This was originally supposed to be a simple comment left in response to naia-the-gamer’s article on Wii Music and how well it functions as a tool for music education. However, after typing a few paragraphs, I figured this would be ...
Until recently, body music’s global adventure in deep connections and corporeal rhythm was unfolding independently across the globe, its pop culture presence ebbing and waning as interest in hambone or Stomp came and went. ...
This is writing music though. How do we play scales or play bits of melodies as a writer? My thinking is that us writers just force ourselves to sit down and “hope” something pops out of our head and onto the paper (or into the ...
For those who love to explore new music or just like having ready (and free!) access to download and print your favorite classics, you’ll want to head over to The Mutopia Project right away! I pulled this from their website: ...
Flowers in the Sand, Part 1: After the First Rain - I’m pretty sure every rhythmic combination possible is used in this piece! Eights, Sixteenths, Dotted and Tied notes, triplet variations of each - a nightmare for anyone rhythmically ...
Seun has added his own raging rhythm to Egypt 80 and is clearly influenced by rap; he cites Chuck D, Dr Dre and Eminem among his musical heroes. Seun’s songs are veritable treasures blossoming out of the ills that ravage contemporary ...
Then he’ll squeeze in a couple hours of rehearsal with his Friday night band, drummer Diamond Fuller and University of Alaska Fairbanks Assistant Professor of Music Education, bassist Vincent Cee. “I’m shooting in the dark a little bit, ...
"It Would Be Great If Music Education Started With Wii ... - Mixed E3 impressions or not, Wii Music is coming out this October. And boy oh boy are Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and resident genius Shigeru Miyamoto excited.
