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Free PS3 Music Download Scam – Don’t Download Free Music to PS3

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:32:30 +0000

Free PS3 music download is a scam. If you Intend to join free PS3 music download sites, then don’t. Have you ever wondered, why do these sites offer free PS3 music and games download and don’t ask for any fees? The simple answer is ads, spyware, adware and lots of other trash.

To understand why you should avoid free PS3 music download, first you should know how these sites make their money. Free PS3 download sites sell advertisements of

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How To Play The Guitar By Ear

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:25:44 +0000

Most guitarists learn to play songs by reading tablature. But what if you could listen to a song and be able to figure out the notes by yourself? That’s what those who write tablature know how to do. That’s also what most professional musicians know how to do. Playing by ear is a skill that, while it takes time to master, is incredibly useful.

The Basics

Playing the guitar by ear is as simple as listening to a song and hearing the notes/chords. However, this is something that seems complicated and frustrating.

The first step toward playing by ear is to memorize the sounds of various chords and notes. Those who know their instrument well, and who can pinpoint chords just by listening to the sound, will have an easy time playing by ear. Guitarists who haven’t taken the time to adequately learn their music, however, will have a difficult time hearing the individual chords and notes of any song.

Being able to tell the difference between major and minor chords is an absolute must. Thankfully, this is quite easy. Major chords have a distinctively full, “happy” (bright) sound, while minor chords have a distinctively mellow, “sad” (dark) sound.

Having a keen knowledge of the fretboard is essential. Knowing the difference in sound between an F note and a G note will help you immensely in figuring out “insert song here”.

The Fretboard

Maybe you haven’t taken music theory and are unsure of the notes on the fretboard. We’ll go over just a little bit of music theory here.

There are 7 letters in the musical alphabet: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. The distance between each note is a full step (two frets). However, there is no full step distance between the B and C, and E and F notes. Thus, there is only a half-step (1 fret). This can be better resented by what is below:

A – A#/Bb – B – C – C#/Db – D – D#/Eb – E – F – F#/Gb – G

The “#” symbol represents the notes which are sharp; the “b” represents those that are flat. There are no B#, Cb, E#, or Fb notes on the fretboard, or in music, period.

When you place your finger on a specific fret on the fretboard, you are playing a certain note. For instance, if you play the first fret of the low e or high e string, you are playing an F note. Moving up a fret (going to the second fret) will sound an F# note.

On the B string, if you play the first fret, you are sounding a C note. Moving up a fret (to the second fret) and playing that note results in a C#. Playing the first fret of the D string sounds a D#. Moving up a fret (to the second fret) sounds an E. This pattern repeats up and down the fretboard. The order of the notes depends on the string you are playing them on. It’s really that simple.

Once you have memorized the fretboard (and this could take some time), you should have no problems with transcribing songs.

Memorizing the sounds

When you are learning any chord, or are working on learning the individual notes of the fretboard, it is important to memorize the sound of each chord or note. You can do this by playing the chord/note several times until the sound sticks in your head. It may seem boring now, but it’s something that must be done if you wish to transcribe music.

Applying what you know to playing guitar by ear

So you’ve got the knowledge (you know the sounds of the chords and individual notes) but aren’t sure how to apply it to transcribing the music you hear. We’ll go over that right now.

The obvious way of transcribing music is to listen to the song which you wish to transcribe and figure out the notes/chords being played by the guitar. You may have to listen to the song a lot of times before you can figure things out. It is really something that takes time and a good deal of practice before it becomes second nature.

It is worth noting that sometimes the guitar parts of any particular song are difficult to hear. This is where vocal-removing programs Power Karaoke come in handy. Using Power Karaoke, you can get rid of the vocals of a song so that all you’ll hear is the actual music of the song. There are also other programs available that allow you to slow down a song so that you are better able to hear the notes/chords.

