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A musical motif or motive is a recurring musical set of notes or a series of intervals played in succession. I'm sure you've heard repetition in a melody in fact, almost all compositions are made up of repeating motifs.

Guitar chords as well as piano chords can be easily figured out by using this handy chart that shows the scale step numbers measured from the Root.

The recording industry is complaining about how much they are losing through file sharing but the blame isn't exclusively on file sharing.

These days I tend to play nylon stringed electric guitars, for chord melody guitar playing. I’ve grown more into nylon stringed guitars so they don’t tear my fingernails apart and I’m able to play chord melody guitar easily. I generally swap between pick style and finger-style within the same tune which is why I like [...]

Musicians get calls to play unpaid gigs all the time for parties, benefit gigs or fundraisers, jazz gigs or rock gigs and even venues that are having like 5 bands playing and you get to play a 30 minute set. So what do you do? Do you take the gigs?

Getting your band booked in the local club scene can be a challenging task to say the least.  It’s hard enough to get your email or press pack noticed by the club booker, but once you get your foot in the door, there are still numerous factors that can dictate whether or not you actually get a gig.  It’s [...]

I read this great post by Glenn Boothe owner of the Local 506 and 250 capacity venue in Chapel Hill NC. Glenn also worked for Island Records, Epic Records, Caroline Records and Sony Music Distribution. He talks about the etiquette musicians should adhere to when their the opening act somewhere. I found this to be [...]

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Research shows that young people who take music lessons have significantly better developed brains then those who have never learned music. There a countless articles and discussions on the topic of children's music lessons and the development of the brain.