Learning the Right Notes

Back in 2003, ilearnmusic.com was founded with the premise of providing free music education videos and resources for anyone who came to our website.  Now Apple has caught up 6 years later by including great free piano and guitar lessons in their new ilife ‘09.  Buy it here.  Read about it below:
Basic Lessons
GarageBand ’09 introduces [...]

 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 [...]

I believe that we as Americans need to rethink our approach to music history.  I certainly think there is value in learning about Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and the like, but on a recent trip to Costa Rica I found I knew nothing of understanding the local music and culture.  I believe that our approach today [...]

This is an excellent article regarding the truth about music lessons – leave your thoughts…

The Truth About Music Lessons
by Jeffrey A. Tucker
At some point when a child is very young, many parents consider pushing the kid into music lessons. This sometimes results in a year or two of piano or violin under a private teacher [...]

Every Sunday, I’m going to try and put a link to some inspirational jazz. Here is young jazz prodigy Eldar Djangirov with his trio playing live in Amsterdam. I’m so on cloud 9 right now as the Red Sox swept the Yankees and this jazz is just sweet. Click here to buy his [...]

Here is an awesome duet I found of two amazing musicians (violin and guitar) performing Vivaldi’s Summer. Very inspirational! There website is found at: duo4by6.com

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Our hearts here at ilearnmusic.com go out to those affected by the tragedy at Virginia Tech. It is a crime that the campus authorities didn’t warn students after the first two homicides. Certainly, thirty-three people didn’t deserve to lose their life to save face for the university. I agree with this person. [...]