Believe it or not, being able to transcribe other people’s music will aid your own playing. You’ll be able to use your knowledge to find the particular notes/chords necessary to write good, effective songs. This is a skill that pays you back ten-fold.

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A Beginner’s Guide to the Video Game Music Composition and Remixing Community

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:35:47 +0000

Over the years, video games have developed into a multi-billion dollar industry. Today’s games involve millions of hours of work and take years to produce. The music contained in these games, as well as older games, is an equal work of art that is often overlooked. Whereas movie soundtracks have been praised for years, until 2005 video game music was largely a curiosity outside Japan. It is only recently that concerts consisting solely of video game music, such as Play!

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Beyonce – I Am – Sasha Fierce Album Review

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:51:59 +0000

Beyonce is undoubtedly one of the most influential and powerful women in the music industry. She has proven longevity in her super triumphant time with Destiny’s Child and as a solo artist, plus she has a successful acting career and a clothing line to boot. Her third solo release is I Am… Sasha Fierce, named after the alter-ego Beyonce assumes while performing. The double disk features 11 tracks in total, and is separated according to the persona each song belongs to.

The first disk, labeled Beyonce, is the ballads. The disk shows off her vocals and the tracks have a more vulnerable and intense subject matter. The second disk consists of fun club tracks and is entitled Sasha Fierce. The photography in the CD booklet coincides with each persona. The Sasha Fierce idea, although creative, is questionable because Beyonce has been spilling out one girl-power hit after another since the beginning of Destiny’s Child.

Glam and diva have always been a part of her appeal, so why does she need an alter-ego to do it now? Beyonce has been a perfect example that women can be elegant, independent and classy, as well as glamorous and sex-kitten-like and shouldn’t have to put these traits into separate boxes. Her girl-power icon status is refreshing and now she’s hiding tracks like Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) behind an alternative name and image.

The first singles from I Am… Sasha Fierce are If I Were A Boy and the aforementioned Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It). If I Were A Boy is the only song featured that Beyonce did not have a hand in writing and the album does not feature any vocal collaborations or hubby Jay-Z. The videos for these tracks match the corresponding persona. If I Were A Boy depicts Beyonce understated, brunette and classic. The video has an interesting storyline with a twist and is possibly the best thing about the song. The video for Single Ladies is Beyonce performing as Sasha Fierce: glammed up, blonder and raunchy with the unique Beyonce dance moves we expect from her upbeat numbers.

I Am… Sasha Fierce appears to be a sign of growth for Beyonce, and the first disk is the stand out as lyrically it is more mature with surprising gems like Satellites and Ave Maria. Halo is probably the best song on the record, and though beautiful it is unlikely it or any other song here will reach the appeal of hits like Crazy In Love or Irreplaceable. Conceptually and musically the album is a little risky, always original, and is still likely to chart well.

Beyonce’s career is only escalating. Not sure if the same can be said for Sasha Fierce’s.

Available through Columbia Records.

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Music Of Spain

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:52:41 +0000

Flamenco music is a form of authentic southern Spanish art form. It can be explained well if divided in three forms — firstly Cane the song, Baile the dance and Guitarra the guitar. Spanish music has been influenced by a number of cultures and that is due to the fact that many diverse cultured countries dominated Spain. Gypsies are synonymous to Spain and can definitely be called the Fathers of Spanish music. The legendary Tartessos, the songs and dances of Andalusia, and the Muslims were all factors which greatly influenced the Spanish music.

It is very difficult to assess in what way and context the music of Spain was influenced but it surely gave rise to a number of different styles and manners which was quite different from the rest of Europe.

The Romans, Greeks and the Moors greatly affected the composition of music in the early period. The music of the Christian Church in Spain is known as Mozarabic chant. Arabic music influenced Spanish instrumental music during the early Renaissance. During the early 16th century, polyphonic style of music originated in Spain. It was kind of related to the style of Franco-Flemish composer. Artists like Antonio Soler got inspired by Italian models, this was during the arrival of Classicism. The famous Madrid Court appointed the famous and renowned Italian composers such as Domenico Scarlatti and Luigi Boccherini.

