This blog is for discussions about what good music is and who makes it. It is also about how goodmusic it is made, about instruments and their care and any other issues around making good music. http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Blog/tabid/683/BlogId/29/Default.aspx en-US themusicfansite@fusive.co.uk Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:42:52 GMT Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:42:52 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.1.20.17153 Listen to some of the Stock, Aitken and Waterman hits of the 80s (it's not compulsory if you really can't bear to) and you'll see that most follow the simplest format, http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Blog/tabid/683/EntryID/602/Default.aspx http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=683&EntryID=602 Tue, 02 May 2006 13:37:00 GMT http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=602 Building your "studio" into this size is an achievable target, but one not as many as could reach it actually do. Those who do are employing valuable marketing techniques whether they realise it or not. http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Blog/tabid/683/EntryID/592/Default.aspx http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=683&EntryID=592 Mon, 01 May 2006 14:46:00 GMT http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=592 For many of today's musicians, working as a private music tutor has many benefits over working within an educational establishment. Firstly, you are a lot freer to choose where, when, and depending on how well you teach, WHO your students are. http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Blog/tabid/683/EntryID/579/Default.aspx http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=683&EntryID=579 Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:02:00 GMT http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=579 Instrumental. This is part of the song without any vocals. Yeah, okay. It's often an instrumental version of the verse or chorus, it may be an improvised variation on one of these, or it may be an entirely different tune and set of chords altogether. http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Blog/tabid/683/EntryID/442/Default.aspx http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=683&EntryID=442 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:22:00 GMT http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=442 The song structure may not be the first thing you think about when you start writing. You probably work on the verse or chorus, or maybe you have a good riff that you want to expand into a song. So you get that down and then you start to think about the other parts - the intro, how many verses, middle eight, do you want an instrumental, the ending... http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Blog/tabid/683/EntryID/441/Default.aspx http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=683&EntryID=441 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:20:00 GMT http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=441 Some songwriters just wait for inspiration, those are not likely to succeed. Inspiration comes as a result of work; to get inspired you have to work hard and practice. So, how can you practice songwriting?! The habit of sitting down to actually think about a subject, to look up words in rhyme dictionaries, to play the piano for just the right chord...etc. All this is just the habit of practicing. http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Blog/tabid/683/EntryID/416/Default.aspx http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Blog/tabid/683/EntryID/416/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=683&EntryID=416 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:28:00 GMT 0 http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=416 Nowadays affordable computers and great audio hardware make it feasible for anyone to make great recordings. The number of soundcards available for example, is enormous. It is impossible to tell in a few words what you need to start a home recording studio, but in this article I will give some valuable advice to get you started. http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Blog/tabid/683/EntryID/412/Default.aspx http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=683&EntryID=412 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 12:20:00 GMT http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=412 Coming up with the best guitar practice routine is a matter of first deciding what your goals are. For most guitarists when they think of a practice routine, the goal is to improve speed and technique. For some .... http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Blog/tabid/683/EntryID/405/Default.aspx http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=683&EntryID=405 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:29:00 GMT http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=405 So how do you beat it? How do you walk into an audition so cool, calm and collected that you focus 100% on your lines and character? The key is so simple that many have not even thought about it. But let me warn you first. Any acting coach or teacher that promises you a quick fix to eliminate nervousness, anxiety and fear is full of it. Run for the hills. Over the years I’ve worked with a lot of techniques to deal with these emotions that many face. http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Blog/tabid/683/EntryID/404/Default.aspx http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=683&EntryID=404 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:27:00 GMT http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=404 Internet users face having their computers seized and bank accounts locked as part of a massive European clampdown on illegal music downloading. BPI lawyers said that the 1988 copyright act would cover illegal file-sharing prosecutions because it reserves the right electronically to distribute any work to the owners of the copyright. http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Blog/tabid/683/EntryID/385/Default.aspx http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=683&EntryID=385 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:25:00 GMT http://www.themusicfansite.co.uk/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=385