Category Archives: Music

The history of Soul Music and R&B

Roace Cooper asked: Soul Music has its beginnings in Gospel and R&B of the 1940s and 1950s.  They both had  major influences on key soul singers including Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, just to name a couple. The birthplace of Soul Music, to be quite honest is unknown.  What is known? The United States inner… Read More »

Effective Music Teachers Resources And Tips: Students’ Feedback

Music Teacher asked: Primarily, a music teacher’s task lies in the idea of effective and creative communication. Thus, credibility and reliability have always been an issue to academic institutions, their teaching and non-teaching personnel and even the student body. Music teachers simultaneously motivate, inspire, and support their students through innovative music teachers resources. Whether these… Read More »

Music Networks – How Bands and Musicians Use Music Networks for Band Promotion

David Horne asked: The internet continues to revolutionize the music industry and the creation of music networks has helped musicians to promote their bands, sell their music, find band members, buy and sell musical instruments, chat to fellow musicians in the forums, post photos, their music, videos and so much more. There are many benefits… Read More »

Technology in and for the Instrumental Music Classroom

Thomas E. Crawford asked:   Music education, in some form, goes back as far as education itself. While sometimes struggling for legitimacy, it nonetheless has had its champions. More recently, as technology has flourished within education, technological applications designed specifically for the teaching of music have been developed. While much of this technology is designed… Read More »