One of the best ways to improve your musical skills and boost your stage confidence is jamming. If you’ve never joined a jam session before, it’s easy to feel like you’re either not ready or not “good enough” (or both!). However, participating in a jam session doesn’t require you to have 10 years of experience […]
Category: Groups
How to Keep Your Band Together and Happy
Don’t think for a moment that once you’ve found your musical soul mates that your work is done. As with any relationship, your band requires frequent maintenance in order to run smoothly. Here’s how to keep your band together so they are happy and involved.
Libana: Using Music to Connect People Across Vast Cultural Differences
More than three decades ago, Libana blazed the trail of exploring traditional and contemporary women’s music cross-culturally. In the pre-internet late 1970s, Libana introduced listeners in the U.S. to the amazingly diverse music of world cultures before the term “world music” even existed
Sanchez 2winz: Telling Stories with Art and Music
It’s not every duo that can claim to have been collaborating from birth, but the Sanchez 2winz, Raúl and Rod Sánchez, don’t recall a time before they were blending their talents
Yonder Mountain Twisting Bluegrass Traditions
In its 17 years Yonder Mountain String Band (YMSB) has built a distinctive rock ‘n’ roll enthused bluegrass sound that appeals to music lovers of all ages and tribes.
How to Play in a Jam Session
Jam sessions come in all shapes and sizes, from siblings belting out pop hits to sit-ins at a jazz club or Irish pub. Good jams are all about having fun and building camaraderie, and a beginner should be welcome to join in.
Guitars in the Classroom: A New Way of Teaching
The San Diego-based nonprofit Guitars in the Classroom (GITC), founded in 1998, is changing the way children learn in school. Teachers…
Changing Fate and the Art of Healing
Stuntman Tracy E. Thomas created Changing Fate (CHNGNF8) “to promote the healing properties of art and music therapy to cancer survivors and caregivers.”
The Mrs. Are Empowering Women One Song at a Time
Today, Liemandt is part of The Mrs., an all-female rock band from Austin, Texas, that shares a lot more than melodies—they share a message.
MUZIKI: Bringing Music to Orphaned Kenyans
She founded MUZIKI, Inc., a collaboration between American and Kenyan musicians to work with children who have been rescued into a group home. (Muziki means “music” in Swahili.)