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31). HD Radio and multi-casting or more is really better  By : Doug Hanna
HD Radio technology is the next big thing because it makes it makes FM stations sound nearly as good as listening to a CD. The sound is just amazing – clean, pure and crystal-clear. It even enables AM stations to sound as good as an FM station today. What’s the difference? While both HD AM and HD FM are digital, AM radio has smaller se...

32). How To Make A Cheap Guitar Sound Great  By : John Hilbert
Most beginning guitar players start with a rather inexpensive instrument. They usually have a mass production clone of a Fender Stratocaster or a Gibson Les Paul. The most popular clones are made overseas by Gibson and Fender themselves through the Epiphone and Squier lines. These are built to the same specs as the American made models. They are de...

33). Guitar Lessons – Hammer-On, Pull-Offs  By :
One of the primary legato techniques all guitarists must learn is the hammer-on, pull-off. This technique is important because it allows for nuances in tone and expression, and it allows the picking hand a “break” since it does not have to pick the notes on the hammer-on or the pull-off. This results in a faster progression of notes, sometimes call...

34). What to look for in a Guitar Humidifier  By : Dave Hepple
Dry weather or environments can cause irreparable damage to acoustic guitars, in the form of fine cracks in the wood. One way to supply additional humidity to your guitar is through a device known as a guitar humidifier. These devices are designed to release humidity inside the guitar through the sound-hole. Sound-hole humidifiers all ...

35). Jam Band Writing Journals – Track Your Shows  By : Nomad Rick
Following jam bands is a blast because of the music, places you see and cool people you meet. Jam band journals are great ways to keep track of your shows. Jam Band Journals Undoubtedly, the Grateful Dead was the greatest jam band in history, but others such as String Cheese Incident have carried on the tradition. Whatever...

36). ‘Things Just Ain’t the Same’: Hip-Hop’s Reconstruction of the Gangster Rap Identity  By : hiphoplinguistics
Gangster rap, or hardcore rap, is generally considered a sub genre of the larger category of rap music, which itself is a subcategory of hip-hop. Gangster rap is differentiable from other rap music in that it makes use of images of urban life associated with crime (Haugen, 2). According to the Encyclopedia Britannica definition of gangster rap, the...

37). 3 Steps to Playing Comfortably for a Crowd  By : K Quinn
Most people are not comfortable performing in front people. When I say of performing, such as an instrument, or singing, or acting, I mean more than just knowing how to do well at your chosen craft, I mean doing it well and in front of people. It’s the “in front of people” part that gets us every time. How many of us sing like a bird in the shower ...

38). Guitar Chords: How To Solo Over Chords With The Minor Pentatonic Scale  By : John B
Soloing over guitar chords is easy when you know how to use the minor pentatonic scale. Add spice and power to your solo's with these simple but highly effective techniques. The humble minor pentatonic scale is what most guitar players start with when learning to solo. Trouble is, they don't learn to use the scale to it's best potentia...

39). Karaoke 101: Some Basic Facts Of Karaoke  By : Robert Thatcher
Have you ever wonder why this little music machine attracts so many people in the entertainment world? Have you ever tried singing a good song using a karaoke? Today, the utilization of karaoke is rapidly gaining a fair share in the market. In most entertainment places like bars, merry-making will not be complete without these remarkab...

40). Outkast-Why They're So Great  By : Outkast Fan
As if I need to explain, there are many who doubt just why Outkast are such legendary icons in music. In a time where hip-hop music was dominated largely by the North, southern hip-hop artists were given little to no respect as far as being able to produce anything more than “booty shake music.” Enter Outkast, a laid back, eccentric duo from one of...

41). U2s Bono From Rock Star To Designer To Humanitarian  By : Sher Matsen
U2s lead singer Bono isn’t content with being part of a top band. Fashion and Music – well I’m sure they can mix! Bono was born Paul David Hewson in 1960 in Dublin Ireland. His stage name is Bono. Bono is the lead singer of US, he is also a songwriter. He married Ali Stewart in August 1982 and they have 5 children. Bono is also activel...

42). How To Make Big Money With Your Band  By : Barry Ford
Being a musician for many years now, all I ever wanted to do was to be able to make a good living by doing what I can't do without, which is performing and writing music. Its a blessing to be on a stage looking out over a big room full of people to share your music with. You'll never experience a feeling like it. Just the satisfaction of knowing th...

43). About the break dancing  By : K.Z.
The rap music, break dancing, DJ and the graphics - this is the hip hop culture. The break dancing is a real obsession. Not just to these, who dance every day, but also to these, who come just to watch and admire. When there is a battle the people who comes are double than when it`s just a practice. That`s said the boys I spoke to ten minutes ago. ...

44). Top of the Pops Before Hitting the Shops  By : J Square Humboldt
It was only a matter of time before cyberspace prevailed in the music industry ... 'Crazy' by Gnarls Barkley made history by becoming the Number One song in the United Kingdom's singles charts without one CD being available in stores. Over 31,000 legal downloads were compiled after the song was featured on BBC's Radio One. ...

