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Best Jazz Camps For Teens?

My son is 14 and has been playing piano in his high school jazz band for about a year. He reads well, and is getting into jazz. My wife thinks we should send him to a summer jazz camp. Anyone have ...
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Updated 2014-01-29T19:36:12.0Z
DeadGuy

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Has the internet changed the way you learn music?

When I started learning to play the guitar it was all from LP records, and I had a (relative to what s available now) limited selection. It seems like there is an information overload now. How do y...
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Updated 2015-07-21T02:11:39.0Z
Steve M

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Ewan Dobson And Albert Lee. The Cascading Delay Trick.

We recently posted a video of the day showing Ewan Dobson playing a song on the guitar that is truly unbelievable. While his use of this effect is unique, the trick behind it has a long history, pa...
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Updated 2014-02-20T18:05:38.0Z
Jeff E

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How To Play The Intro To Don't Stop Believing On The Guitar.

The other day a SKYPE student of mine was telling me about having to play Journey s Don t Stop Believing with a cover band for an up coming event. He said he was having difficulties with the intro ...
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Updated 2016-11-14T08:44:32.780Z
Jeff E

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What's causing the strange crackle from my Les Paul?

Can anyone help me out here? When my Les Paul slides back and forth against my shirt it produces a pretty loud crackle like static electricity? Any Ideas what causes this, and what can I do to solv...
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Updated 2014-06-23T19:11:10.0Z
Steve M

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Blues Piano Lessons

My son is studying the drums with a teacher and considers himself a drummer, but he spends a lot of time playing the piano. He s spent enough time teaching himself, mostly from You Tube, that he no...
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Updated 2013-12-10T18:29:29.0Z
Jeff E

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The best free Eddie Van Halen guitar lessons.

I needed to learn to play Van Halen s Panama for an upcoming gig, so I turned to You Tube for Musicians for a quick easy lesson.... I got a little sidetracked and started this thread of the best Va...
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Updated 2013-12-09T02:29:12.0Z
Jeff E

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How do I get my child involved with music?

I am going to be a dad soon and I want to pass on my interest in music to my child. I realize there s a million answers to this question, so I m curious what people think. Playing music was not an ...
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Updated 2015-07-21T01:49:40.0Z
JP

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Six Reasons Why I Love Jazz - Article Discussion

Description: This is a sample blog article, written by Ronan Guilfoyle and found here: [link] I was recently reading all the hype about the new Gatsby film, and reading so much rubbish, (at least i...
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Posted 2013-11-22T07:22:06.0Z
JP

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Can the music industry learn from open-source culture? - Article Discussion

Description: This is a sample blog article, written by Stuart Dredge and can be found here: [link] Musician Damon Krukowski has already made waves with one Pitchfork op-ed on streaming music royalt...
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Posted 2013-11-22T07:21:40.0Z
JP

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Benefits of Music Education - Article Discussion

Description: This is a sample blog article written by Espie Estrella and can be found here: [link] 5 Reasons to Play a Musical Instrument Learning to play a musical instrument offers a lot of benef...
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Posted 2013-11-22T07:20:57.0Z
JP

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I need some authentic blues techniques for my guitar solos!

I m an advanced lead guitar player, so I know a bunch of standard blues licks and a few turnarounds, but I don t think I ever sound like a real blues guitarist. I want to be able to throw some auth...
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Updated 2014-05-17T02:15:38.0Z
JP

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Blues Turnarounds - Lesson Discussion

Lesson Description: Finish your leads with some impressive turn-arounds. [link] ' title='Open This Lesson'>Open This Lesson This is an open discussion for all members of this school.
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Posted 2013-11-19T19:20:38.0Z
JP

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12 Bar Blues Improvisation - Lesson Discussion

Lesson Description: Learn advanced soloing techniques over 12 bar blues. [link] ' title='Open This Lesson'>Open This Lesson This is an open discussion for all members of this school.
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Posted 2013-11-19T18:30:24.0Z
JP

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what is a good instrument for a dyslexic child?

I have a dyslexic piano student with up and down difficulties, what instrument is best for a student with this type of difficulty?
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Updated 2017-09-02T14:59:23.30Z
Pauline E

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Does anybody know a chat room for a band website?

Does anybody know a chat room for a band website? I have added a web chat room to my band website. It works pretty well on my mobile and I can add videos but it is not letting me integrate my users...

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Updated 2014-07-24T05:41:12.0Z

Katy G

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What is the easiest recording software?

Hey, I need a relatively inexpensive system to record a student band jamming, and to show them generaly how recording works, but don t want to turn it into a class on protools. We d probably genera...
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Updated 2013-11-01T21:14:16.0Z
Steve M

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What is the best music notation software?

I am curious what software people are using to create music notation. I have a Mac PowerBook.
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Updated 2014-03-20T00:02:19.0Z
JP

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What do you think about the Moog Guitar?

I think I really want one of these puppies! [image] I would love to hear from anyone who has one of these things. I want to create crazy weird sounds, but I wuold also like to know how it sounds cl...
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Updated 2013-10-30T01:07:43.0Z
JP

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What makes funk funky?

My feeling is that funk is all about inprecision and relaxing around the one. Listen how Bootsy does it. Can you be any more chill than that? [link]
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Updated 2013-10-25T21:01:55.0Z
Dr.WuHoo

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