Songwriters & Musician Collaborations at BeAnIdol.com
I am a Be An Idol (aka BNI) member since 2005. I also personally met the website founder, Leslie Fong once in Kuala Lumpur for a very long supper after mid night. He is really a nice guy. I posted some songs there and got a tons of constructive feedbacks from other songwriters and musicians.…
Useful Tool to Find Frequency of Pitches
Click on the image and you will be directed to a website which shows you a spread of piano keys. This tool is not that impressive nor cool. But it is an easy reference page for you to find which octave the notes are in, what is the name of a specific note, what is the MIDI code for it, and also the real frequency of the pitch. If you use Cakewalk Sonar or other DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), you will be able to find all these information. However, this is still a very useful tool if you just need a fast reference.
ChordStudio Desktop Music Arranger | Mouse Click Arrangement
ChordStudio is a free site that let you create a full length music arrangement with just a few clicks using your computer mouse.
1.click chords from the chord chart
2. select the instruments: guitar, drums, piano, organ etc
3. hit play and your arrangement will play repetitively. This probably just take a few seconds to accomplish
4. tempo is adjustable
5. different verse, bridge and chorus can be arrange using the Page Order field.
Train your Ear Online at GOOD-EAR.com
Undeniably, a pair of good listening ears is the most needed skill of a great musician. Good listening means you are able to hear deep into the music, hear through the notes, grab the relation between pitches, or even identify the absolute pitch. Here is a great site that let you train your ear online.…
Piano Squall Game & Anime Music | CD Review
Michael Gluck, better known by his stage name Piano Squall released his first album on piano music. He is classically trained concert pianist and performs regularly for charity since 2003. Read the review of his album. Some facts about this album GAME: 17 songs from various games and anime 1 original work range from lively…
Piano for Preschoolers Wins Top Honors as Best Toy for 2007 by Dr.Toy
Piano for Preschoolers is a program that allows parents to teach their children between the age of 3-8 to play music pieces on real keyboards. It is guided by colour codes and useful even for musically illiterate parents. It was named Dr. Toy’s Best Products Resource Program Summer 2007. The prestigious award proves that Piano…
Jazz History Time Line & Jazz Musician
You can listen to jazz standard tunes categorized by artist at Jazz On Line.The website owner is asking downloader to contribute to the hosting cost by subcribing to pay US$5 with Paypal for 3 months unlimited download. The streaming is smooth. These are all very old tune which are probably the standard jazz we used…
The Freesound Project: Collaborative Database of Audio Samples
Similar to Soundsnap which is covered here at Pianologist, The Freesound Project is another similar website that compile a huge collaborative database of audio samples and recordings. Released under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus License, this project provides new and interesting ways of accessing free samples, allowing users to browse the sounds in new ways…
MidiPiano: Play Piano with PC Computer Keyboard
There are quite a number of software, application or flash that will enable you to play piano with your computer keyboard. If you want to have a taste of playing the piano but don’t want to spend any money to buy yourself a music keyboard, please try out the MidiPiano. Up to date, the latest…