By the time I was six, I would play duets on the piano with my mom or strum the chords toI’ve Been Working On the Railroadon ukulele. Thank God I had no one to take out a ruler and give me a nice “thwhack” if I made a mistake. Why Bad Habits and Mistakes are Overrated On...
Music has always been around, and the idea that it should have anything to do with business is crazy, when you think about it a little bit. It's just this bizarre shotgun wedding, trying to reconcile capitalism with an activity that people do that other people really appreciate. ...
There are things that you can do to help improve your quality of life. You can get physically active, but avoid physical activities that may cause injury. It’s recommended that if you are an adult, you should try and engage in 30minutes 5 days a week of moderate activity. Activities li...
It quickly becomes apparent why this is when you talk to him about playing the guitar. The guy is dead serious. He approaches everything as if it’s the most difficult thing in the world. When he was learning how to fingerpick, he told me I should read such and such book, because i...
“how it should rotate”. Then it starts behaving better. Then it slows down. So Le Verrier at the Paris Observatory tries his luck at computing where a planet, further away than Uranus should be in the sky to cause this acceleration, then this slowing down of Uranus. Turns out ...
I don’t think you need to be a software developer to be able to understand what I’m getting at. Whatever you spend most of your time thinking about is what you should be doing. If you want that degree – enroll today. If you want to learn an instrument – start today. ...
But currently I use Ableton Live. My brothers stayed with Sonar through the years and one of them sings the praises of CbB to me from time to time. I didn't gel with it when I first opened it so I never really gave it a chance. Also I worry that being free it might disappear ...
Finally, you should alwaystune your ukulele every time you pick it upto play it, you can also train your ear at the same time as doing this. If none of this works If you’ve had your ukulele for more than a week and it’s still going out of tune very quickly this could mean you...
Everyone’s raised differently, but for most people I know, it went something like this: We were taught all kinds of things by our parents and teachers—what’s right and wrong, what’s safe and dangerous, the kind of person you should and shouldn’t be. But the idea was: I’m an...
If you are a piano player and your “normal” is the authentic sound and feel of an acoustic piano, you’ll feel very uncomfortable when playing a toy keyboard. If you don’t want to feel baffled or intimidated when you move to the keyboard, you shouldlook for an instrument that will ...