The Goal... Turn my old amp into a work of art. For all the years I've been performing, I've always had my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe as a reliable workhorse (well, mostly reliable). This year, though, I wanted

Most people's exposure to music is through song, which is, in general terms, a window of time in which intentional sound happens. Songs tend to move through different moods as they progress to create bits

"Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences. That solves a lot of problems: we don’t have to argue whether photographs are art, or whether

Since the dawn of human invention, our opposable-thumb-weilding ancestors have been stretching animal skins and innards over wood and shells to create different kinds of sounds. It’s easy to forget that

A good melody can pull at your heart strings, transmit the most complex emotions, or make dancing irresistible. Melodies tend to derive their good qualities from natural patterns found in speech from all

Quoted from a report from The Verge: A chatbot that provides free legal counsel using AI is now available in all 50 states starting today. This is following its success in New York, Seattle, and the UK,

The font Calibri became the default option on Microsoft Office products in 2007. It has become the defining detail in a corruption investigation involving Pakistan's Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif. From

Music all over the world contains uncountable accounts of unrestrained creativity. Once one understands what it means to play in a key, the doors of music theory have been blown open. A major key implies

Our planet is busting at the seems with beautiful music-making inventions. In western culture, we are so used to the instruments that make up rock bands, orchestras, and jazz ensembles that we forget there

Every wonder how guitar and piano players seem to know how to play any chord? It may seem like lightning fast muscle memory, but it is more often a working knowledge of the musical patterns that go into

Classical Badasses Vol. 1 Rock n Roll is a relatively new cultural invention, but the attitude and ferocity that inspire it have been around since the beginning of human culture. I’m talking about those

Want to understand what it means to "sing on key?" The following is the holy grail of music theory - the tree that all of the branches grow from. Understanding The Circle of Fifths will help

The 2001 French film Amelie, which is the highest-grossing French-language film to be released in the US, has one of my favorite soundtracks ever. It ranges from soft beautiful piano ballads to jumpy accordion

This is the fourth chapter of the pre-release of my book Fast Music Theory: Understanding the Language of Music in Record Time. To start from the beginning, check out Chapter One: 12 Tones. For the previous

Every day that I wake up, there’s a song already stuck in my head. And why not? Music colors my life, and there’s no better time to be a part of it. We live in the first era in which music is accessible

This post is the third chapter of the pre-release of my book Fast Music Theory: Understanding the Language of Music in Record Time. To start from the beginning, check out Chapter One: 12 Tones. For a

This post is the second chapter of the pre-release of my book Fast Music Theory: Understanding the Language of Music in Record Time. To catch up on the notes we use for our western musical system, check

This post marks the beginning of the episodic release of my book Fast Music Theory: Understanding the Language of Music in Record Time. For my intro and the reason behind this project, check out my

I have something for you excellent Steemians, and I can’t wait to share it. First, an introduction My name is Nathan Wright. I’m a composer, performer, and educator in Tulsa, OK. I’ve been teaching for