Many music festivals were organized and these actually originated to boost local tourism. The local tourists have great interest in music and many measures were taken to make music more famous and popular. Rock and roll and pop are famous kinds of music and many famous pop stars in Spain are females. Ye Ye is another form of music which is a fusion of American rock and British beat music. Some of Spain’s famous singers are Miguel Bose, Rosa Lopez, Enrique Iglesais and many more. Some of the famous pop groups are Los Bravos, Ketama, Greta, Pereza, and Falling Kids.

Regional folk music with folk based singers and song writers are also a part of Spain’s music. As in the Basque Country, Cantabrian folk music features intricate arch and stick dances but tabor pipes did not play such a predominant role. Aside with a rich tradition for rebec, a popular instrumental setting encompasses drum and alto clarinet players. All over Castile there is also a strong tradition of dance music for dulzaina and rondalla groups. Popular rhythms include 5/8 charrada and circle dances, joya and habas verdes.

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A Brief History of Jazz Music

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:03:30 +0000

The folk songs and plantation dance music of black Americans have much to say about the early jazz. These types of music came about all the way through the Southern United States at some point in the eighteen hundreds.

Ragtime, a musical technique that influenced early jazz, emerged from the St. Louis, Missouri, area in the late 1890′s. It rapidly became the most popular music style in the United States. Ragtime was a vigorous and syncopated assortment of music, primarily for the piano, that give emphasis to a formal composition.

A conventional jazz band would consist of a front line of a trumpet, trombone and clarinet or the saxophone, and a rhythm section of drums, a bass, a piano, and often times a guitar or banjo. The blues is a type of music that has always been an imperative part of jazz. The blues was especially widespread in the American South. Its mournful scale and uncomplicated repeated harmonies helped shape the character of jazz. Jazz instrumentalists have long exploited the blues as a vehicle for improvisation.

Completely developed jazz music in all probability started off in New Orleans at the commencement of the nineteen hundredths. New Orleans style jazz came forward from the city’s own musical customs of band music for black funeral processions and street parades. Today, this kind of jazz is occasionally known as classic jazz, traditional jazz, or Dixieland jazz. New Orleans was the musical home of the first distinguished players and originators of jazz. Jazz soon broaden from New Orleans to the other parts of the country.

The 1920′s have been called the golden age of jazz it the jazz age. Commercial radio stations, which first appeared in the 1920′s, featured live performances by the growing number of jazz musicians. New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, Detroit, and The City of New York were all significant centers of jazz.

A group of Midwest youths developed a type of improvisation and arrangement that became known as Chicago style jazz. While in The City of New York, a musician named as James P. Johnson popularized a musical style from ragtime which is known as stride piano. In stride piano, the left hand plays alternating notes single notes and chords that move up and down the scale the scale while the right hand plays solo melodies, accompanying rhythms, and interesting chordal passages. Johnson strongly influenced other jazz pianists.

Fletcher Henderson was the first most important figure in big band jazz. In 1923, he became the first leader to arrange a jazz band into sections of brass, reed, and rhythm instruments. His arranger, Don Redman, was the first to master the modus operandi of scoring music for big bands.

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Poem and Quotes by 2Pac – Music Lyrics

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 11:47:19 +0000

“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;”
-Shakespeare
“Romeo and Juliet”

Is a poet still a poet even if that person wears a bandanna, sagging pants and shoots expletives like bullets? Who determines the recipients of the title muse? When you think of poets, do you envision laureates like Robert Pinsky, Reed Whittemore, or Gwendolyn Brooks? How about Mos Def, Talib Kweli, or Tupac Shakur a.k.a 2Pac?

