whistle is quite possibly the most well-known type of whistle out there that most people are most familiar with. It is a member of the woodwind instrument family and is a type of whistle that only emits one sound when blown into. There are many different variations of this whistle that are used today. They are not only used by police, they are
1018: The Silly and Sometimes Amusing Sound of the Slide Whistle
Most people are familiar with the slide whistle, but do not often view it as an instrument that is to be played for the same reasons that someone would pick up the saxophone or violin to play. It is a great little instrument that most will use as a sound effect, or to use in adding something into a piece of music they are playing. Also known as the
1019: The Skill Of Playing A Transposing Instrument
Few will have heard of a transposing instrument, though those who are very involved with music will be familiar with it. A transposing instrument is one that has special music written for it that is at a different pitch than the concert pitch. So, when other music that is written at the concert pitch reads a C, the transposing instrument music will
1020: The Sliding Jazzy Music of the Trombone
The trombone is a wind instrument that belongs to the brass family. Like other brass instruments, the trombone is played by someone blowing into the instrument through closed lips in order to create the sound. What makes this particular instrument stand out is the slide that is used to change the length of the tube and create different pitches; how
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