Why Beat Making Software Has Become So Easy To Use!

When it comes to editing, recording, and playing back of your digital audio on your computer, while using your beat making software, you probably don’t know much of how all that works. Have you ever heard of DAW? It’s an electronic system that is primarily designed to do everything that I just mentioned. It’s called Digital Audio Workstation. When it comes to the music production business DAW hasn’t been used in the capacity that it’s being used today.

How to Hire A DJ

An event such as a wedding or a birthday often has the music controlled by disc jockeys. However, keep in mind that there are more aspects to hiring a DJ them just someone who could simply play the most favorite music that are appropriate for that occasion.

How to Join a Drumming Circle

Drumming circles have long since formed an integral part of African and Western cultures. They consist of people playing a range of hand-drums and percussion instruments in a circle. Drumming circles range in size, from thousands of musicians to just a handful.

Some of the Best Gordon Lightfoot Lyrics – Part One

Gordon Lightfoot is known as one of Canada’s greatest songwriters. His influence on songwriters world-wide is unquestionable. The secret to Lightfoot’s success lies in his lyrics and their simplicity. In the first of a series of articles we will analyze two of Gordon Lightfoot’s greatest hits: “If You Could Read My Mind” and “Sundown”.

What You Didn’t Know About R and B

Today, singers like Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Drake and Jay-z, Mary J. Blige and Mariah Carey, Shaggy and Adele hit our ears with singles played on the radio everyday. We listen to their lyrics and their sounds without asking ourselves what are we actually listening. We know it’s hot, but is it pop, hip-hop, rock? In fact it’s R&B, a music genre that compiles all the genres of our modern times.

Pro Audio Equipment Is One of the Things That Will Improve the Chances of Making It As a Cover Band

One of the things that you should know is that if you are going to be a working cover band, you probably aren’t going to be pulling in huge dollars, nor are you likely to be the first name that people think about when they are listing their favorite bands. The other thing that you should know when you are putting together a cover band is that if you are going to get decent gigs, you are going to have to sound every bit as good as the bands that originally performed the songs that you are going to be covering.

Three Things to Avoid When Choosing a Beginner Electric Guitar

So you want a beginner electric guitar? These guitars are designed to offer a new user ease of use at a decent price. This way, the purchaser can make sure that they are truly into the guitar hobby before sinking thousands of dollars into an instrument that will end up collecting dust. Unfortunately, not all guitars are created equally, which can make purchasing one extremely difficult and frustrating, especially for the layperson or someone newly interested in the art.

Plants and Animals

Canadian trio Plants and Animals have layers of labels upon them over the last 10 years. They have been referred to as indie, classic rock, and prog-rock just to name a few. We all know that “the greats” can not be labeled, and trying to place Plants and Animals into any genre would be an idle task.

Andrew WK – The Past Ten Years

Andrew WK is touring his hit album I Get Wet. He’s returning to the UK for the first time since 2003. Lets have a look at what he’s been up to for the last decade…

How To NOT Respond To Artistic Criticism

In the world of Entertainment where any press is good press, it is sometimes wise to ignore what is written about you. Just be happy to get noticed even if they’re complaining about you. That is often the BEST press.

Using An iTunes Organizer To Sort Out Your Music Files

The digital media player created by Apple, known as iTunes, has been growing constantly in popularity over the years. It has become the most used music players on the planet, even overtaking top players such as Windows media player and VLC. It is used by millions of users all over the world, and it’s due to this popularity that the iTunes organizer was developed.

Crosby, Stills and Nash Greatest Hits – A Perfect Collection

“Greatest hits” song collections are often limited to an artist or band’s chart-placing songs. Crosby, Stills and Nash – Greatest Hits is the exception. With the inclusion of lesser-known songs this “greatest hits” CD is the exception to the rule. What songs make this a must-have for any CSN fan?

Why You Should Use iTunes Organizer Software

It is now possible to have hundreds of gigabytes of music stored on your PC and mp3 player. This translates to thousands of music titles. The only problem with this is that your computer or media player can’t tell whether or not these titles are duplicated or corrupted files.

Profanity In Music – Part Two – A Call To Action

Profanity or vulgar speech is becoming so commonplace that some people do not even give a second thought to how their speech is affecting the listener. I want to give my voice to take profanity out of our daily speech, starting with the music that we listen do. If all of us who would like to see this change do our part individually, then maybe collectively we can see some change.

Cat Stevens’ Father and Son – A Universal Song

Songwriters set out to create a song with what is known as a “universal appeal.” What causes a song to have universal appeal? Singer/Songwriter Cat Stevens answered this question in 1970 with his masterpiece “Father and Son”. Originally written for a project depicting a Russian son’s desire to join the Revolution against his father’s wishes, the song became known as the anthem of a generation in its depiction of the age-old struggle between a parent and their adolescent child.