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Music CDs can take up a lot of space as a collection grows. Music can be transferred to a computer or personal media player for more portability, but most people still want to hold on to their CD...

ITunes is one of the most popular audio players available, in part because of its compatibility with the iPod. Although most people use iTunes just for playing and organizing their music files, it...

CD collections can get out of hand and disorganized quickly if you don't have a clear organizational system. If you leave your CDs scattered around your home, car or office, you won't be able to...

There is a couple easy ways to copy music from a desk top PC to a laptop computer. They require only basic computer knowledge and small amounts of time.

Making ring tones from music you own is not a difficult task. It requires very little knowledge and can be done in as little as five minutes.

I hope everyone had a great holiday and is looking forward to a successful and happy 2010. This last year was challenging for many of us. A lot of you reading this may have had students have...

The Behringer Europower series of powered mixers has gained global popularity over the years due to an easy price point, functionality and its lightweight design. These mixers are highly versatile...

Make Your Own Beats from home can be a lot easier than you think. If you know how to use your computer to check your e-mail account, you can make your own beats online. Below are a few steps that...

While music is an aural art form created through physical action, figuring out which notes to play by reading sheet music generally requires the use of the eyes. If you're a musician with low or...

Yamaha pianos have many handy features, including a list of sample songs, the option of creating different sounds and of course, user song creation. The last option allows you to record and layer...

Building a shelf for vinyl records can be an easy task using no tools. This type of shelf is easy to relocate and very sturdy. Its design allows for any type of wood and the addition of stain or...

The whimsical film "Finding Neverland" received much acclaim for its rousing, uplifting soundtrack by Polish composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, ultimately winning the Academy Award for Best Original...

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awards limited-edition gold records for artists that have sold 500,000 copies of their albums. These can be purchased from collectible websites...

Designing a subwoofer box is a very cost-effective and fun way to save money on expensive audio projects. When looking at designing a subwoofer box, think of what type of wood, paint or carpeting...

Vinyl records are classic collector's items. Though they're not as convenient as mp3's or CD's, they are cherished for their unique artwork, rare recordings and vintage sound. However, you must...

Do you remember that wonderful scene from "Bridges of Madison County" when Meryl Streep as Francesca was working in her kitchen and listening to an opera? It made her heart swell and...

Discovering that a favorite CD, DVD or video game disk is scratched can be upsetting, especially if the scratch renders the expensive disk to unplayable. Fortunately, even if a disk begins to...

If you wanted to learn a piano piece 30 years ago, you would have to play it by ear or go to a store to purchase sheet music. To really excel, you would have to own a piano and spend money on...

Ever been in a situation where you had some music, but no words? Even if you aren’t a member of a band, writing song lyrics can be a fun activity or a nice hobby. Maybe you think you need to be...

The sound of vinyl records is treasured by record collecting music lovers. But overtime, the grooves of a record can slowly accrue a build up of microscopic gunk. This in turn can degrade the...

Reading music is an important skill, but it is one that many people ignore because they feel that it is too complicated. On the contrary, however, by breaking the system down into smaller...

Sometimes the nut near the headstock or your guitar needs replacing. Maybe it broke, or maybe it fell out and you just don't have it. Whatever the reason is, replacing the nut is not too difficult...

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With some knowledge of music key signatures and the ability to count, you can arpeggiate any Major triad!

Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" is a rock and roll classic that you can easily translate to the piano keyboard. The song can be played in a variety of keys, and features a simple rhythm and...

Try this process before throwing away a CD that's scratched and skips when you try to play it. If the scratch is too deep and goes through the plastic to the foil layer, nothing will restore it....

MySpace is a popular place to promote music and videos. Often, visitors to a MySpace page won't even notice that there is a video unless they scroll down and see it by chance. Autoplay on MySpace...

With the increasing number of social-networking sites that offer a video feature, it is getting more and more difficult to properly market your videos. The number of various sites being thrown at...

Music. Inspiration, fire, magnetism, happiness, sorrow - how it defines us is a matter of how we desire it to affect us. Let it flow through us, like water over our fleshy fingertips. Sudddenly,...

Movies depend a great deal on their soundtracks for thematic and emotional resonance. For example, "Jaws" would be considerably less frightening without John Williams' haunting theme, while many...

A career biography is an informative document that showcases a person's professional accomplishments. Journalists refer to them before interviewing famous people, and fans read them to learn...

One of the key elements to succeeding as a musician is promotion. A professional-looking CD cover is one of the most crucial elements to a CD's advertising campaign, because it is what catches the...

One of the easiest instruments to play is found right in your kitchen. A wine glass can double as a musical instrument. Playing wine glasses can be fun and challenging, and it can provide a very...

Making a music CD out of your favorite downloaded songs is a much simpler task than you may think. You will need a computer with a CD-Rom capable of burning audio files to your CD-R. In addition,...

Did you know that you can make a multi-pitched musical instrument using nothing but a few simple supplies found in your kitchen? Playing music with crystal glasses is a fun, educational...

Move the music on your computer from iTunes to your iPod in a few easy steps. By hooking up your iPod with the provided cable and pressing a few buttons on screen, you can move your entire library...

Fans of vinyl records are all too aware that their favorite format requires some extra care and attention. Besides the obvious difficulty of finding new LPs, music buffs have to make sure the...

Traditionally, making beats required the assistance of expensive software and often hardware that was difficult for anyone other than an advanced user to operate or understand. Thanks to modern...

Record collecting is a favorite pastime for many music lovers. Garage sales and eBay are ripe with used records, but many of them are filthy from years in storage. A vinyl record's sound quality...

I think that everyone knows how complicated the economy is becoming these days. It is bringing many married couples, and relationship to an end. There are so many cheap/inexpensive ways to keep...

Wiring your speaker cabinet in series will put much less strain on your audio power components. Wiring in series raises the overall impedance of your speaker load, and with raised impedance, your...

For those of you who still own vinyl records, it is one of those great old hobbies that will never die. Even with all of the digital music coming out these days even cds are becoming outdated....

When working as a DJ, it is important to have business cards that can be handed out to potential clients at events you are working. Creating an eye-catching business card can be done online, and...

As a musician, composer or music educator, you'll probably accumulate a lot of sheet music over time. Without the proper organizational tools and techniques, it can be easy to misplace sheet...

It may not be easy to become a big-time, professional disc jockey, but it certainly is fun to step up to the microphone and spin some tunes. While there is no fool-proof way to become a radio...

Do you have a big game or cheerleading competition coming up? Does your squad have the right moves with the wrong music? The answer to your woes may lie in a new cheer mix for your perfect...

"AuditionSea" is a dance game similar to "Dance Dance Revolution." In it, you use the directional pad and space bar on your keyboard to control an animated character in a sequence of dance moves....

With over 30 years a radio disc jockey and author of the book, "I Could Have Been Famous But Sex, Love & Life Got In The Way (Amazon.com) reading this article can be a valuable guide to...

Most of us in the West are very familiar with the sound of the major scale - even if we don't know what it's called. What this lesson focuses on is recognizing a major scale when you hear one,...

Karaoke is a popular pastime that is fun for all ages. Karaoke is an activity in which a person or group of people sing lyrics while music is played. Of course, it is not always possible to...