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  • How Many Studio Monitors Do I Need?

    When purchasing studio monitors, it’s essential that your goals come first. Otherwise, it could waste your budget on speakers that won’t meet them. Your room’s acoustics will have an effect on how your monitors sound, with optimal placement being in an equilateral triangle where each speaker is evenly spaced from your listening position. The Size…

  • Guitar Chords to American Pie

    American Pie is an examination of America from its idealistic 1950s through to the more dispiriting 1960s, along with music’s development during those decades. McLean uses different strum patterns and tempos to keep his song from becoming monotonous over the eight-minute span of verses and choruses. To ensure an engaging experience for listeners, McLean employs…

  • How Pop Music Affects and Impacts Our Society

    Pop music has had an immense influence on society. Its catchy melodies and relatable themes resonate with listeners of all ages, races, and cultures – acting as an indispensable facilitator of youth culture. Studies have demonstrated the power of music to aid sleep, reduce anxiety and depression and positively impact brain functioning. It has a…

  • Banjo String Slang – What is a Frenulum?

    Frenulums are thin ridges of skin that connect the foreskin to the base of the glans (qv). When broken, frenulae will likely bleed heavily and can be extremely painful; they should only be broken as necessary though. G Tuning – the standard tuning used for bluegrass banjo playing; C Tuning – changing the 4th string’s…

  • Dance Music in 2021

    Dance music felt the pandemic’s effect particularly acutely; yet 2021 concluded with its scene stronger than ever. Shift K3y has made quite an impression since returning to London as a DJ/producer this year with two catchy, yearning club bangers that quickly went viral, followed by his bass-driven debut album released with Monstercat which garnered him…

  • D Sharp Diminished 7

    The d sharp diminished 7 chord is a four-note chord with an dissonant sound, created by stacking minor 3rd intervals. Each note in a chord has a particular quality that can be altered by raising or lowering individual notes within it. This allows for flexibility when creating new chords. To invert a chord, simply take…

  • Zulu Music Is a Unique Blend of Throbbing Beats and Compelling Melodies

    Zulu Lion’s music takes you into another world and can evoke all kinds of feelings, from pure blissful happiness and exhilaration, to pensive contemplation. His creative blending of musical styles makes him one of the most exciting artists to watch today. MC ZULU crafts dancehall reggae that sounds out-of-this-world. His progressive form of electro bass…

  • Zombie Ukulele Songs

    Zombie by The Cranberries Zombie by Irish band The Cranberries rose to worldwide fame during the early 1990s. Led by singer Dolores O’Riordan (deceased 2018), their music often used dreamy melodies with catchy hooks enhanced by Dolores O’Riordan’s distinctive accented vocal style to create emotive and moving compositions. This song was composed in response to…

  • Zombie Guitar Chords

    Zombie is an easy guitar song with a straightforward chord progression and strumming pattern that are ideal for beginning players. Additionally, only four basic shapes need to be memorized – E minor being one of them! Basics Zombie has an extremely accessible chord progression that’s simple and straightforward for beginners to learn, making it one…