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

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.

The melodic minor scale is a very powerful scale when used with the correct chords. Many jazz musicians used this scale as a foundation for improvising.

Simply put, a “fake book” is a book of lead sheets. Lead-sheets are a basic musical skeleton of a tune with the melody and chords and lyrics (if any).

It may sound like a contradiction, but if you want to create music when you play you must be able to hear the music first - in your head. This goes doubly if you want to improvise, compose or play by ear!