Music has always been an important part of every human being, and in one way or another, people get to experience music and melodies in their lives. However one of the most important technological breakthroughs in history was the invention of portable music whiche meant, having music with you as if you were listening to your oun soundtrack. The feeling of being in a movie...
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As musicians we are always amazed by the possibilities of merging different influences and finding new inspirations to develop different and fresh sounds. A good example of this result of making something new by mixing different genres is city pop. City pop is a genre of music that originated in Japan around the 70s and became wildly popular around the 80s Late 70s Japan In order to understand...
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by Robert Fisher, The Catoctin School of Music As we charge towards the end of Autumn into Thanksgiving and the holiday season, it’s easy to begin to lose sight of the many blessings and benefits music brings us in the midst of the hustle. The stresses and exceptional tasks faced by all and those particularly within the music/arts community, present unusually daunting challenges for both...
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Bluegrass and jazz? yes please. The band formed in 1988 that goes by the name of Béla Fleck and the Fleckstones is a band filled with incredible musicians starting with Fleck on the banjo, Victor Wooten on the bass, Roy Wooten on the drumitar (more on this later) Howard Levi and Jeff Coffin. The instrumental only band was formed by Fleck after he was invited to...
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There are many ways a musician can find jobs whether it's playing, teaching or creating new music. However there is a job where every single musician could easily find a task suitable for those skills. The freelance world is very varied and there are so many ways to interact and find work, for a musician this fact stays the same because not only are there...
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