The Venezuelan cuatro, a four-stringed instrument, has been my work companion and faithful musical friend. Although it wasn't my main instrument, I've grown to love it. Not because it's Venezuelan, but

Fast food, fast videos, fast music... Is today's commercial music losing its emotional and artistic depth? 💔

So I got big news, which I hope you will help in spreading! I am super excited to finally announce that I am now a composer for the Woodson Percussion & Publishing Company!! This is going to open up

A lot of people ask me about this. Like how do you take an Ed Sheeran song or a Taylor Swift song and make it jazzy? I often ask back, "Why would you want to do this?" The thing is that sometimes

Learning jazz doesn't have to be complicated. Do this: Learn the melody of a song you like Learn the chords of the song Find a way to play a solo guitar version of it Learn to play all the arpeggios for

Welcome. This time also I come with a big amount of time without publishing on Steemit, these weeks have been complicated and I have finally managed to organize my time, so please expect to see me more

Have you ever found yourself practicing without improving? Or maybe you think you don't have enough time? Here are some tips to spend your limited practice time and see improvements. FOCUS - First off,

Welcome to a new Music Education Article. This is an epic lesson, so prepare yourself. This time I will teach you about the Modes and how to play the Ionian Mode on the guitar. Previous lessons Guitar

I drafted two separate guitar/jazz/music book ideas (one in still in progress) and a third one earlier this year in January. While looking for notes for my guitar student, I found the work in progress.

Why do you play music? Why do you play guitar? Why are you practicing X or X or X? To get the best results, you need to know why you're doing it in the first place. If I'm practicing scales to get a good

Childhood is an important phase in the growth of a person. It has been said that half of a child’s character has been formed by the age of seven years old, meaning to say that the information gained in

Title: Ghost Train Instrument: piano Level: big note Genre: seasonal GHOST TRAIN is program music that contains mysterious F add 2 chords. Teaching concepts include Key of C natural minor (aeolian mode)

1.CREATIVE ENHANCEMENT In the mundaneness of our everyday lives. We just become a machine who works as per the codes, we are fed. Don’t we? A musical instrument breaks that monotony in our lives and introduces

Skipping, waving, clapping, tapping, and so many other movements that you end up doing in a Dalcroze class would make an ignorant observer think that you might be a little crazy, especially if the group

Movement is a natural impulse of any living human being. Babies move. Adults move, children move, even old people with creaky joints move. People walk, talk, eat, play and sing, all activities that need

Listening to sounds is a part of our everyday life. Where ever we go, and whatever we do, we hear sounds. The rush of traffic, the yelling of street merchants, the cry of a baby, the bark of a dog, a gasp,

Diversify your artistic portfolio by doing as much as you can. It's shocking how many people consult me and tell me they have this one song and they believe in it so much. They believe in it so much that

I like explaining things using analogies because they're so descriptive and I can usually get my point across really well when I get a reader to think about a situation differently. I was thinking about

So I came across an article written by a South African rapper called “how to make it as a rapper in South Africa”. I hate confrontation so I won’t mention the person’s name here. I think he had 21 points.

I’ve put together another list of 3 things you can do to develop your skills as an artist quickly and efficiently. If you like this post feel free to tag a musician who needs to see this. Find a mentor