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When a band decide to play a new song, it can be based on many different factors like people’s tastes, technical skills, arrangements, orchestration, speed, etc. But there is one type of song that is usually deceptively hard: the ballad, the slow song. These are tunes likeRead More

I talked about performing at family gathering in the last blog. I indicated, since we are during Thanksgiving weekend, that Christmas songs could be a great way to make people sing and have fun. But where would you find the music for those songs? Actually it is fairly easy. ForRead More

‘Tis the season! Here we are, when families and friends get together, when people go to the places they love and meet new people or get to see the ones that are important to them. Is it always rosy? No. But there are ways to ease up the tension. Music would be one of them.Read More

My last three blogs were about snags. But, can we really call this 3 blogs? Isn’t it more like 1 stretched one? Did I use a trick to make you read more? Actually, no, I didn’t. I was genuinely worried that it wouldn’t work, because I was trapped in a maze ofRead More

It seems to work. We might be in the clear. Anyway, I couldn’t reset my password because I would receive the email to reset my password but the link would go to the page where I needed to input my email address to reset my password, and then they would send the link at myRead More

Ok, so far so good. It seems I can write a little more. I’ve just been through a big ordeal. My password for this site didn’t work anymore. Then I couldn’t reset a new password. Wait, sorry, I have to stop and check if this will be published. Hold it. I’llRead More

Will this work? How long do I have?Read More

What are some essential things you need to be in band? Should you have some technique? Yes, but you usually don’t need a lot. Should you be nice to others? Yes, but if someone other than the band director starts picking on you, you have the right to defend yourself. ShouldRead More

I have been writing about music in this form or another for more than forty years now. I try to communicate what I hear and what I feel when I come across a moving song. But it is frustrating. Music doesn’t write well. This is probably why we use a complicated code to putRead More