From the BBC Proms to Bernstein's Young People's Concerts, initiatives to promote classical music have been a pervasive feature of twentieth-century musical life. The goal of these initiatives was...
Keyboard Skills for the Practical Musician provides undergraduate music majors in class piano courses with the techniques and fundamentals they need to flourish into independent, versatile musicians...
Rock and roll was birthed in basements and garages, radio stations and dance halls, in cities where unexpected gatherings of artists and audience changed and charged the way music is heard and...
Format: TUTORiALLearning: Mixing & MasteringJoin us at Henson Studios in Los Angeles for Josh Gudwin’s first ‘Mixing in Atmos’ MWTM series! This instalment focuses on the sonically exquisite record ‘Wild Blue’ by John Mayer, initially mixed in...
Format: TUTORiALLearning: Songwriting & ProductionLearn Post Production Secrets from Award Winning TV Composer Eddie Grey to take your production value to the next level! In this course we go through a crash course in production technique to make a...
Format: TUTORiALLearning: How To Play, Guitar LessonsMelody is king in Jazz music, perhaps even more so than in any other style. Students of jazz guitar frequently find themselves overwhelmed by scales, arpeggios and theory, which can be a barrier to...
Format: TUTORiALLearning: How To Play, Guitar LessonsThe most commonly encountered chord progression across the entire jazz standard songbook is the 2-5-1 in both major and minor keys. The broader your vocabulary of 2-5-1 lines, the more creative you...
Format: TUTORiALLearning: How To Play, Guitar LessonsAll of the great jazz guitarists can improvise melodically with single note lines, but they also have great command of improvising melodically with chord voicings to create more harmonic interest and...
Format: TUTORiALLearning: How To Play, Guitar LessonsLike any other language, the language of the blues relies on a player’s command of its vocabulary coupled with their ability to express themselves creatively with that vocabulary. Stringing blues...
Format: TUTORiALLearning: How To Play, Guitar LessonsGreat jazz rhythm guitar players have command navigating all over the fretboard, have a solid understanding of the harmonic material for the underlying changes, and possess a wide range of tasteful...
Format: TUTORiALLearning: How To Play, Guitar LessonsGuitarists spend most of their time on stage playing rhythm guitar. Our role in most band settings, across virtually every genre, is establishing the groove of the songs we’re playing with the...
Format: TUTORiALLearning: How To Play, Guitar LessonsUpright bassist, recording artist and highly acclaimed jazz singer, Nicki Parrott has released more than 30 records, is a first-call bassist for mainstream jazz players, and a frequent headliner at...
Format: TUTORiALLearning: How To Play, Guitar LessonsThis course will cover several technical principles for executing blues style riffs with clarity and control. These topics include string dampening and string manipulation....
Format: TUTORiALLearning: How To Play, Guitar LessonsHi, I'm Brad Carlton. Welcome to Guitar Lab: Blues Riffs Vol. 1. This course is designed to equip you with a vocabulary of standard blues riffs. You will be presented with technical tips to assist...
Today's music teachers are caught in a conundrum about technology - while all are interested in it and told to utilize it in music instruction, a lack of equipment and funding act as enormous...