Archive for the 'World Of Music' Category

Mark Ronson Confirms He Will Work with Duran Duran

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Having pillaged the 1960s for musical inspiration, producer Mark Ronson is to be bring his sound a touch more recent for his third album, ‘Record Collection, ‘ — by ransacking Duran Duran in all of their 1980s pomp. The latest Mark Ronsons Bang Bang Bang song went straight into towards the top of the UK […]

Iyaz - Happy With My Achievements so Far

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Press Officer for the 2010 BVI Music Fest Board , David Archer lately interviewed the BVIs own music sensation Iyaz. The young pop start will be back at home in the Territory to perform at this years Music Fest.

When asked how he felt he ranked as a performer globally, Iyaz expounded, “To the best of […]

Westlife Singer Annoyed by Cover Song Jibes

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Mark Feehily says he’s fed up of people criticising Westlife for doing cover songs.
The 29-year-old vocalist said he was annoyed his group - who have had 14 number one hits and sold more than 43 million records sold worldwide - were “misunderstood”.
The ‘Flying Without Wings’ vocalist said: “Our record company, they don’t want to take […]

Successful Black Key Improvisation

Friday, June 13th, 2008

What a great instrument the piano is - white keys, black keys, and 88 tones make it incredibly versatile!
Most students take it upon themselves to try and master this instrument. They begin to learn note reading and go through a series of books before they are ready to play the music of the masters.
If only […]

How to Move iPod Music and Video to a Different Computing Machine

Monday, May 19th, 2008

iPod owners don’t have anything to complain about. However, one thing people sometimes mention is the inability to transfer iPod music, video and other files from their iPod back to another Personal Computer. Though the iPod has no problem uploading songs, video clips and photos from your desktop or laptop to iPod from iTunes, the […]

Guitar Lessons - Notes on the fretboard

Friday, April 18th, 2008

The diagram bellow shows the position of notes on the fretboard in standard tuning. This illustrates the frets of the guitar with string 1 the High E and string 6 the Low E. Open string tuning is just right of the number and the || symbol indicates the nut of the fretboard. The | symbol […]

Making Your Own Music: Songwriting Basics

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Whether you are a teenager or are well into your golden years, it is never too late to explore your creative side, especially if you are interested in music. Songwriting is an excellent way to express your thoughts and feelings and to communicate them to your friends and family, even if you have no aspirations […]