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Jonny’s Guitar Lessons 4 U!
We found Jonny on twitter. We recognized that he was young, and we also saw that he was answering a lot of questions that other people had about guitars and playing the guitar. We enjoyed his excitement when he announced the launch of his his very first guitar training video. We admire the fact that […]
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Thelma Rimber – Uplifting Lives Through the Arts
“It was worth all the rejection, tears and sleepless nights. I used my talent to lift someone else up.” – Thelma Rimber. Imagine that you are a child, living in destitute poverty in a slum with absolutely no opportunities to do anything. Then imagine that there is a woman who comes into you life, helps […]
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Looking Foward With Days Ahead
“Daysahead revives the spirit of the golden era of bands from the 70′s & 80′s criss-crossing rock, jazz, and soul into a sound that’s both contemporary and timeless….an air-tight band and a bewitching front woman. Daysahead gets straight-ahead funky.” (Michael Heyliger, RhythmFlow) Daysahead was founded by husband and wife duo guitarist/producer/songwriter Steve Wright (Richmond, VA) & […]
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What About the Look?
When Earth, Wind and Fire first started performing years ago, they were a group of young people. They were several multi-instrumentalists, creating this phenomenal music, putting on a nice musical performance and people were blahzay about it all. They would perform, receive this great applause and then the next band would come up and […]
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TIm Maynard – I Keep At It Every Day
Being a full-time musician sounds glamorous, but it really takes hard work and skills beyond the music. Tim Maynard is full-time. He teaches, composes, writes, markets and oh yeah – he plays the guitar. But music puts him in the realm, “it’s when I feel most alive.” A lot of us artists have […]
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Michael Casanova – Music is The Perfect Vitamin for Our Soul
It’s great to meet people of all ages and all backgrounds who want to learn how to play music. What I really appreciated about Michael is that he didn’t speak about stardom or making the next greatest hit record. He simply wants to learn how to play music so he can play music. Like a […]
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Rico Dawson – Artist & Educator
Ricco Dawson is an educator. He has spent the last several years working with children teaching them about music. They are getting the basics of music theory and rhythm in addition to being exposed to genres of music they’ve never heard before. The urgency is in helping children understand what real music is. It is […]
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Camille Thurman – The Geologist Artist
You are a well rounded artist in that you play instruments, sing and compose music. Tell us what instruments you play and how you got started playing them. I play the tenor saxophone and flutes (piccolo, c flute, alto & bass flutes)… I also perform oftentimes on the soprano and alto sax.I first started […]
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Music Workshops – Learn from one of the Best in the Industry
Attention all Indie Artists and Music Institutions: Dr. Richard Niles, who has three decades of experience in the major music industry is now sharing his knowledge and expertise through his Professional Music Workshops. Never heard of him? Well, people like Tina Turner, Pat Methany, Denise Williams, Mariah Carey (and the list […]
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Amatuers and Pros – the School of Hard Knocks
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” That’s an old saying and one that I have found to be quite true. I began my journey as a “recording artist” and “songwriter” in 2005. I left the lounge and band scene to do my own stuff. One of the first things that I learned is […]
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What happened? A rant about the work ethic of many musicians
What happened? A rant about the work ethic of many musicians Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:22 PM PDT What ever happened to true effort, the desire to learn and develop ones ability? What happened to the problem solvers? What happened to the ones that could look at a problem or at something going wrong and […]
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Musician Coaching.com
We came across this website and were pleasantly surprised by the contents. Rick offers professional counseling services for the indie artist. If you are in the music industry now or interested in entering into you it, you need to know as much as possible about the business side of things. Rick offers services to […]