February 5, 2012
Tags: Learn Piano, Sheet Music
xamyrulzx asked: Ive already pretty much learned “Smother Me” by The Used, pretty simple,
I dont have much patince, but an easy melody i can pick up quickly on
i like more rock and alternative, but im willing to learn pop songs too
im looking more for sheet music to help me with my sight reading, since im not taking lessons any more (have taken lessons for a little over a year, about 2 or 3 years ago)
if you can get me a link to a printable version of the sheet music id love it alot!
Learn How to Read Music
Tags: Music & Music Players
I am a long-time veteran of going to rock shows to see live bands play. I’m one of those types who don’t even need to know much about the band to go see them play, because I just love rock and roll that much. I have turned my love of rock into a career by writing magazine reviews of local shows. Since I’ve been going to shows for a long time, I know all of the ins and outs…and what is “in” right now, are cool t-shirts.
One of the major taboos of going to a rock show is wearing a band shirt of the band you’re going to see. Nothing shouts “lame” like being a complete fan boy. It’s a contradictory statement, because almost everyone there is a fan of the band. You want to be cooler than the typical fan boy, but you can’t show up naked. That’s where the cool t-shirts come into play.
The way these kids are competing against one another is disheartening and pretty ridiculous. I’ve never seen young people quite so engaged in finding the best cool t-shirts to outdo one another. Offensive shirts, funny shirts, artful shirts: all of them make an appearance as these kids jockey for position.
Of course, I was just as guilty at that age of using clothes to fit in at these shows. I would sometimes go to two or three rock shows a week, and I would dress according to whatever music I was going to see. Leather at the metal shows, hemp at the jam band shows, and boots at the punk shows. If there had been somewhere demanding cool t-shirts to fit in, I would have been there too.
I grew up and matured, of course. I learned that it’s the depth of your character that is important, and not the clothes you wear. I wonder if these kids will grow up to realize that the cool t-shirts they cultivated so fervently don’t mean quite as much as they thought. I also wonder if they will judge the generation that comes after them as severely as I’ve judged them. I surely hope not.
More information is available about cool t-shirts at cool t-shirts to learn more.
Tags: Music, Virtuoso Pianist
Ben asked: I am in my 3rd year at uni. I am doing composition, and I am doing well. Yet I am not exactly the best pianist on earth (I can read music, but I am a slow sight reader), and it takes me ages to get a piece right, unfortunately sometimes I lack motivation to learn a piece, so I just improvise. However, my lecturer says I am developing as a composer, and even he admits that he’s not the best viola player. My friend, who also composes, plays a few instruments, but admits she doesn’t play any of them really well. So, do you have to be a virtuoso musician in order to compose?
How to Sight Read Music
