Vitamin String Quartet – Royals You may notice I select more instrumental versions of popular songs than original versions. This is because something about a creative or clever arrangement tickles me more. The Vitamin String Quartet has an extensive catalogue of skillfully executed covers. These instrumental versions help me appreciate the composition of popular songs. […]
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The whole world looked on today as the cathedral of Notre Dame burned in a violent fire that has destroyed the roof and its 150 year old spire. Notre-Dame de Paris; meaning (“Our Lady of Paris”), also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame, is a medieval catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. The
Herbie Hancock – Cantaloupe Island In celebration of his birthday this past Friday, we start off this week with “Cantaloupe Island”. This piece has become a standard in the jazz community and may be heard in academic and professional settings. The piano and bass have repeating patterns known as a vamps, which allow the horn
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Joanna Wang – Wild World We start off this week’s playlist with a smooth cover of a classic by Cat Stevens. Half of the time when I’m listening to music it’s on an artist radio and songs just play one after another. Every now and then a song catches me and I add that song
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Balkan Beat Box – Bulgarian Chicks The first time I heard this group was through one of my favorite bands, Galactic. I was listening to a live performance and heard this Middle Eastern influenced jam mixed with their funky New Orleans style. I tried to find another live performance of the same song and that’s
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Expand your ear! I find it comical when I hear myself saying ‘kids these days’, ‘when I was young’, or ‘I remember when’. Phrases I thought only to be muttered by grumpy, old men and women living in the past. The world is experiencing a rapid growth of technology and it has an immediate impact
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Walk into the Resonance School of Music in Sewell, NJ on a Friday afternoon, say sometime between 7 and 9 PM, and lend your ear to the cacophony of education. As one would expect, the sounds of scales, metronomes, the whispered conversations in the lounge, and the improvement of pieces both practiced and ignored spiral
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Benefits of Music for Babies and Kids. How do you know your children are ready to start their musical journey? Here is a helpful guide from our friends at Mom Loves Best about benefits of music education, with helpful tips to get you started. Learn more about the benefits of music for babies and kids at Mom
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Were I to give you the name John Henry, would images of a “steel-drivin’ man”, beating spikes into the ground, pushing against all odds to prove man over machine come to mind? Furthermore, would a pulsing hammer reverberate through your thoughts, keeping steady tempo along the lines of singing men at work, on top of
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When I find myself lost in the endless sea of sounds, being lifted and tossed about in the different practices, participation, and performance of music, my mind turns to what I love about this art. While it does accompany life, feeding an extra plateful of beauty into the world and can be paired with any
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