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Posted by malene on September 11, 2011 in Making Music, Music Recording · 6 Comments
Get Your Free Home Studio PDF book
Impress yourself and your buddy with these recording studio techniques
From: Malene Brune
11:25 PM
Hi,
My name is Malene, I’m a sound engineer and I’ve made a funny little PDF I would like to send you. I have given it the very creative name “Home Studio Recording Reference Guide” ;)
Yes, it is a reference guide, filled with killer recording [...]
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Posted by malene on July 18, 2010 in Making Music · 2 Comments
Music theory can be scary if you are a musician who has been playing by ear, or if you’re just beginning, but now you can relax because downloadable music theory games make it fun, and as painless as possible.
Give the game down below a shot! And try if you can get on the high score list! Chose your preferences and hit start.
Some of [...]
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Posted by malene on May 15, 2010 in Making Music · 0 Comments
Have you ever heard something on the radio and gotten an idea for a song and thought “I can make my own music, just like what’s on the radio!” Great! You can write and record your music, and have it ready to play and record for song publishers, artists, promoters and venues where music is performed, in a lot less time and training than you might imagine.
Just think, if the chance goes [...]
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Posted by malene on May 12, 2010 in Making Music · 1 Comment
The history of music video production begins with movie musicals around 1920, and leaves off with iPod apps, mini movie screens and videos for your cell phone in the 21st century, in 2010. Every year in New York, Lincoln Center holds a Video Festival, specifically to celebrate music videos as an art form. Event proponents contend that mainstream media tends to dismiss videos as low brow; a way of [...]
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Posted by malene on April 16, 2010 in Making Music, Music Recording · 1 Comment
Get Your 3 Free "Learn Music Recording" Videos
Impress yourself and your family with these super easy music recording techniques.
From: Malene Brune
0:25 AM
Hi,
My name is Malene and I´ve made 3 music (sound) recording videos I would like to send you.
If you're already a pro, then you won´t need these…. but if you´re just starting out, then make sure you enter your email below( or [...]
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Posted by malene on April 12, 2010 in Making Music · 3 Comments
Why don't you pick up your instrument and play some pentatonic scales? See how they fit with your songwriting, and note how easy it becomes to find lots of riffs or melodies when you know that the notes could be fall within the pentatonic; particularly in rock, blues, R and B, and old Negro spirituals!
Unlike the major scale in music, i.e. do-re-me, etc, etc., a pentatonic scale has only five [...]
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Posted by malene on April 11, 2010 in Making Music · 0 Comments
Learning about chord progressions is important in order to become a capable musician.
Knowing progressions, using chord numbers (i.e. I chord, IV chord etc) and their predictable interconnectedness enables you to:
Write chord charts
Easily recall songs
Possess a better useful knowledge of scales
Play “by ear”
Compose songs or improve your composition skills
In fact the main reason [...]
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Posted by malene on April 6, 2010 in Making Music · 0 Comments
At some point in your musical journey you will be recording a demo for promotional purposes-- to either get booked to perform live, to promote original songs, or try to get a recording contract.
What it’s for determines what should be one it. It should contain your style of music; jazz, blues, country, original or whatever you do. Here we discuss some general guidelines that pertain for almost [...]
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Posted by malene on March 19, 2010 in Making Music · 0 Comments
Now that we live in the Internet age, it is easy and inexpensive to study music theory online.
No matter what your age, whether you want to start your own band, play a solo act, or just for enjoyment and relaxation, you can become adept at music theory, online, without having to attend classes and rearrange your schedule. If you work, have children and other responsibilities, you can still save [...]
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Posted by malene on March 17, 2010 in Making Music · 0 Comments
Take a song from any genre and see if you can sing it and make it your own.
For example, the song “White Christmas”. What genre best fits you? Country, rock, jazz, R & B? Something else? Pick the one or 2 that fit you, and meditate on how White Christmas would sound in those styles. Now sing it. Does it feel like you own it?
Can you truly say “I Make My Own Music”?
What are [...]
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