My band In Stereo played the Canyon Inn in Salt Lake City, Utah this weekend. It was a lot of fun to get out and play. We’ve had about a month off and the break has been nice but I start getting restless to get out and play when we sit for so long. Overall the weekend went really well and it was a good success.
Author: Live Musician Central
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Weekend Gig Report – In Stereo at Canyon Inn July 25-26, 2008
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Sunday Funnies – Play Bikini Girls!
Today for the Sunday Funnies I’m pointing you to a really unique web based keyboard. Who doesn’t like pretty girls in bikini’s? Now what if you could compose a song with suntanning bikini girls? Here’s a link where you can not only practice your 8-note major scale you can also write a little tune, record it, play it back and choose from 3 different preset sound samples.
If you only want to listen to the girls sing, you can just play the jukebox and hear such classics as Beethoven’s – Ode To Joy. So without further ado, follow this link: Bikini Girl Keyboard
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Live Musician Central Weekend Album Picks 7-26-08
Every weekend Live Musician Central picks some of the best new releases along with some “must have” albums. I pick music that is very popular since there will be a better chance of more people being familiar with it. When your band plays a gig it’s always best to play music that as many people that are there will be familiar with. The music I pick is geared toward dance and dance rock bands. So here are the Live Musician Central weekend album picks for the week of 7-27-2008.
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A Classic Performance From Sister Rosetta Tharpe
After playing music for so many years and being in the business I do tend to get a bit ho-hum about all the greatness out there. I start saying “Well, another Van Halen clone…yawn.” Or “Wow, 500 notes per second…snore.” Then something truly great will catch my attention.
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Follow-up To Yesterdays “Importance Of Learning Piano” Post
Yesterday I posted about how much learning to play the piano has helped me throughout my career as a musician. My post is titled “The Most Important Instrument To Learn – The Piano“. Dr. Christopher Foley who teaches at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Canada and is also the author of The Collaborative Piano Blog has written a fine article referencing my post. His article is titled “Piano as a Second Language” and you can read it by clicking on the title.
Chris makes some excellent points in his article that I’m sure you will want to check out.
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The Most Important Instrument To Learn – The Piano
Steinway Concert Grand My first step into my music career was learning to play the trumpet when I was 10 years old. It came naturally for me and I enjoyed the instrument. When I turned 11 years old my sister began taking piano lessons. One day I sat down at the piano and my sisters beginning piano book was on the piano. I opened it up and proceeded to play the entire book in one afternoon. That book was John Thompson’s – Teaching Little Fingers To Play.
It was easy to read and learn from and my soul as a musician drank it all in. Naturally my parents had been listening to me working on that book and suggested that I may want to take piano lessons along with my sister. I did and from that point on the piano became the musical root of everything I have done musically since.
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Practice With Free Metronome Online
Click Me To Practice! If you want to get stronger, faster and more accurate on your instrument then there’s no substitute for practicing with a metronome. Metronome’s are perfect for building up the muscles in your hands. Today I want to turn you on to the free online metronome at www.metronomeonline.com.
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The Police – Salt Lake City Concert Review 7-19-08
The Police 2008 Tour I went and saw The Police play at Usana Ampitheatre in Salt Lake City on Saturday July 19. They are very close to the end of their 2007-2008 Reunion World Tour. It was a hot summer evening and there was a sellout crowd on-hand to listen to The Police play. I was very excited to hear this concert as The Police are one of my favorite bands and one of the few I’ve never had the opportunity to see play live.
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Sunday Funnies – SNL Gotta Have More Cowbell
This skit is already world famous and I’m sure you’ve all seen it. But that being said, I still laugh everytime I watch it. So here it is for your Sunday Funnies from Live Musician Central.
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Live Musician Central Weekend Album Picks 7-19-08
Here are this weeks album picks. Here at Live Musician Central I focus primarily on new releases but I also include some fun stuff and a few personal favorites.
The new releases are intended to keep you on top of what’s happening in the music industry. A lot of the new releases here are the albums pushed the hardest by the industry. This helps your band in several ways. You can listen to what types of music the industry is pushing the hardest and see how your band compares. It also helps your cover band by giving you a selection of new music to learn that is going to be heavily marketed. That should translate into more people being familiar with this music at your gigs. So even if you decide to simply play it on your iPod you’ll have some familiar music for your audience.
