Introducing the latest addition to the Blogging Musician’s growing community of guest writers: Indiana Lee. Indiana Lee is a writer and classically trained cellist from the Pacific Northwest who enjoys covering topics related to music, social justice, and workplace issues. In her downtime, she enjoys listening to podcasts, playing board games, and ordering takeout. You […]
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For years I’ve stuck with the same home-recording setup of a PC running Ableton Live 8 and a BOSS BR-800. Is it time to switch to Apple’s Garageband for iPad? Bringing back the golden years of home recording. Back in the days before Garageband even existed, I used to work through most of my ideas
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A look back at all the guitar amps I’ve owned over the years, each with its very own story. What’s your Guitar amp History? Flyspec headphone amp Where it all started. Was it even a guitar amp at all? Plugged into my first ever guitar (a Hondo Strat). Before I’d even discovered gain, it merely
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On September the 26th I’ll be embarking on the Walk the Wall challenge, which is a 17.5-mile walk along the most spectacular section of Hadrian’s Wall. To all our readers and contributors, too many children aren’t even able to have a decent breakfast. Greggs Foundation, through its Breakfast clubs, is working hard to help them,
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A life spent touring on the road sounds like a dream come true … to a high school freshman trying to figure out what they want to be when they grow up. A veteran musician will tell you that such a pleasant, picturesque fantasy is far from reality… The honest truth is, life on the
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Music in High Fidelity: A Brief History of the Tech that Paved the Way for Sound Today. By Sally Collins. The first major breakthrough when it comes to in-home music was made in 1877 when Thomas Edison unveiled his creation: the phonograph (you probably know it as a record player). Since then, there have been
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Prague: The Musical City is now available on Ebook for 99p. ($1.25 USD) and £4.16 ($4.99 USD) on Paperback. Get your copy now! Amazon 5-Star review by Dorothy Palmer.. I enjoyed this short book so very much!! I laughed, I chuckled, I relived my very first visit to Prague as I walked with the author
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I’ve been a professional musician and full-time music teacher for about 24 years. I got a very early start working exclusively at music schools. The number one thing I learned as a teacher is that music is always changing, times are always changing, and kids today are not like kids yesterday. To keep a student’s
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