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CD Labels
By Kevin Stith · 19 years ago
The labeling industry underwent a sea change with the invention of the inkjet printer. In the beginning of the 1980s, inkjet was welcomed by people who began to print CD labels at home. The printer ...
Pictures Of Musical Instruments
By Peter Emerson · 19 years ago
There are hundreds of different kinds of musical instruments in the world. Almost every country has its own traditional music and musical instruments that have been developed over the centuries. Each musical instrument has its ...
John Lennon: He Asked To Give Peace A Chance
By Robert Benson · 19 years ago
He dreamed of world peace. He was an artist, poet and an outspoken voice of the hippie generation. He was an influential musician, a peace activist, an absent father and a devoted lover and husband. ...
Karaoke
By Elizabeth Morgan · 19 years ago
Karaoke comes from the Japanese word ‘kara’ and ‘one’, meaning ‘empty’ and ‘orchestra’. A karaoke performance can be termed a ‘virtual’ performance, in that a person can walk up to the stage and start singing ...
Banjos
By Elizabeth Morgan · 19 years ago
Banjos belong to the string family. Classic banjo music is very popular, as are bluegrass, rock, and country. The banjo has a fun, interesting sound that stands well on its own or can be blended ...
Calligraphy
By Alison Cole · 19 years ago
Calligraphy is a unique form of art in Asian Cultures. It is among the four basic skills nee of the Chinese Literati.
It is regarded as an abstract and sublime form of art in the ...
CD
By Josh Riverside · 19 years ago
These days, CDs or compact discs are just about everywhere. Conventionally, they are used as repositories of music, data or computer software, and have become the means for distributing large amounts of information in a ...
Antique Banjos
By Elizabeth Morgan · 19 years ago
In addition to having robust and unique sounds due to their age, antique banjos are impressive collectors' items. This article profiles a few antique banjos recently spotted on the market.
Two notable antique banjos are ...
"Straight Edge": Music or Lifestyle?
By All The Lyrics · 19 years ago
The Straight Edge or simply abbreviated the "sXe" of "sXe" is coined a subculture to represent a particular lifestyle. It advocates abstinence from tobacco, alcohol, and recreational drug use-especially psychoactive and stimulant drug use. Some ...
Tupac Shkur: Biography
By Luke Kirk · 19 years ago
Tupac was born to Afeni Shakur, June 16th 1971. His birth name, Lesane Parish Crooks, was changed shortly after his birth to Tupac Amaru Shakur. Tupac Amaru meaning ‘Shining Serpent’, and Shakur meaning ‘Thankful to ...
Is Tupac Shakur Dead or Alive?
By Luke Kirk · 19 years ago
This is ultimately the question I am most frequently confronted with - is Tupac dead, or alive? Personally, I believe It all comes down to how you see death, and what YOU believe.
To cut ...
Are You Unique?
By Kole (Kyle) Hicks · 19 years ago
Have you ever asked yourself or been asked by other people questions like these: "What does my music have that really makes it different and unique from anyone else's?" or "What sets you apart from ...
Recipe for First Draft: ¼ cup structure, ¾ cup imagination
By Sheila Williams · 19 years ago
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein
I’ll tell you something that you already know: writing is work. It is work that requires structure and rules: subjects, verbs, semi-colons, question marks, diagrammed sentences, outline ...
"Hooks To Hits: The Key to Writing Songs That Sell"
By Alex Forbes · 19 years ago
The main ingredient that distinguishes a perfectly respectable "album cut" from a hit song is the presence of a killer hook. But if hooks like that were so easy to create, we'd all be millionaires! ...
Led Zeppelin is the #1 Rock and Roll Band of All Time
By Peter Cross · 19 years ago
I've been in rock and roll all my life and I'm well aware that The Rolling Stones have been called the best rock and roll band. Don't get me wrong because I love Mick and ...
Jimi Hendrix is the #1 Rock and Roll Star of All Time
By Peter Cross · 19 years ago
I've been in rock and roll all my life and I admit it's bit difficult to put Jimi Hendrix above Mick Jagger in terms of brilliant rock and roll stardom, but after watching several movies ...
The Beatles are the Most Creative Band of All Time
By Peter Cross · 19 years ago
BACKGROUND HISTORY: The first musical bands originated in New Orleans among black musicians who have traditionally been the innovators. The first jazz record ever recorded was by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band in 1917, and ...
My Definition of Rock and Roll
By Peter Cross · 19 years ago
"Rock and roll is sexual energy expressed in sound"
It all started with "Elvis the Pelvis". Why do you think all the girls started fainting all over this country when they heard Elvis' voice for ...
The New Formula for Success in the Music Business
By Peter Cross · 19 years ago
Hardly anybody in the music business understands that the old formula of how to successfully promote a new act is obsolete. The record companies are all aware that there is a big problem but they ...
How To Practice Guitar for Maximum Speed
By Tom Hess · 19 years ago
The scope of this subject is too broad to be fully covered in a single article. After receiving hundreds of requests for advice on this subject of developing speed, it seems an article is long ...