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Charting The Beatles

January 21, 2010 By Graham English

Exploration of Beatles music through infographics (ongoing project) These visualizations are part of an extensive study of the music of the Beatles. Many of the diagrams and charts are based on secondary sources, including but not limited to sales … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: bands, charts, diagrams, infographics, key signature, music, songs, The Beatles, visualization

27 Live Recordings From The 1959 Newport Jazz Festival

November 17, 2009 By Graham English

Here's a few of the musicians you can listen to: Count Basie & His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Oscar Peterson Trio and Thelonious Monk. Registration is required but it's oh so worth it. The New York Times has the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: 1959, Audio, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, jazz, live music, live recordings, music, Newport Jazz Festival, Oscar Peterson, recordings, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Thelonious Monk, Wolfgang's Vault

All Songs Considered: The Decade’s 50 Most Important Recordings

November 16, 2009 By Graham English

NPR has compiled a list of the 50 most important recordings of the past 10 years. Here's a PDF of the full list: The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings Link: The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Opinion, Prose Tagged With: 50 most important recordings, All Songs Considered, lists, music, NPR, recordings

Birds On The Wires

September 9, 2009 By Graham English

Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes (no Photoshop edit). I knew it wasn't the most original idea in the universe. I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: composition, creativity, inspiration, music, music hacks

Most Inspiring 30 Minutes I’ve Invested In A Long Time

January 25, 2008 By Graham English

With subtle accompaniment by longtime friend Herbie Hancock, and a slide show that has opened the minds (and pocketbooks) of CEOs across the country, artist and youth activist Bill Strickland tells a quiet and astonishing tale of redemption through … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Arts, Bill Strickland, Herbie Hancock, inspiration, jazz, music, piano, Pittsburgh, TED

Absolute Pitch University Begins October 15th

October 8, 2007 By Graham English

Mark your calendars. 12 weeks of intense "Music Hacking" begins on October 15th. Visit Absolute Pitch University for all the details. But you must do it fast because seats are strictly limited. Sometimes, all it takes is a little hands-on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, Seminars Tagged With: Absolute Pitch University, Ear Training, modeling, music, MusicHacks, NLP, TeleClinics, teleseminars, TeleSeries

16 Weeks To Composition Mastery Begins August 27!

August 26, 2007 By Graham English

My musical partner and owner of Denver School of Music has just announced his brand new composition course. If you want to learn how to be a master composer, then you'll probably want to check this out. 16 Week Composition Teleseminar … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, Seminars Tagged With: composition, Events, music, teleseminars, TeleSeries

Music Makes Your Brain Happy

August 23, 2006 By Graham English

A neuroscientist explains why women want rock stars to father their children, and how melodies can work like Prozac. This looks like a good book: This Is Your Brain On Music. I always get nervous, though, when scientists try to reduce everything … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: brain, music, neuroscience, Wired

What Was The Name Of That Song?

July 13, 2006 By Graham English

Musiclens lets you search for music using vague criteria like how loud it is or its tempo and mood. Pretty spiffy flash interface as well. Musiclens is different from Song Tapper and maybe not as good for finding the title of a song. But it shines … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose, Technology Tagged With: database, filters, music, search, song titles, songs, Songwriting

Music: A Mind Altering Substance

May 17, 2006 By Graham English

Research shows that people with musical training have different memory pathways compared to others. Mr Brennan tested the ability of 72 people, including musicians and non-musicians, to recognise musical themes from popular TV shows, such as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Music Education, Prose Tagged With: brain, memory, mind, music, pitch, research

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