Music Information & Resources

Power Chords & Distortion

Power chords are probably the most commonly used chords in modern commercial music.  Power chords are easy to play ch...

By: Allen Newsom

Top 20 Reasons Why Children Should Study Music

All you need to do is visit the kids’ audio/video section of your local CD shop and you will be bombarded with a multitude of educational enhancement products to buy. You may find ‘Baby Einstein’ or &lsqu...

By: Deborah Torres Patel

Your choice of music can shape your beliefs

Music is very powerful. The kind of music you listen to says a lot about who you are. What music you choose to listen to today will help to determine what type of person you are tomorrow. Be careful about what type of music y...

By: Joe Duchesne

A handful of Music Row businesses are beginning to invest in new products and technologies to increase the fidelity of music at every stage of the recording and listening process.

The underground country music scene in the Bay Area isn't new. It's been happening since the days of New Riders of the Purple Sage. But Pop Music Critic Aidin Vaziri has a good argument fo...

THE music done in 1969 is commemorated in 12 tracks, sung by Japanese singing legend Saori Yuki, in collaboration with the Portland group, Pink Martini.

After a decade-long battle against file-sharing, music and technology giants are now pushing users to share to their hearts' content, with online music recommendations a key issue at the MIDEM tra...

Reviews of Philippe Entremont with the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra; the pianist Simone Dinnerstein; and the composer Ezequiel Viñao.