10 Different New Approaches to Write Effective Melody
We all use the same 12 notes. The only differences is the order of the note and its duration. If you got no inspiration at this moment, why not try something new to approach your songwriting? 10 suggestions for new approach 10. use musical notation software to write out the melody without playing it. In…
Essence of Jazz
The core of jazz is improvisation. This is also what sets apart jazz music from many other forms of music. A friend of mine, who is a keen composer, once asked me, ” don’t you jazz musicians get bored of playing the same standards all the time over and over again” and I replied “Well,…
Funny Cartoon Playing Latin Jazz
Click on the picture and you will be taken to a site where you can control a virtual cartoon band playing Latin jazz. I think you will like it. Take this as a chance to learn how they construct the rhythm pattern. I love it. I know you will love it too. Technorati Tags: latin…
Find the Strangest Music Instrument: OddMusic Gallery
Have you seen all the strangest musical instrument in the world? It is great to know that there is actually a gallery showing all those odd music instruments. For example, look at this Giant Tuba, was made in the early 20th century by Besson, London. The Giant Tuba has over 34 feet of tubing, weighs…
Musicovery: Streaming Music
Are you sick of listening to radio? Because of the frequent commercial between music, I start hating listening to the radio. During my time at my desktop, I find it amusing to have a background music streaming from the internet, venturing into some music I’ve never listened before. Most of them are nice. Try this…
Play Piano with Computer Keyboard using Freeware: Electronic Piano 2.5
Electronic Piano 2.5 is a freeware program. You don’t have to had a MIDI keyboard or MIDI knowledge at all to use this free software. It was developed by a software developer at Brazil, named Mauricio Antunes Oliveira. After installation, you will be able to play some music using your computer keyboard. I downloaded the…
Solo Piano on Days of Wine and Roses
The good thing about solo piano playing is that you are free to create anything without the worries of blending together with band members. The difficult part of solo piano playing, however, is that you would have to orchestrate the whole music by yourself. Here is a video of me doing this popular jazz standard.…
Learn Keyboard Licks from LearnLicks.com
I stumbled upon another great music site today – LearnLicks.com. It is a free site for musicians to share videos of music licks, tips, techniques and concept. You can browse licks by instrument such as electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drum kit and keyboard. Sorry, no piano 🙁 ha .. who cares? Piano is…
Original Hits Song ??????????
Of course this is not a hit song. The song title is “Hits Song”. I wrote it in December 2006. Enjoy! <???> ????? ????? ??????? ?????????? ???????? ???? ???? ??????? ?????????? ??????? ???? ???? ????? ????????? ??????? ????? ???? ???? ????? ????????? ???????????? ???? ???? ???? ??????? ????? ??????????? ???????? [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaGyKeLA6q0]…