March 21st, 2009 by admin

We seem to be feeling a bit nostalgic for the 80s at the moment -why is this?

Nostalgia can cloud once clear memories, making the decade which at the time wasnt so pleasant seem much better than what it was. 80s acts are reforming to bring us the music we remember from our youth, showing that there is still an audience for their ‘classic’ songs.

Thrash metal was dominant in metal during the 80s -which spawned such classics as Metallica’s ‘Master of puppets’, and Slayer’s ‘Reign in blood’ has come back to life with band such as Evile and Municipal Waste leading the way for the new guard. The ‘old school’ bands such as kreator, Testament and Exodus have also seem to be revived and back from the grave after the death knell the 90s delivered. Iron Maiden returned to top form again, much like their 80s haydays and the Darkness shone the spotlight on glam rock. Joey Belladonna returned to Anthrax to give people the chance to see the classic line up with gave us ‘Among the living’, only for Belladonna to jump ship again (John bush was a better singer anyway). Dave Mustaine called it a day on Megadeth due to a hand injury, only to recover and release new albums -expect another new one this year. Kreator spent the 90s moving away from the thrash sound they help develop with 1986’s ‘a pleasure to kill’, only to return to the well with 2001’s ‘Violent revolution’, 2005’s ‘Enemy of god’ and their recent effort ‘Hordes of chaos’ has seen the German group return to their glory days.

Thrash continues to go from strength to strength, but will it suffer through the britpop and indie era of a 90’s revival?

And no-one wants to sit through that again.

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March 21st, 2009 by admin

You don’t have to hire a music teacher to help you learn how to sing, play acoustic guitar, play the harp, play the bass guitar, or how to play anything else. Why? Because you can download music lessons off the internet and learn how to play on your own schedule for a lot less money.

There are a lot of good music lessons available on the internet but there are also some that you should not waste your time with. What you will find below are three of the most highly recommended music lessons you can download online.

#1 Singorama Singing Lessons: Don’t worry about the old story that only some people have the ability to be a singer. It’s completely false. Anyone can learn how to sing if they learn how to sing the right way and certainly Singorama is the right way to learn how to sing. Within just three months of using Singorama regularly you will be singing just like a professional. You will be able to sing perfectly in key and with a greatly expanded range.

#2 Pure Pitch Method Ear Training: Ear training is the most important kind of music lessons there are. Why? Because making music is essentially a “hearing art” and if you can’t hear what you are playing or singing then you aren’t going to be very good as a musician. You will be able to attain perfect pitch and a great sense of relative pitch with this program, it is definitely recommended.

#3 Violin Master Pro Violin Lessons: Do you think you have to go to Juliard to learn how to be a great violinist? Nope! Now you can learn how to play the violin like a professional in any style with Violin Master Pro online violin lessons which are absolutely 100% satisfaction guaranteed with a 60 day full money back refund period so there’s no risk in trying it out for yourself.

Regardless of which of these musician resources you want to try out for yourself (or even if you want to try all three, it’s cool to be a multi instrumentalist!!) I am sure that you will be completely happy with how effective they are, their inexpensiveness, and their satisfaction guarantee. I only include products which include a 100% guarantee because if they don’t have that then I figure they don’t really believe in their product.

March 20th, 2009 by admin

Aerosmith Dream On is a first single for the group.  It was featured on their 1973 debut album, Aerosmith.  Steven Tyler wrote the song with a lot of influence from the blues.

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Aerosmith Dream On was their first big hit.  It only reached number 59 when it was originally released as a single.  The re release made it to six in 1976.  It was first played live at a Connecticut inn.  Aerosmith Dream On was re-released many times.

Aerosmith Dream On was named one of the 500 songs that shaped rock.  It was 172 in Rolling Stone’s top 500 greatest songs.  It’s considered a signature song for the group.

Aerosmith Dream On has been sampled for other works.  This is when a portion of a song is used in the new work.  It was sampled in the Eminem Show.  Aerosmith’s lead vocalist played the guitar solo on the track.  Some less famous musicians also covered Aerosmith Dream On.  These include Andru Donalds, and a rapper named Slim Thug.

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There is a myth that the band Led Zeppelin actually wrote the song.  It’s just a hoax.  It’s featured in Buick commercials.  These same commercials tell people to dream up.    Disney has used the song in some movies.

Video games have used Aerosmith Dream On.  Dead or Alive Ultimate used it.  Aerosmith even has their own game – Guitar Hero Aerosmith.  The song was re-recorded just for the game.  Guitar Hero III also featured the song as a download.   It was a promotion for the new game.

Aerosmith Dream On  has been performed with a complete orchestra.  In the 1990s this was done for MTV’s 10th anniversary.  And in 2006 members of Aerosmith performed it with the Boston Pops.  The song has been dedicated to a captured in Israeli soldier.  As well as to a fan of the band was murdered.

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Aerosmith Dream On  is a true classic.

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March 20th, 2009 by admin

Is there really a Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band?  Country music, along with folk songs, remain very popular.  They go way back.  Many big time groups went on long tours.  Some less famous artists still perform in many places.  This article focuses on one of the best.

