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Cellos of Darkness is a cinematic and ambient collection entirely based on the sound of strange cellos in Omnisphere. This soundset is the spiritual cousin to Inferno, which is based on the infamous burning piano. This collection of sounds is mainly based on the psycho-acoustic recordings of cellos in Omnisphere, many of which made by sound designer mastermind Diego Stocco.

Introducing Zoetrope Organic Synthesizer by SKP Sound Design. Zoetrope is an elegant and intuitive 3 oscillator subtractive synthesizer with a rich and evolving sound. It's strong focus on ease of use and fast, efficient workflow ensures that everyone from novice users, right through to seasoned professionals will feel completely at home and in total control.

Introducing Sugar-Q by SKP Sound Design. Sugar-Q Sweetening Equalizer is a 1U Rack Extension inspired by Peter Baxandall's legendary tone control circuit, the classic that graced us with the world's most popular EQ curves. Whether you are tracking, mixing or mastering, Sugar-Q will improve the sound of any source, without altering the core characteristics of the material.

Q-FX Quad Multi Effector from SKP Sound Design is a Swiss Army FX unit that combines 4 independent effect processors with 23 FX types into a simple but highly tweakable 2U Rack Extension. Q-FX allows the creation of custom serial effect chains ranging from simple EQ and filtering algorithms to spaced-out reverb and delays, twisted distortions, bit crushers and other-worldly experimental FX. Q-FX Quad Multi Effector is your one stop shop for creative effect processing.

Introducing FAT50 Organic Character by SKP Sound Design. FAT50 quickly and easily adds analog warmth or digital character to your sounds and mixes. Add organic mojo to flat digital synths, fatten up thin sounding guitar tracks or even emulate classic studio samplers. FAT50 is the ultimate go-to "sound good" box in an elegant and easy to use 1U Rack Extension.

D1-RT Line Noise Injector generates 3 different types of line level noise infusing your mixes with beautiful analog imperfection.

Aura-7 Cinematic Atmosphere is an inspiring new soundscape generator from SKP with a strong focus on mood-setting sound design and fast, no-nonsense workflow. Aura-7 utilises 45 organic waveforms in conjunction with a simple, but powerful synthesis engine allowing the creation of expansive, cinematic soundscapes and film score textures in seconds.

What values should form the foundation of music education? And once we decide on those values, how do we ensure we are acting on them?
In Values and Music Education, esteemed author Estelle R. Jorgensen explores how values apply to the practice of music education. We may declare values, but they can be hard to see in action. Jorgensen examines nine quartets of related values and offers readers a roadmap for thinking constructively and critically about the values they hold. In doing so, she takes a broad view of both music and education while drawing on a wide sweep of multidisciplinary literature. Not only does Jorgensen demonstrate an analytical and dialectical philosophical approach to examining values, but she also seeks to show how theoretical and practical issues are interconnected.

Most blues tunes share very similar chord progressions and so, if you’re stuck on using just pentatonic approaches when you solo -- you’re greatly limiting your creative potential. On the other hand, if you know how to apply a variety of relatively simple -- yet still sophisticated -- harmonic, melodic and improvisational approaches to “color” your playing, you’ll unleash an unlimited resource for crafting engaging, fresh and distinctive solos that your audience will never tire of hearing.

“I believe Greg Koch is pound for pound the best guitar player in the world today. His, tone, feel and style are unrivaled in today’s guitar playing community. He is scary good. It was a true honor to do shows with him.” - JOE BONAMASSA

Musicians, composers, and even listeners across all genres of music would all agree that “melody is the essence of music,” to quote Mozart. Whatever style of music you study as a guitarist, exploring classical melodies will reveal countless key learnings about performing instrumentals and composing your own original melodies and songs.

“Everyone who can speak can learn to use a singing voice,” says Joanne Rutkowski, professor of music education at Penn University. “The quality of the voice is dependent on many factors; however, barring a physical vocal disability, everyone can learn to sing well enough to sing basic songs.”

Taught by our top educators, TrueFire’s Song Lesson System is a hands-on contextual music-making experience designed to accelerate the learning process and simulate a full-band setting. Whatever level of player you happen to be, from beginner to advanced, there’s a rhythm or lead guitar part you can learn to play that sounds great in a full band context.

'100 Modular Backgrounds and Musical Ideas' by System 6 Samples is a versatile collection of 24-Bit, 125 BPM, modular loops suitable for many styles of Electronic music.

'Afro Tech Glitch Vocals Double Pack' by Soundbox presents a whopping 200 loops plus 200 sidechained versions ready to drop into your latest production to give it that extra hook for today's chart-toppers and dancefloor bangers.