It’s about time that this generation acknowledges the ground breaking work of great M.C.’s, lyricists, or rappers like Shakur. The poems and quotes by 2Pac have enlightened a generation of youth. The gift he had to evoke passion, his sense of timing, and relevance to today’s world can not be denied.

Forward thinking college’s like the University of North Carolina, UCLA and Syracuse have registered that literature is a living, breathing, ever changing beast. Studying, Lil’ Kim to get a perspective on male chauvinism is feeding the minds of today’s youth and challenging preconceived notions of what poetry is. Classes that study the poems and quotes by 2Pac are learning translate the urban tongue into the “King’s English”. And they gain a deeper understanding of urban life.

What can we learn from the poems and quotes by 2Pac?

“First ship ‘em dope & let ‘em deal the brothers.
Give ‘em guns step back watch ‘em kill each other.
It’s time to fight back that’s what Huey said.
2 shots in the dark now Huey’s dead.”

“Learn to see me as a brother instead of 2 distant strangers, and that’s how it’s supposed to be.
How can the Devil take a brother if he’s close to me?

I’d love to go back to when we played as kids, but things changed, and that’s the way it is.”

This is the rawest way of expressing the plight of so many communities facing this harsh reality.
Tupac is able to resuscitate empathy and compassion in those who would otherwise not care. It is easy to see that his desires and dreams are not that different from any other man’s.

I have read many poems and quotes by 2Pac. This quote from when he was alive sums up his views on how he wanted to be pictured, “”I feel like role models today are not meant to be put on a pedestal. But more like angels with broken wings”.

This by no means glorifies the violence, bigotry, misogynism, & pornographic, lyrics that are prevalent in today’s music. It is there because it is a reflection of life. And not all of it is deep and moving. Sometimes the mood is lifted and it is time to party.

2Pac and Dr. Dre collaborated on the club banger “California Love” to demonstrate that hip hop is not all about guns, drugs, racism and violence. Although, at a time when relations between east coast rappers and west coast rappers were deteriorating rapidly, some say that the anthem was a akin to giving the east coast the middle finger. Such is the politics of hip hop. One man’s expression of pride in his hood is another man’s diss.

The east/west coast feud reminded me of another great conflict in literary history. The Montague’s and Capulets would certainly understand the enmity between the two coast. Because they understood the power that words have. Our past power might sound differently but it does not lack the ability to raise your consciousness, tug at your emotions, and challenge your views.

Would a rose still smell as sweet if it was described as a blood colored pistol? 2Pac says it would.

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How to Put Music Onto a MP3 Player?

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 11:09:01 +0000

If you are one of those million people who had taken the chance to follow the trend by getting your very first MP3 player, you may be in for some help. Most newbies may not easily understand the mechanics of putting music files onto their MP3 players. Besides, these innovative musical devices are not being sold in the market with a pre-downloaded music files.

So if you are not yet knowledgeable of the device, these simple guides on how to put music onto a MP3 player will absolutely help you out and start rocking your world with blasting great music.

1. Get a good installation software for music management

The success of downloading music file onto your MP3 player will greatly depend on the kind of installation software that you have. Not all of these software are created equal. Hence, it is best to consider the right device first before you start making plans of downloading the newest music files from the Internet.

2. Install the software

You cannot download files onto your MP3 player if you will not install first onto your personal computer the software capable of managing your music files.

Music management software provides optimum services that enable you to organize your music files, convert different music format into mp3 and vice versa, or search good-to-download mp3 files in the Internet.

3. Identify the source

After installing the music management software, you have to determine now the source of your music files. This can be either a CD or a collection of music files from a virtual music store in the Internet. You may use your old music from your CDs and install them onto your MP3 player. In this way, you can listen to them anywhere, anytime.

4. Convert into MP3 format

In most cases, downloadable music files from the Internet are already available in MP3 format. So that would not pose much of a problem.

However, if you will be downloading music files from a CD, you have to convert them into MP3 format because most CD music files are not on this format.

