I can’t think of any industry where the pioneers are less regarded and disrespected then they are in the hip hop industry. In football names like John Madden, Joe Montana and Dan Marino are placed on pedestals and the players and coaches who come after them have nothing but the utmost respect and admiration for [...]
This has been a long decade’s worth of music. It’s pretty crazy to think about the fact that the decade is nearly over. Has that much really happened over the course of the last 10 years? If it has, it’s gone by really quickly and I can’t believe it’s almost over.Having said that, there’s been [...]
The world famous Camden Market may be the main focus of attention for the majority of visitors to this area of North London but for lovers of indie music there are few places more exciting to visit than Camden Town.Each year a two day sprawling inner-city festival called the Camden Crawl takes place over 14 [...]
Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed and frustrated when you try to download music? Are you worried about viruses and spywares infecting your computer when you try to download music?Many online users who are new to music downloads frequently find it a bit discouraging to go over the Internet and start downloading their favorite MP3s. However, [...]
John Bonham was one of the world’s most influential drummers, especially in the genre of hard rock and heavy metal. He was born in England in 1948, and from an early age he began banging on pots and pans, boxes, anything with a flat surface that would let him imitate the jazz and big band [...]
In the early 1970s, the cultural movement of hip hop music was born. Hip hop’s fast paced music style is made of two parts; the rhythmic delivery of rap and the use ofinstrumentation by a DJ. Hip hop music also brought with it a fashion of its own, the fashion helped to represent this newly [...]
People often pose the question “what makes metal… metal?” Well, firstly, for posing such a vague question you deserve to be shot! But I’ll try my damnedest to make the point…Metal guitar playing comprises of many features, techniques, tricks, or whatever you want to call them. You’ll often find that guitarists will form their own [...]
Of all the music I own, this collection of tracks in Heavy Metal, has to be one of, if not, my favorite. I have constantly upgraded the media – from wax to CD – ripped the CD to mp3s – lost the CD – accidentally deleted the mp3s – downloaded from iTunes. The music from [...]
Power chord inversions can be useful to achieve more range on a 6 string guitar, as well as allow you to move less around the fretboard. These are kind of like scales, modes, same principle, and are very useful in all styles of music, but this can really help you with your heavy riffing if [...]
First off, it is important to know what a acoustic guitar chord is. It is when you play three or more notes chords simultaneously that are “eligible” to be a chord.A power chord is usually used in hard rock songs and usually uses 2 chords together. These can usually combine to equal incredible sounding notes [...]
