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Song Exploder: From Yo-Yo Ma to Fleetwood Mac and beyond: artists deconstruct their music.
Song Exploder is one of the best music podcasts out there, IMO, in which musicians take apart their songs, and tell the story of how they were made. The guests are wide-ranging, and their insights are fascinating and valuable to one’s own practice. Go subscribe. This amazing podcast first came to my attention through John…
Speaking of Public Domain: Yellowstone’s Copyright-Free Audio/Video Clips
Sweet! Yellowstone National Park release massive catalogue of ambient sounds into public domain for your sampling pleasure (Some F-bombs in the article, so if you’d rather skip it and go straight to the clips, go here.)
So, What Songs Are Now In the Public Domain? These.
If you aim to record an album of cover songs on the cheap, you’ll want to rifle through the resources below. For the first time in twenty years, a whole year’s worth of copyrighted works entered the public domain in the U.S. on January 1, 2019. Under the terms of the Sonny Bono Copyright Act,…
RIP, Mike Taylor.
Source: (3) Walk off the Earth – YouTube
Forget Prodigies. What Can We Learn From Late Bloomers?
As a society, we tend to focus on prodigies — the young stars in their fields. But what if we looked at the people at the opposite end of the timeline instead? By studying them, network scien… Source: What can we learn from people who succeed later in life? |
It’s-Not-Too-Late-Gifts: Best Music Books: 2018
Led Zeppelin Hardcover – Illustrated. by Led Zeppelin (Artist) A massive, 400-page coffee table tome, filled with glossy, high resolution shots of the band at their decadent, high-flying best, with annotations written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and quotes from the late, great John Bonham. (Corbin Reiff Uproxx) A photographic journey through the band’s entire career,…
How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music: Part 1 (Free Video Lessons)
Here’s Part One of the video series Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music. Get the course for 50% off!Or, get a copy of the best-selling book.
Learn to Read Music: Video Course 50% OFF UNTIL 2019
Get a jump start on your New Year’s resolution to read music, and get it for the introductory deal: 50% off until the end of the year. A new video course based on the best-selling book, Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music, is 50% off for the rest of 2018. Check out the preview…
