Discover the phenomenonal complexity of music and reflect on the way it can positively influence your life with this sound collection of riveting quotes…“Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below.”– Joseph Addison“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”–Maya Angelou“Music is either good or bad, and it’s got to be learned. You got to have balance.”– Louis Armstrong“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”–...

Welcome to the wonderful world of music. As you begin reading this Music Mini Course it is fun to realize that you are also participating in a very important cultural aspect from around the world which has been going on for centuries. Did you know that pianos in some form have been around for over 500 years? Some of the first instruments of this kind were created in the late Medieval Period and were called clavichords. They had a very light, metallic sound because the small hand-pounded ‘hammers’ were made of very light weight metal-like material. These hammers struck strings of varying...

In an interview given to Musik Magazine in 2000, Eminem comments some of his lyrics:‘Please Lord, this boy needs Jesus/Help this child, help him destroy these demons/Please send me a brand new car and a prostitute while my wife is sick in the hospital’. What I’m trying to say is we’ve got all these preachers going ‘Jesus, Jesus! And then they’re molesting kids. I’m taking stabs at crooked muthafuckers in the system. (Eminem)Believe it or not, but Eminem feels concern for kids. He is a denonciator of our societys hypocrisy. Some people dont like it when...

Music licensing can be a very confusing subject. My intent with this article is to give you enough details on what music licensing is and what are your rights to use music in advertising and / or video productions.A few months ago I was contacted by a company that was celebrating 20 years in business. They wanted to put together a radio commercial that highlighted their celebration. Their request was to use Kool and the Gangs song Celebration in their radio spot. I explained to them in order to do this they would have to obtain a licensing which would cost them quite a bit of money. This was not...

Motorhead-”Inferno”-Review by Les LewellynWhen David Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters fame release the sensational CD “Probot” this year it rekindled my metal tastebuds. For those of you not familiar with his project I’ll explain. He recorded songs on which he played all instruments and he had guest vocalists come in and sing as well as write the lyrics and play whatever instrument they might also play. The cd features vocalists such as King Diamond, Snake from Voivod, and many other great singers/musicians. The whole cd flows like it was a gift from God or at least...

Eminems roots can be found in Scandinavia through his mother Debbie Nelson and in South Wales through his father Marshall Bruce Mathers II.But Eminem has mostly Scottish blood running through his veins. On both sides( maternal and paternal sides), Scottish roots can be found.Back to the 7 th generation on the paternal side, Peter Mathers from Pennsylvania married a Scottish woman named Isabella (last name unknown). On the maternal side, Scottish roots can be found in Marshalls family in the 6 th generation : Ailsa Mc Allister from Edingburgh emigrated to the United States precisely to New York...