45). Learning Piano Without Years of Lessons!  By : Edward Weiss
So, you want to learn the piano. But you don't want to spend years learning how to read music. That's understandable. Learning piano doesn't have to be the hard chore so many believe it to be. In fact, it can be quite easy IF YOU START BY LEARNING CHORDS! For example, in the lesson "Reflections in Water," available below, ...

46). iPod TV Shows - Fun Wherever You Go  By : Galadriel Anderson
Well, well, well. I had always thought that the inefficiency of the slow moving bureaucracy that is humankind would have put off hell freezing over for at least 10 or 15 years. But, I am a big enough person to admit when I am wrong. But perhaps finding sufficient market demand to allow consumers to pay for and download TV shows that they simply wer...

47). So You Wanna Make Music and Change The World?  By : Garko
What do Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Mozart all have in common? And what do they have in common with practically every other artist who's creativity has changed the world? They are all unique. But there is something in common. They each changed the popular music of their times by combining already popular forms...

48). How to buy the right guitar for you  By : B Ford
How to buy the right guitar for you

49). Learn How To Play The Guitar - A Checklist For Online Lessons  By : Griff Hamlin
"I wish I would have stuck with or learned how to play the guitar when I was a kid!" Does that sound like you? More an more men and women in their 40's and 50's are picking up a guitar and learning how to play guitar. Some are starting from scratch, others have put it down to pursure careers and families, and now have the itch to play again. Whethe...

50). How To Play Guitar - Discover 20 Tips To Play Like a Pro  By : Jason Pearson
Most guitar players desire to become a better guitar player. Guitarist ask me quite often why they are not at the level that they desire and what can they do. In the past I have asked myself the very same question. Soon I began to understand the answers. Just as you have probably done, I have read a lot of how to play guitar int...

51). Busking at Clapham Common Station  By : Francesca Viking Ortolani
My mother told me "Buy yourself a lot of beautiful dresses in London!". So I decided to patrol the Covent Garden area this time. I wanted to see a pair of shops of which I had visited the websites. My inspiration for shopping was not at its top walking down Long Acre... I tried something but the size or the price did not fit me. I finally reached "...

52). Guitar Success 101: Your Worthy Ideal  By : Craig Bassett
The great motivator Earl Nightingale came up with the following definition of success... "Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal." I love that definition! What does this definition mean to you? Let's take a closer look at the worthy ideal part of it... Please spend a few minutes writing down what the words "wort...

53). Songwriter Confessions #4  By : Bill Dollar
Once a recording studio reaches a certain size, it has to have a studio cat. That seems to be Nature's unwritten law and you resist it at your peril. It happens as you're unwrapping the new Lexicon reverb unit that will take you up to the next level of sound. Before the carton has been cleared away, there is a scratching at the studio door. And you...

54). Free Sheet Music On The Net - Truth or Fiction?  By : Bluenote
The search “free sheet music” (without the inverted commas) on google spews out an impressive 17,300,000 pages. Even the most inexperienced internet-user will immediately realize that the truth cannot be quite so bountiful. I click on the first hit on google (results on yahoo and msn will differ) and am promised thousands of downloadable scores. On...

55). Hip Hop Beats Online – New Ideas in Music  By : Stone Tone
Selling on the web has become one of the new frontiers of commerce. We find it hard to think of anything not being sold and bought every minute over the internet; just have a look on ebay. Hip-Hop producers were quick to understand the powerful worldwide reach of the internet and started selling instrumentals to artists through this ch...

56). 7 Tips for Effective Musical Practice  By : Kevin Sinclair
The quality of your practice is much more important than the quantity. The old saying "practice makes perfect" is only true if the practice itself is perfect. Here are 7 tips to help make your practice more effective and efficient. Practice motions slowly The muscular memory of our bodies allows us to physically carry ou...

57). Bob Dylan  By : Chad Koch
1. Crooning Bob, Hidden Muse 2. Masked & Anonymous 3. Robert Allen Zimmerman 4. Elston Gunn 5. A Star Is Born 6. A Legend Mends A Legend 7. Emergence 8. Bringing It All Back Home 9. Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid 10. Grammy Time 11. Pope On The Red Line 12. In Their Father's Footsteps...

58). 3 Critical Truths About P2P File Sharing Networks.  By : arowe1
If you're confused about file sharing networks, and the hazards involved, you're not alone. Many people looking for for free downloading networks online have unanswered questions about p2p sites and RIAA lawsuit risks. So here are crucial facts and important information you need to know about p2p file sharing sites - before using them!...

59). Creating The Perfect Structure For Your Song  By : Ian Waugh
You know what they say about rules? Actually they say lots of things about rules but here's two - rules were made to be broken, and you have to know what the rules are before you can break them. While Judge Dredd may not agree with the first, the second is certainly true and nevermore so than in writing a song. The song structure may n...

60). MP3 To CDA  By : Matt Garrett
Do you want to make audio CDs for playing it in your personal stereo? Why waste money on getting new audio CDs? If you already have MP3 files in your computer get an audio converter immediately by which you can convert your MP3 files to CDA format. An MP3 CD converter is a CD burning software that will make conventional audio CD from your downloade...

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