This year, the SXSW Music and Media Conference marks its 25th anniversary, and the music portion is held on March 15-20. The conference has been traditionally one of the world’s great opportunities to sample and discover “the next best thing”. Thanks to people at Spinner.ca, music lovers worldwide have a chance to get a taste [...]
The holiday parties are mostly over, but the hangover from using some of music freebies I mentioned in my earlier posts is hanging in. Namely, Native Instruments claim that Kontakt Player, “can be easily expanded with 3rd party KONTAKT PLAYER libraries and NI’s own growing range of innovative instruments “Powered by KONTAKT”. Yet numerous users, [...]
These days there is certainly no shortage of online references and tutorials for music theory. Yet, this innovative format offered by Scribd.com adds a new level of convenience. Beginners Piano Chord Guide The downside is that you can’t find any more excuses for not knowing all the notes in that chord you need for your [...]
If you are like me, you are always hungry for some good fresh, original music. So, here’s a nice appetizer for you, then. Spin Magazine has recently offered a MP3 compilation titled “2010 A Look Ahead” of up-and-coming artists for free download, with ten tracks in total. The line-up includes The Soft Pack, The xx, [...]