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Djembe for Beginners: Basics and Simple Patterns

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? |

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

Learn to read music, and get it for less! A new video course based on the best-selling book, Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music, is 50% off. Check out the preview below, or see more details and other free lessons from the course HERE.