Learning the Right Notes

President-Elect Obama had to postpone his plans, due to Chicago’s Midwest Music Education clinic.  Anyone ever gone?

It’s not every day you get a chance to tell one of the most powerful people in the world to step aside. CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole met some young musicians who managed to pull that off.
Chicagoland is Obamaland and no matter [...]

Just more proof in case you really need any that music lessons improve overall quality of life and therefore where the rubber meets the road – test scores. The thing that intrigued me about this article is how they focused on teaching free lessons to those who qualified for free lunch.  Anyone else know of [...]

 This is probably the greatest invention since the original Moog.  Check it out!
Every shredder, from Les Paul to Jack White, has tweaked the sound of his guitar—adding echo, distortion or “wah-wah” —by manipulating the electric signal it produces. The Moog Guitar, on the other hand, manipulates the strings themselves, changing how it sounds and how [...]

LOUD AND PROUD: HOW TO BE A GREAT SINGER 
You may think that your rendition of Silent Night makes people grimace in horror, but research suggests that you are, in fact, singing in tune.
We’re born to sing Scientists from the University of Montreal tested the singing abilities of 62 people by asking them to belt out [...]

Does anyone ever get a certain ‘chill’ when a performance lines up just right? I mean something beyond just the notes being right and everything being completely in tune. I believe that sometimes there is an unexplainable spiritual element to music that connects the audience and all those involved in performing. I [...]