What makes up the percussion group of a band or an orchestra? There are several different instruments that are considered part of this group. The tuned percussion group includes; bell chime, cimbalom, crotales, gong, glass harmonica, hammered dulcimer, handbells, hang, lithophone, marimba, marbaphone, metaophone, glockenspiel, piano, skrabalai, steel drums, table, timpani, vibraphone, xylophone, xylorimba, harp […]
When you want to learn to play the guitar you know that you are going to need to have some items in place. Some of them are going to be having the guitar that you want to learn on, the proper picks, and transportation to and from the lessons. However, you will want to know […]
New wave electronica act 3OH!3 is finishing up their Too Fast for Love Tour alongside Cobra Starship next month, closing out the world tour with dates at London’s Kings College, Tokyo’s Summersonic, and the UK’s Leeds and Reading Festivals. The Colorado act has been heating up the charts as summer approaches thanks to their latest […]
While hosting the Country Music Television Awards on June 9, Kid Rock came onto the stage at one point smoking a cigar and was spotted taking shots backstage in his dressing room-but would you expect anything less? When it was announced that he would host the awards show back in April, he wrote on his […]
Bon Jovi’s name has been scattered all across the media lately for band members’ contributions to the entertainment scene. Keyboardist David Bryan was given a Tony Award for his work on the musical “Memphis”, while Jon Bon Jovi will no longer be part of the reconstituted indoor football arena team the Philadelphia Soul. Meanwhile, Bon […]
Arcade Fire fans have been waiting patiently for the Canadian rock band to release its third album, The Suburbs, and Billboard.com reports that Arcade Fire will not only release the album in August but will also embark on its first U.S. tour in three years. The follow-up to 2007’s Neon Bible, The Suburbs will arrive […]
Few people would have No prescription cialis expected Elton John to attend Rush Limbaugh’s fourth wedding, including the musician himself. “To put it in Elton’s exact words, when he got the invitation he was ‘a little surprised’,” John’s partner David Furnish said to People Magazine. “And then, when it turned out to be a genuinely […]
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park will boast live music and huge crowds this fall when the annual Outside Lands Music Festival infiltrates the park Aug. 14-15, and this year’s lineup has once again collected some of the best mainstream and up-and-coming music groups on the scene. The 2010 Outside Lands Music Festival has a slightly […]
James Taylor and Carole King are igniting an excitement in the hearts of baby boomers. Their current tour certainly touches upon folksy sounds of eras past and provides a musical transport back to the 1970s. Their collaboration is undoubtedly a nostalgic experience for those who remember when a young, long-haired James was just getting his […]
Just two months after winning Entertainer of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards, Carrie Underwood took home the top prize for Video of the Year at the Country Music Television Awards on June 9. The fan favorite (both country awards shows are fan-voted) beat out Lady Antebellum (“Need You Now”), Toby Keith […]
