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Monthly Archives: May 2009
140 Character Conference! I'm a character :)
Jeff Pulver announced on Twitter about the 140 Character Conference. So here’s what I had to say within 140 characters: I write ♫ and would ♥ to attend because we’re all Rock★’s. Social media is awesome-not because of the technology, … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Marketing
Tagged Conference, Jeff Pulver, Marketing, Social Media, Twitter
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‘Teachers Guide To Music, Media, And Copyright’ Review
James Frankel recently wrote a book released on Hal Leonard titled “Teachers Guide to Music, Media, and Copyright”. It sparked my interest, as I am a big fan of Larry Lessig and Creative Commons, and have self published my own … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright
Tagged Copyright, Creative Commons, Fair Use, Larry Lessig, Law, Media
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Get Offline
The most important part to being online is being offline. Break away from your computer. Meet people, go on tour. The bottom line in all of this is that hugs and handshakes make the difference. So get out there and … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing
Tagged Get offline, Hustle, In Person, Marketing, Performance, Web 2.0
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Tension Chords
Using tension in your chords is very effective. Music (and life) is all a series of tension and release. So to play a chord that is outside of a key signature, it creates tension, which makes your ear NEED to … Continue reading
Posted in Chords, Theory
Tagged Chords, Consonance, Dissonance, Harmony, Inversions, Songwriting, Tension
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Flavor Chords
Using basic chords might be all that is called for – but what if you wanted to add color? What about piano? Well, look no further! Here is a quick overview (pun intended) of the basic idea of adding flavor … Continue reading
Posted in Chords, Copyright, Piano, Theory
Tagged Composition, Extensions, Flavor, Harmony, Piano, Sus, Tensions
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AOL Music Still Biggest Music Site In The World Ahead Of Myspace
As of May 14, 2009 AOL Music is still the biggest Music website. in the world with over 27 million listeners. Meanwhile MySpace is in a close second. This raises an interesting point – is Myspace dead? Hardly.
Twitter Brings Back @Replies After Uproar
Today, Twitter did the dumbest thing ever, and took away @Replies from people. Then finally, after the community uproar decided to retract their steps and bring it back. As a marketing and social media guy specializing in music, I always … Continue reading
Posted in Blogroll
Tagged Community, Copyright, Creative Commons, Facebook, Marketing, PR, Terms Of Service, Tweetie, Twitter, Twitterific
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Revision 3 NYC May 2009 Meetup At Lunasa’s
To learn more about NYC Revision 3 events go here In this picture David Chaitt (@Chaitters), Jon Accarrino (@Accarrino), Jim Louderback (@JLouderb), me, Anthony Perry (ajperry74), and Daniel Delaney. Last night I hosted my first Revision3 meetup. It was at … Continue reading
Behind The Tech21 Music Factory!
In my show you’ll notice I use the Trademark 30 amplifier and their assortment of pedals. The other day I visited Tech 21 and was met by Dale Krevens and Andrew Barta, long time sponsors of my show! My show … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged Amplifier, Dale Krevens, Factory, Interview, Music, Pedals, Sponsor, Tech 21, Trademark 30, Walk Through
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What You See In NYC Subways
Epic. Enjoy :)
Building Scales By Skipping Strings
When you’re trying to ‘break the cycle’ and learn new scales (or memorize ones) then its easy to learn them by skipping strings. This is because you use different permutations while skipping strings, which forces you to learn them quicker. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternate Picking, Scales, Solos, String Skipping, Technique
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Solos Are Like Talking
So let’s speak to each other!
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Tagged Arranging, Composition, Conversation, Instrumental, Jamming, Solo, Theory
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Accidentals In Key Sigatures
This is similar to the Circle of Fifths. Watch above and learn!
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Tagged Accidentals, Circle Of Fifths, Flats, Key Signatures, Sharps, Sight Reading
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Week #21: Crab Drill
The Crab Drill is the idea of making your hands walk up and down the guitar similar to how a crab would do it. This purpose is to fool your brain into doing patterns that its not used to performing. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternate Picking, Crab Drill, Dexterity, Guitar, Pattern, Practice, Strength, Technique
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