Monthly Archives: September 2009

The Power of Music Memorabilia

By admin on September 28, 2009

People collect many different things. They collect stamps, teddy bears, hats and other assorted items like buttons, that to many people simply do not make any sense to collect. However, there are also people out there who collect another type of item, and that item is used music memorabilia.


When they collect used music memorabilia, they are collecting things that have, for a time, been in the presence of musical greatness. They can be historical items like the album John Lennon signed for Mark David Chapman before he was shot, or it can be trivial and small like a scarf used by Steve Tyler in an Aerosmith show in Milwaukee in 1979.


No matter what the used music memorabilia is, it serves a useful purpose to the people who own it. For them, it is like touching music greatness and when they hold onto something like a signed Led Zeppelin IV, they are holding onto a piece of music history that puts them in touch with the rock gods who created it. For many, this is as close as they get to having a religious experience.

Music memorabilia is an amazing thing to have in your house. When you have a guitar signed by Jimmi Hendrix up in your den, people are going to ask you about it and envy you for it.

They will ask you where you got it, they will ask you how much it cost and they will always ask if the touch it.  Read more...

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Go for musical instruments at cheaper prices

By admin on September 28, 2009

In fact, a musical gadget is an object which is basically used for composing music. In simple words, anything that is capable of producing sound may be termed as a musical tool. It is a fact that music is a great source to get different civilisations closer to each other. Musical songs are very popular in every corner of the world. The music has been cherished in every period, be it primitive age, middle age and modern age which is going on. Hence, it is one of the most important entertaining sources for all the individuals.

The Musical Instruments can be divided into four main categories. Firstly, those which produce sound with the help of the vibrating strings. Secondly, those which produce sound with vibrating columns of air, thirdly the devices which are made of wood or metal and finally, the percussion tools like skin heads or drums.

Some of bestowers of music that are easily available and mostly used by the Indians are flute, sitar, sarod, sarangi, shehenai and tabla to name a few. The flute is a cylindrically tube-shaped tool which come in varied sizes. It is played by blowing air into the one end of the tube. It is very much used in the villages of India. The sitar is the modern tool which is believed to be an ancestor of the western guitar. Talking about the sarod, it is a tool with small wooden body and steel-encased finger board. The sarangi is a tool which is played using a bow against strings. It is much like a wooden violin. All the above cheap Musical Instruments are very popular and selling well in the market.  Read more...

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Music Industry Jobs – How to Become a Sound Recording Engineer

By admin on September 25, 2009

A music studio contains more equipment than just microphones and a keyboard. To produce a world class album, you need to get the best sound out of the artist and the music. One person whose job it is to do this is the music recording engineer.

When I think of an engineer, I think of an architect or someone who tinkers with wires and circuits all day. In the music business, they use a different type of engineer. He is called a recording engineer and his job begins as soon as the artist starts to sing.

The area that the recording engineer occupies is called the digital audio workstation, or DAW. This workstation contains all of the technical gadgets an engineer needs to fine tune the sounds he hears. The engineer works with the artist to lay down the best sound they can get. This may involve the artist recording certain parts of the song several times until just the right sound is achieved.

The recording engineer may have additional teammates to collaborate on the performance. They are mostly a part of larger projects with big budgets. Smaller projects use the recording engineer in several roles to compensate. Learning all aspects of music engineering can help you land a job in a smaller studio that needs a multi-tasking engineer.  Read more...

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What is Ares Music? It?s Congas, Timbales, Heat, and Soul?

By admin on September 23, 2009

Ares Music is the perfect download site. If you’ve been out on any search engine looking for Latin music and haven’t found Ares Music, retrace your steps, you’ve missed something quite spectacular. Ares Music is a very popular and widely hit site for listeners who love and connect with Latin music. With 30 million users worldwide, it has become the largest peer-to-peer file-sharing network on the planet. It’s simple to install, is very fast and another very cool feature is… it’s free! Yup, all 100 million downloads are free. They also have video and video game downloads to choose from. With its rich and varied musical history, Latin music has a bit of something for everyone. You like drums? Latin musicians pound on timbales and congas. You like a soulful, haunting song sung by a beautiful dark-haired woman? Listen to fado. Countries with Spanish as the native language such as Cuba, Mexico, Argentina, or Brazil have been the most influential in Latin music. Music with such a distinct sound only makes sense that there’s dancing to go with it. Salsa, tango, and rumba are forms of dancing that take brave hips, strong legs, and a free spirit. Dance studios that offer Latin dancing are fast turning beginners into pros. If you don’t find exactly what you are looking for, want to find out more, or you want to know what others are listening to, Ares Music has many chat rooms and instant messenger right on the site. So step on in and take a look, click your mouse or wiggle your thumb and get moving. Ares Music makes it fun and it’s free!  Read more...

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Classic Style Studio Ideally Crafted to Thrive in Modern Recording Industry

By admin on September 19, 2009

In today’s recording industry, hundreds of thousands of dollars can be spent producing just one album. There are recording studios, however, where the word retro applies to finances as well as the overall vibe of the place. Take Arizona music studio Uranus Recording of Tempe, where less than $10,000 can produce a world-class recording that would cost $50,000 in most comparable studios. Yet the price tag is not the only thing reminiscent of years past at this world-class Tempe recording studio. Its Atomic Age theme emulates the classic music production studio of the Fifties and Sixties when musicians understood and appreciated the possibilities and value of Live Room acoustics.

Gin Blossoms lead singer Robin Wilson built this retro-style Arizona recording studio inside the Tempe Creamery Complex – a registered historical Arizona landmark. The Live Room in Wilson’s Tempe music studio is a 22′ x 24′ x 10′ space featuring hand made acoustic treatments, allowing musicians who record here to achieve a fuller, more organic sound than in the acoustically “dead” booths and studio rooms typically favored since the Seventies.

Of course, the best acoustics in the world mean little on an album without the right recording equipment for quality music production. Wilson’s full-service Arizona recording studio is equipped with Pro Tools HD and a Neve sidecar mixing console, as well as a host of mics, guitars, amps, pedals, and electrical outlets too numerous to mention. In addition to the Live Room and control room, Uranus Recording has a vintage bank vault turned custom-built isolation booth, and what’s become a famous signature wall in the bathroom where musicians mark their permanent place in the rich musical history of this Tempe recording studio.  Read more...

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