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Advice for New Music School Graduates
T., a guitarist and soon-to-be music school grad, wrote us last week with this question: I'm getting my degree soon, but I feel that I don't really have a lot of actual work experience to flesh out my resume. How far do you think a degree can take me and where would be the best ...
Jazz Masterclass in Italy 2011 Special Offer
Jazz Masterclass in Italy Ronciglione Jazz Spring Camp—Ronciglione VT—Italy—From 22 to 24 April 2011 Teachers Jazz History—Ben Sidran Sax—Rick Margitza Bass—Doug Weiss Drums—Francisco Mela Voice—Gegè Telesforo Guitar—Fabio Zeppetella Trumpet—Flavio Boltro and Aldo Bassi Piano—Antonio Ciacca Voice—Gegè Telesforo Hammond—Alberto ...
Jazz Choir Welcomes Vocalists in Washington, DC
Calling all vocalists who have jazz in their soul and want to express it—without belting it out in karaoke bars or going the American Idol route! Capital City Voices, a new jazz choir in Washington, DC, offers vocalists the chance to work weekly with a professionally directed choir singing hip arrangements, networking with other singers and ...
Piano Lessons by Quiescence Music Releases New Lesson: First Glimpse of Spring
It's cold in many parts of the world right now. And teacher and pianist/composer Edward Weiss has a great idea—learn how to create your own beautiful piano music. The new lesson titled 'First Glimpse of Spring' teaches students how to improvise on the piano using just a few chords. As Edward says... “It's so cold and ...
Berkleemusic.com Debuts New Online Drum Curriculum
Boston, MA—Berkleemusic.com, the online school of Boston's renowned Berklee College of Music, is debuting four new online drum courses for their upcoming spring term, beginning April 4th, 2011. With these courses, students from anywhere in the world will be able to learn the skills to become effective, expressive, drummers, as well as the specific skill set ...
New Lesson Just Released: Dominant Chordscales
While the mixolydian mode is the default dominant chordscale, there exists a whole world of dominant chordscale choices, each one possessing a unique sound palette owing to it's singular tension profile. The Monkish whole tone, the tense altered scale and the evocative blues scale are just three of the possibilities explored in this lesson. Learn where ...
Music Biz Students - Don't Let the Sky Fall on You!
This week, I had the opportunity to guest lecture in a music business class. Before the event, I had no way of knowing whether I'd do terrible or spectacular. I put my notecards together and rehearsed my speech to my wall. Prior to this, I had only spoken at Next Big Nashville, but that was an ...
University of South Florida Opens State-of-the-Art Music Building
TAMPA, Fl—From oak tree practice fields to state-of-the-art practice rooms, the USF School of Music is excited to be moving from its current 45-year-old building into a new state-of the-art, 113,535 square foot dream. For decades, music students have practiced wherever space allowed, studied wherever they could sit, and even on occasion held classes in the ...
Mingus Spirit: The Dakota Combo in New York
I promise a full post by the end of the week, but wanted to announce that the Dakota Combo, the premiere high school jazz combo in the Twin Cities area, competed this weekend in the third Charles Mingus High School Band Competition held at the Manhattan School of Music. There were 12 bands selected from applicants, ...
Become a Student of the Music Business
Earlier this week, I published a story about what it's like trying to get a job in the music business—what I deemed “the most unforgiving" job market in the world. It gave vague details about my journey to Hypebot and the pride I took in being foolish and crazy enough to think that I could get a job ...
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