Tag: Music

iPad – Music and Guitar. The future is bright!

So it’s been a while since I last posted on here. The reasons are many but of no interest here. One reason though was the acquisition of an iPad. First my views on apple products before I took the plunge – shook hands with the devil! As a PC user I disliked apple products for […]

Magic Blanket Recordings: Relaxing Motions

Untidy Music is happy to present the first recording by Magic Blanket Recordings. Relaxing Motions – A Calmer You is a collection of three tracks written & recorded with relaxation, meditation and massage in mind. Each track is around 25 minutes each making the overall collection a good 75 minutes. Each track is £1.75 each […]

Clapping Lesson 1

Clapping rhythms is a good way of learning to keep time. A solid beat will help develope your sense of timing. This has the knock on effect of helping develope a consistent strum and will help lead playing. Part 1: Learning to count:  1 2 3 4 The above picture indicates 4 beats to the […]

Free Online Metronome

Simple Metronome created using Flash MX that works in increments of 10 starting from 60 BPM up to 210 BPM.

John Lennon

When I was about twelve, I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody’s noticed . Either I’m a genius or I’m mad, which is it? ‘No,’ I said, ‘I can’t be mad because nobody’s put me away; therefore I’m a genius.’ Genius is a form of madness and we’re all that way. […]

Iggy Pop

‘Before I kick it I want to be able to carry a tune in a living room if called upon. Of course, mine come out all dark and twisted and weird.’

George Martin

“You’d use recorded effects and then they’d have to come off discs. So we tried to make our own, and we used to have all sorts of things. We used to have roller skates for making train noises over rails and I remember once trying to effect the noise of someone’s head being chopped off. […]

Slice The Pies

Found this site – (found? probably wasn’t lost and has been around for a while, although I am new to it) SliceThePie Anyway – I’ve been visiting it as a listener to see how it works. Listeners can operate as a ‘scout’ – you listen to songs delivered at random. Each song has to be […]

Sell Music Online with Tunecore

Get your musiconto  iTunes – TuneCore has arrangements with leading digital music retailers that let us place your music in their online stores and subscription services. You get 100% of the money that your music earns from digital distribution. Sign up now for digital distribution. TuneCore charges $0.99 per track, $0.99 per store per album, […]