You may use your music management software to rip the files from the CD and convert them into MP3 format using the applicable functions.

5. Connect, select, and party on!

The last thing that you have to do in putting your music onto a MP3 player is to connect your MP3 player to your PC via the USB port. Once accessed from the computer, you can now easily transfer your music files from your PC down to your MP3 player. Within a few minutes, you can already start listening to your favorite songs and party on!

Indeed, these tips on how to put music onto a MP3 player are easy to understand. With the right tools, the right software, and the best MP3 player, you can be sure of an enjoyable time ahead with sounds playing in your ears without the fuss.

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Subscribe To Online Music Video Websites

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 03:36:55 +0000

Online music video websites are more advanced than music TV channels; here music enthusiasts can choose the music videos they want to watch. With music TV channels, music lovers have to put up with annoying TV presenters and wait for their favorite music videos to finally appear on screen. Also with regular music TV channels, the music is generally on a rotate system, this means there are many repeats, and usually the repeats are not what you want to see. Now with online music video websites, music lovers can perform a series of useful function such as stop, fast forward, rewind, skip and replay. This is truly a remarkable and enjoyable music video experience.

Now you can enjoy online music videos by subscribing to an online music video company. Go on the internet to find the best online music video website that suits your style, taste and genre of music, and enjoy the benefits of being in control when watching your favorite music videos. The benefits of online music video subscriptions are great. Not only can you choose the music videos you want to see, but also you can control when and how you watch them.

An option for online music video fans is to subscribe to an online music video website, here music fans can watch unlimited music videos and have the benefit of controlling the play lists. Online subscription music video websites are becoming more popular around the world. These are a legal outlet for music videos, and artists and music companies, along with music video fans, are becoming more aware of this convenient method to enjoy music videos. Music artists and music companies are now seeing online music video websites as a legal and profitable method for video and music exposure.

Therefore, if you enjoy watching music videos and keeping up-to-date with new music, try the new and convenient online music video option and see if it works for you. Do not hassle with regular TV music channels and watch music videos that do not interest you, take the affordable step of subscribing to an online music video company, and enjoy music videos that suit your style, taste and preferred genre of music.

Take advantage of the internet and get more entertainment for an affordable cost. Search the internet and view the wide world of online music video subscription sites, join up and enjoy your viewing.

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Sharing Your Love of Music With Others by Using Music Quotes

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:58:06 +0000

If you have a remarkable appreciation for music you will clearly want to share that love and appreciation with others.

You can use music quotes whenever you desire to share your deep love of the art form and to further intensify the appreciation of music in others.

Quotations on music are offered by celebrities, writers, musicians, composers and famous people in history, all of which make mention of the joy, pleasure, and delight that music offers.

Confucius once said that “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.”

The latter expression is true and you can use quotations like the one offered by Confucius and others to share your own delight for music.

You might send one or two music quotes to friends, colleagues, family members, and associates via email, or you can integrate the quotes in birthday cards, anniversary cards, Christmas cards, or cards for just about every special occasion.

Maybe you know of someone that needs their spirits uplifted or you know of someone that is experiencing a tremendous amount of stress. You can make up a small memo note pad filled with quotations on music and you can give it to him or her as a gift.

You might want to make a super fancy journal with decorative images, stickers, stencils, and other ornate elements.

The most important part of the journal will be the quotations on music that you select since the words you choose will affect the mindset of the individual reading the quotations.

The music quotes you supply will put them in a better mood, and it may even cause them to listen to music which can further lift their spirits!

If you want to share your love of music in the office you can listen to music while working; you can choose one of many music quotes to add to your desktop background, or you can use the quote as a screensaver.

You can also make up small pictures with musical notes on them and you can add music quotes to the images and hang them up around your desk or bulletin board.

If you communicate a lot in the office via email, consider adding your favorite music quotes to your email signature so that you expose someone to a quote about music every time you communicate with someone.

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