Monthly Archives: October 2009

The Human Voice – The King Or Queen Of All Musical Instruments!

By admin on October 28, 2009

There a one liner made famous in the old TV detective show Dragnet “the facts ma am. nothing but the facts.” I don’t know if Jack Webb was a musician or a teacher, but considering that the study of music is infinite I better take his advice.

I am in the “October” of my life and I think , I finally understand a least man-made music and his conception of it. Asking questions and reading books or any literature on the subject has sort of satisfied my quest for the “whys” of music. I have been practicing how to do this or that for years and years but the “whys” can set the creative mind to take off, so no more “can’t get no satisfaction….” Since the infinite is to deep for me, lets deal with man made music.

I have come to the conclusion that all man made musical instruments have to be in the range of the human voice, a little higher or lower that’s O.K. If not, they will become obsolete.

The human voice has kept man made music earth bound and the amazing things it that it range or distance is on the average only two and one half octaves! That’s Johnny Cash territory and not Andrea Bucelli who really likes to stretch it, and its made him famous. The human voice is a marvelous instrument, the king and queen of all!  Read more...

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10 Tips To Find A Legal Music Download Site

By admin on October 24, 2009

Below I will talk about my top 10 tips to help you find a legal music download site. Hopefully they will help you divert away from illegal download sites.


1. Pay for use


This is one of the most effective ways to identify whether a site is legal or not. Look for download sites that charge you per song, or per month or per year.


If you see a site offering free music downloads for a certain trial period, then this doesnt necessarily mean that the site is legal. Many legal sites use this as an enticement, so do not be put off by that.


2. Size Limits


A legal music download site generally distributes music from reputable labels and artists. This means that you will not find a wide range of mixes and custom files that will almost certainly slow down your connection, and therefore take forever to download.

Moreover, if these files are small it assures the music retail industry that the music site is actually selling real legal music, and not the massive files associated with computer games and movies etc


3. Volume limits


Legal music download sites usually distribute their material on a per song basis. One of the major advantages of buying your music online is that you dont have to spend $17 for an entire album if you only want 3 or 4 songs.

Legal music sites will actually setup download limits as well as transfer rate limits. As a result, this prevents dishonest customers from setting up their computers to copy hundreds of files in a few hours.  Read more...

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Selected Inventions About Musical Instruments

By admin on October 22, 2009

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The present disclosure relates to a music string comprising precipitation hardening stainless steel. The string has a superior resistance to relaxation and is corrosion resistant, thus improving its tuning stability and maintaining its tone quality, thus prolonging its service life.

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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a general-purpose multi-media art generating device which is similar to musical instruments in music and which is independent from individual works. SOLUTION: Operation input information of a foundation-color attribute, a strain-relaxation attribute, a background attribute, a foreground attribute are inputted from a keyboard 101, a clothing type musical instrument 102, a CCD camera 103, a tap sensor 104 and an electronic drum set 105 and corresponding attribute values are outputted from associating means 111 to 115. Moreover, these attribute values are converted into attribute values for music and for video for foundation-color attribute, for strain-relaxation attribute, for background attribute and for foreground attribute by converting means 121 to 124 and outputs depending on media for music and video are respectively applied to an output for music generating means 141 and an output for video generating means 142 and outputs with respect to musical media and media of the video are generated.

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10 Tips To Find A Legal Web Site To Download Music

By admin on October 19, 2009

1. Pay for use

This is one of the most effective ways to identify whether a site is legal or not. Look for download sites that charge you per song, or per month or per year.

If you see a site offering free music downloads for a certain trial period, then this doesnt necessarily mean that the site is legal. Many legal sites use this as an enticement, so do not be put off by that.

2. Size Limits

A legal music download site generally distributes music from reputable labels and artists. This means that you will not find a wide range of mixes and custom files that will almost certainly slow down your connection, and therefore take forever to download.
Moreover, if these files are small it assures the music retail industry that the music site is actually selling real legal music, and not the massive files associated with computer games and movies etc

3. Volume limits

Legal music download sites usually distribute their material on a per song basis. One of the major advantages of buying your music online is that you dont have to spend $17 for an entire album if you only want 3 or 4 songs.
Legal music sites will actually setup download limits as well as transfer rate limits. As a result, this prevents dishonest customers from setting up their computers to copy hundreds of files in a few hours.

4. Larger databases, Larger costs  Read more...

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How Do I Make a Music Demo?

By admin on October 19, 2009

For the purpose of this article I am going to assume you don’t know how to produce otherwise the title of this article would be, ‘How do I produce my music’!

 

Making a good music demo seems simple on the surface but dig a little deeper and there is a lot to get right. If you choose a producer whom you know is a competent and skilled writer, you will end up with a better-finished product if you invite his/her input.

 

I think choosing your music studio producer would rank as one of the most important aspects of recording a demo. Madonna for example had a knack of finding the right people for her. Think of your producer as your partner, their sound and their style will become your sound and your style.

 

So how do I find a good music producer to make my music demo?

 

If you have lots of money you would listen to your favourite songs and call the guys that produced it! If however you are looking for a small studio with big talent you will need to start by making sure the producer understands your music style inside and out.

 

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