2022 – Online Music Lessons

Best Guitar Capo

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Post published:December 16, 2022
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This is the best capo at the best price. The key phrase is 'NS Lite Guitar Capo.' You should be able to find one for less than about $12. Guitar…

Christine McVie Solo Album (1984)

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Post published:September 26, 2022
Post category:Classic Album Essential Listening

Christine McVie's has always been my favorite member of Fleetwood Mac. Her self-titled solo album released in 1984 is the only one she released while she was still with Fleetwood…

The Buzz And The Edge

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Post published:September 15, 2022
Post category:Essential Listening

In Houston, radio station KTBZ 94.5 FM is called "The Buzz." (These days, you almost never hear the station letters. In the old days you had to announce your station's…

Allan Pettersson’s Symphony 6

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Post published:September 9, 2022
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Allan Pettersson's Symphony 6 is my favorite piece of orchestral music. It received international acclaim when it premiered in 1967, along with his Symphony 7 in 1968. YouTube Links: Allan…

Best-Engineered Albums

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Post published:September 3, 2022
Post category:Classic Album Essential Listening World Music

Two of the best-engineered albums of the twentieth century, or of all time, are Exodus from Bob Marley (1977), and Avalon by Roxy Music (1982). Neither ever won awards in…

It’s A Beautiful Day

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Post published:September 2, 2022
Post category:'60s Classic Album Essential Listening

Here are five tracks from the San Francisco band, It's A Beautiful Day, featuring classically-trained violinist, David LaFlamme, and his wife Linda Baker LaFlamme. "LaFlamme" was a stage name he…

A Recording Engineer Mixes a Song

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Post published:September 1, 2022
Post category:Recording

Recording engineer Daniel Duskin does a live sample mix of the Doobie Brothers' "Long Train Runnin'". This is for those of you who have never seen how a song is…

Rick Beato’s 20 Best Keyboard Intros

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Post published:August 31, 2022
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I'd like my piano students to check out Rick Beato's demonstration of the 20 Best Keyboard Intros of all time. Most of these are played on a conventional piano, but…

Free Drum Machine & Recording Software

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Post published:August 31, 2022
Post category:Recording

Acoustica Legacy Software https://acoustica.com/legacy Cakewalk by Bandlabhttps://www.bandlab.com/products/cakewalk The Beatcraft drum program from Acoustica lets you create and store great sounding drum parts. The sound and performance are better and more…

The Birth of Southern Rock

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Post published:August 30, 2022
Post category:'60s Classic Album Essential Listening

Southern rock didn't appear out of nowhere. It was preceded by the "swamp rock" sounds of Creedence Clearwater Revival. A "bayou" isn't exactly a "swamp," but it's close enough. When…