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For the most part it can be distinguished by the type of instruments in the musical piece. Most modern forms of music only have a couple of instrumentations used in its creation, whereas classical music uses several types of instrumentation. Musicians of this type of music are extremely skilled in their chosen instrument because of [...]

MP3 players are pocket-sized electronic devices that have the ability to not only store, but play music and other sound files. Although MP3 players are sophisticated devices and there are of many types, they can be placed into one of three broad categories. These categories include hard drive based players, micro hard drive based [...]

After booking our discount flight tickets to New York we decided to plan for viewing some Broadway shows when we were there and were surprised at the choice of new and revival musicals. There’s a great choice of musical revivals. From the five-time Olivier Award-winning production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s, Sunday in the [...]

As we grew up our mothers always passed along little pieces of advice, mine always told me to “be sure my underwear was clean, in case I was in an accident.” Like the ambulance driver or the attending nurse would really care, as I lay there covered in blood?But clever sayings, quips of advice and [...]

Most people consider Napster to be the first of the music sharing sites on the entire internet. Well in the past they were a completely free service that was allowing people to trade and download from their extensive library of titles without paying a red cent. Well this caught the attention of many big names [...]

The Gibson Les Paul guitar was conceived at the very beginning of electric guitar history and has held its place at the forefront of guitar technology ever since. The two key elements that make the Les Paul guitars special are the vision of Les Paul himself, an eminent guitarist and enthusiastic inventor and the fact [...]

What do the words “swing, bluegrass, latin, jazz and gypsy” have in common? They are all genres of music, and they have been combined into a contemporary music genre dubbed “dawg” music by its creator, mandolinist and composer David Grisman. When David was a teenager growing up in New Jersey, he discovered the mandolin [...]

When I first edited urban fiction, like most new endeavors, I stumbled into it. But as a former social worker, I’ve always found it interesting how women of color cope in desperate situations. As I read different manuscripts, I recognized the voices that I’d met over the years in my own life, in different [...]

You want to play electric guitar but you have a limited budget. Your first electric guitar needs to be cheap so you need to get some idea which is the best brand to buy. If you do not buy a good quality electric guitar your guitar playing learning curve is going to be that much [...]

With current technology and the changes taking place in the publishing industry, it has become more confusing to first-time authors as to how to go about, or whether to even attempt, becoming published. In major publishing houses, the average length of time between the signing of a contract and the release date is usually 14 [...]