Jim Oshinsky believes that every musician should improvise from the start, but that’s not usually the case.
Category: Keyboards
Music Camps Coast to Coast: Combining Music & Nature
Every year thousands of musicians of all types, levels, and ages head to one of hundreds of music camps held nationwide, and in Canada. This spring Making Music uncovered what the experience is like for campers at Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camp near Woodstock, New York, and California Coast Music Camp in Placer County, California.
Oklahoma City Music Travel
Oklahoma City was once a vibrant center for jazz. Its Deep Deuce neighborhood was home to Charlie Christian and Jimmy Rushing, however little remains of that important heritage but a few markers in the sidewalk. The heart of the city’s live music scene today is the Bricktown Arts and Entertainment district.
Best Piano Websites
With so many free resources online, why would you ever pay for piano lessons? Easy. Because many of the online resources are garbage. A basic Google search for “online piano lessons” returns a splurge of shoddy websites that look like they were designed on a calculator, and YouTube videos by decent pianists who tragically know nothing about video production. Lucky for you, we’ve dug through the junk, and located some buried gems. Here are the best piano websites.
David Cassidy: Showbiz Life
For lifelong musician David Cassidy, you might say that music and show business are in his blood. And it all began long before he became a household name on The Partridge Family. “Both my parents were from musical families and in the theater,” Cassidy says. “My father [Jack Cassidy] was a brilliant singer, and my […]
New Horizons Adult Bands
New Horizons provides adults the opportunity to join a band or orchestra and either continue playing an instrument they haven’t picked up since high school, or learn an entirely new instrument.
Close Encounters of the Keyboard Kind
“I had always wanted to play the piano but, for one reason or another, was never able to take lessons when I was a kid,” admits 42-year-old Carol Torresson, a certified health coach and executive assistant from Poughkeepsie, New York. “At 24 years old I just assumed that it was too late to start. But […]
January / February 2013
David Cassidy: A Life in Showbiz New Horizons Adult Bands Oklahoma City Music Scene Keyboard Groups Drumming Tips How to Get the Most out of Your Practice Time Top Websites for Piano Players Music Composition Software How Yoga Helps Musicians Getting Over Stage Fright
How to Improvise on Piano with the Blues Scale
On the piano, blues scale is a lifesaver. While it’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with the blues scale for each key, you can usually fall back on the root blues scale at just about any point in a jazz solo.
Musical Gift Ideas
From sax straps to guitar pick holders, here are some inexpensive stocking-stuffer ideas for any musician. These stocking stuffers are sure to warm the hearts of your musical friends and family. Whether they play guitar, drums, piano, trumpet or violin, we’ve got a stocking stuffer for just about every musician. Except those who’ve been naughty—for […]