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The Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band had its start in California in 1966.  Since that time there’s been some turnover in the band members.  Two have always remained.  These are the singer guitarist Jeff Hanna and drummer Jimmy Fadden.  They originally created the band in an effort to not have to work for a living.

At the start the Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band was a jug group.   Jazz bands used jugs as a curiosity.  Jug bands in Memphis played the blues.  They used washboards for percussion.  One famous jug band often appeared in the TV series The Andy Griffith Show.  Sheriff Taylor had a few run ins with this family.  Sometimes Andy performed with the group.

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Buy for Me the Rain was the first single released by the Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band.  The band performed it on the Carson show.  It was even performed at concerts with people such as Jack Benny and the Doors.  Talk about diverse.

The Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band was a big time novelty act in 1968.  They performed a song in the 1969 musical western Paint Your Wagon.  They also were an opening act for Bill Cosby when he appeared at Carnegie Hall.  Dizzy Gillespie performed with them.

In the 1970s they went country.  While in Nashville they were nominated for two Grammies.  They had a tour in Japan.  At the Ozark Music Festival they performed in front of 350,000 people.

The Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band came in and out of the public eye throughout the late 70s through to the early 2000’s.  They returned to Nashville to make more music.  At this time they won two Grammy awards.

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Even if you haven’t heard their work, and you probably have, The Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band is part of country music and America.

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March 19th, 2009 by admin

Alice in Chains is a well-known American grunge band.  When they created their second studio album they named it Alice in Chains Dirt.  Let’s discuss the album and the group.

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Alice in Chains Dirt came some time after the group was created.  They formed in Seattle, Washington.  They were a grunge and heavy metal band.  They rose to grunge prominence in the early 1990s.  They sold over 14 million albums in the US in the 1990s.  They made it to number one in the Billboard 200 on two occasions.  They also made 11 top selling singles.  they were also nominated six times for the Grammy.

Before producing Alice in Chains Dirt the group was quite prolific.  They signed with Columbia records in 1989 and became a top priority for that label.  After an early success with their first release in 1990 Columbia rushed their first album into production.  It was called facelift and it came out on August 21, 1990.  It only rose as far as 42 on the Billboard 200.  After six months only 40,000 copies had been sold.  But after it was featured on MTV 400,000 copies sold in six weeks.  It became both a critical and retail success.

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A lot of the material in Alice Chains Dirt is about drug abuse and depression.  That was due to the addiction of one of the band members.  He had just exited rehab.  He immediately returned to heroin use.  The rumors are that many members of the band were on marijuana while recording

Much of Alice in Chains Dirt was written while the band was on the road touring.  It’s not easy writing an album well touring.  The album was very dark.  The bandits as they accumulated demons in the day and exercised those demons at night.

Alice in Chains Dirt album cover was the brain child of one of the band members.  His girlfriend was featured.  The band loved the design and immediately agreed that it would be used.  The album was completed in June of 1992.  It reached as high as six on the Billboard top 200.  Now the group was famous.  The album obtained multiple platinum and gold status.

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Alice in Chains Dirt is said to be a masterpiece.

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March 17th, 2009 by admin

For several years now, Apple’s ipod has been the leader in the digital media player (DMP) market. And for good reason, ipod is a good product with great performance and features.

But Microsoft’s introduction of the Zune, the company’s MP3 DMP player, Apple is facing some serious competition.In late 2006, Microsoft released the first Zune.The Zune has done very well in the marketplace and is giving the ipod a run for its money.The Zune and the ipod are similar in price and include many of the same features.  However, there are some things that the Zune has that the ipod does not:

Below are the list of features supported by Zune and not ipod (based on a comparison of a 30GB Zune and a 30GB ipod:

• Landscape video
• Preloaded Audio and video
• Built in FM tuner
• Social networking
• Custom background

In addition, the Zune features file sharing and Wi-Fi (wireless) support.Zune has the ability to wirelessly share and play songs, videos, and pictures with other Zunes. Zune will be able to hold 7,500 songs, 25,000 pictures, or 100 hours of video.  Microsoft will definitely take a big chunk of the MP3 player market form Apple, especially since a lot more people use a PC than a Mac, so that may be a big factor in how well the Zune performs in the marketplace.

I highly recommend the Zune, I have an 80GB and I love it!  I’ve already maxed out all 80 GBs of space.  Recently, Microsoft introduced a 120 GB Zune

Other nifty features include the subscription-based Zune Marketplace, which allows you to access an online database of new music without having to download it first to your computer. This makes Zune the first real portable media device. In addition, Zune Marketplace allows users to download as many songs as you want for a flat fee.

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March 16th, 2009 by admin

The 19th Grammy award wining mammoth celebrity has done it again, the great legend Micheal Jackson the King of Pop has made more hits then ever just to name a few  Beat it from his massive anthology collection of music historical of master piece.

Taking the stage way back in the early days of  the Jackson 5  and this great legend  is now putting up his ever prominent white gloves and black hat away  forever, and to be on  the stage with his last ever performance ain London United Kingdom London’s O2 Arena. click here website for more info Buy Michael Jackson Spet O2 Tickets

The King of Pop has named it “This is it” as from new report from the BBC say “ this will be my final performances in London. The final curtain call”. Surprising fans will be flocking all over the nation to attending this truly magnificent absolute complete finally show. Which starts with ten breathtaking shows commencing on July 2009.

