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A Workshop on the Taubman Approach Set for February 6 at the Univ. of the Arts (Philadelphia)
By Gregory H Martin Hailed as a major innovation in piano pedagogy, the Taubman Approach is based on the analysis of the subtle motions that lie beneath a virtuoso technique. Many pianists have found that practicing according to the knowledge gained from this analysis has enabled them to play with greater expressive freedom. Many have also ...
New England Conservatory Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Ground-Breaking Jazz Studies Program in NYC March 20 - 27
March 20 - 27 NYC Performers include John Medeski, Bernie Worrell, Cecil Taylor, Lake Street Dive, Dominique Eade, Ran Blake, Anton Fig, George Garzone, John McNeil, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart, Frank Carlberg, Marty Ehrlich, Jeremy Udden, Noah Preminger, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society & more New England Conservatory continues to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of its ...
A New Approach to Harmony with Seechord
By Joe Samuel Chords and the way they fit together have provided some of the greatest challenges to our musical understanding and teaching. It is never long before we become bogged down in Roman numerals, or circles of fifths with numerous arrows. Even the simple chord progressions of the blues can quickly become confusing with inversions, ...
Danilo Perez Heads Berklee Global Jazz Institute in Boston
Berklee announces the inaugural class for the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, a unique center at the college designed to foster creativity and musicianship through various musical disciplines. World-renowned pianist Danilo Perez serves as its artistic director. Students may pursue a performance degree, diploma, or a two-year certificate through the Institute. BGJI has three main goals: to ...
Berkeley's Jazzschool Announces Winter 2010 Classes and Programs
As the Jazzschool's Winter 2010 Quarter commences on Monday, January 11, students in the Jazzschool Institute's brand-new four-year Bachelor of Music degree program in Jazz Studies return for their Spring 2010 semester on January 19. “We have a wonderful group of instrumentalists and vocalists in our entering class," says Founder and Director Susan Muscarella. “They are ...
Registration Ends Monday Jan. 11th for Berklee Online Courses
Registration for the popular online classes offered by the Berklee College Of Music ends on Monday January 11th. Judging from the number of Hypebot readers that are taking it, there appears to be great interest in Mike King's new Topspin based Online Music Marketing course. I'll be teaching The Future Of Music And The ...
Savannah Music Festival Awarded Jazz.Next Implementation Grant to Support New Jazz Technology Project
Center for New American Media and Heideldesign selected as project partners Savannah, Georgia -- SWING CENTRAL, the nationally acclaimed high school jazz band competition and workshop produced by the Savannah Music Festival (SMF), is the subject of a new media project that utilizes technology to enhance the promotion of jazz music and education. SMF is one ...
Hohner Launches "How to Blow the Blues" iPhone Application
Hohner, Inc., announces the release of its first iPhone application for harmonica entitled “How to Blow The Blues." For a purchase price of $1.99 from the iTunes App Store, iPhone users can learn how to play a 12-bar blues lick on harmonica by following on-screen animation and audio/video demonstrations. Users can then play the newly learned ...
New Years Resolutions: This is the Year to Play Piano
Another year has flown by, and its hard to believe were already passing the first decade of the 21st century. Instead of making New Year's resolutions you know you wont be keeping, why not do something different for a change? Make a worthwhile New Years resolution to learn how to compose and play your very own ...
The Future of Music and the Music Business Online at the Berklee College of Music
I'm honored to have been asked to teach The Future Of Music And The Music Business online course for The Berklee College of Music. The course was inspired by Dave Kusak and Gerd Leonhard's seminal book The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution and is constantly evolving as the music business evolves. ...