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March 14th, 2009 by admin

To learn guitar online, you need to not only have a great deal of patience and self motivation, you need to know why it is so valuable to you to use the Internet as a primary resource. With countless websites devoted to the guitar, sheet music, tabs, videos of top musicians and much more, there are more resources in one place than have ever been gathered before. That is one of the best reasons to learn guitar online. Here are a few more.

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Multiple Practice Styles – When you have lesson with a private teacher, you will normally be restricted to learning whichever styles they are best at teaching, but by learning guitar online, you are able to learn practically any type of guitar playing you care to mention.

Learn From Videos and Audio – Different people learn in different ways. Some people learn best by reading something, others need to see it. Whatever your preferred method of learning, you’ll find something on the internet that caters to your needs. You will also find in depth tutorials about all aspects of learning the guitar, from the most basic, through to the most advanced.

Huge Number of Songs to Learn – While a book you buy at the store may have only 5-10 songs in it for each level you attain, the Internet has every song ever written laid out for you when you become good enough to play them. When learning guitar online, you have all of these songs available, right at your finger tips.

Guitar Tuition Software –There are various software programs available online that can teach you different aspects of guitar playing, from how to play chords, to how to read music. Theses software programs allow you to chart your progress, and come in a variety of formats for different types of learning. You can’t find that anywhere else.

Instant Access – If you need help with something or the advice of a pro, the Internet provides the online avenue to instantly access someone who knows the guitar well, and can help you with your playing. Whether it’s on forums or discussion boards, or websites with video lessons and tips, there are an almost infinite number of ways to help you improve as a guitarist by learning online.

Bacause the internet contains so much information, it’s hardly surprising that so many people use it to help them in learning the guitar. You can take advantage of the huge volume of resources that have been added to the Internet in recent years and the thousands, if not millions, who have come before you to learn from the greatest guitar players in the world online.

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March 14th, 2009 by admin

Any search online will bring up a multitude of subliminal songs. i.e. songs with subliminal messages in them.

You can find anything from classics such as the Led Zeppelin stairway to heaven subliminal messages to the modern popstarts such as Lady Gaga, Madonna, and Justin Timberlake using them.

There is debate whether musicians intentionally put subliminal messages in their music or whether it is purely a coincidence. Most musicians simply deny using them. However after listening to these songs in reverse there are some really obvious subliminal suggestions which stand out from the music / other voices. Messages which are just clear to be just a coincidence.

The craze for recording / finding subliminal messages in songs started way back in 1967 with the release of Led Zeppelins track “Stairway to Heaven” Within this video there were alleged to be subliminal messages around the chorus section where the line starts “so there's a bushell in your hedgerow”. People played the track backwards to reveal a suggestion of “Here's to my Sweet Satan”. This caused massive public outcry, and a lot of anger from religous commnities - but Led Zeppelin stayed quiet and didn't say a word.

But the denial was irrelevant, phenomenon of subliminal backmasking in songs was created!

People started looking for messages, while more artists started putting them in their music. Subliminals have since been found in:

Britney Spears – telling people “sleep with me I’m not too young” in her first single.

Nirvana – a message saying “I hate you” in their hit single Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Tupac – hinting that he is still alive.

Queen – promoting the use of Marijuana.

Lady Gaga – saying “have sex” in her debut single.

This is just the start, musicians have been putting subliminals in their music for over 40 years! There are hundreds of examples spanning all genres, and most of the big named popstars! To watch all these videos and more visit our subliminal video blog and view the entire subliminal songs collection.

March 13th, 2009 by admin

To be completely honest I’m one of those people who has a really hard time getting into Idol. When the show made it’s premier I saw all the hype and thought it would never live up to expectations. By season 2 I realized I was completely wrong. The show continues to not only survive but thrive, and shows following the same model come out like Americas Got Talent. Why good old television can’t make a comeback I don’t know.

Now 7 seasons later and it’s bigger than ever. It’s a very coveted time slot for advertisers to get their products in since it’s audience runs the gamut from teens to grandmas.I have to admit though that this season may end up being a guilty pleasure. My girlfriend is an addict and generally once I watch 4 or 5 shows I get hooked on something.

I love see watching the beginning shows for the awful performances of wanna be idols. I don’t even believe that the really bad people are even legitimate, they just want to get 15 minuets in the spotlight. There are a few really talented people on this season including Danny Gokey, Michael Sarver, and Matt Giraud.

I can admit that it’s great that there are many talented people who get found because they are on the show, but the whole reasoning behind it is kind of tainted in my mind. Many many talented artists out there work hard everyday to get the big one and have no hope of ever getting a contract, but these “idols” seem to have it served on a silver spoon.  With a few exceptions, most of the winners turn out to be a one hit wonder. But this could be it, my season to fall in love with this natural phenomena, I just hope it doesn’t cut into my sleep too much. I can’t wait to see who makes it all the way to the end.