If music wasn’t made to be taken everywhere we go, then cars wouldn’t have stereos; Sony wouldn’t have created the Walkman; and Apple wouldn’t have mastered the wireless earphones with their Airpods. Movement, activities, the passing of time, they’re all enhanced with the playing of music. Music colors our experiences and adds depth to…

Recently, I was listening to some of my favorite albums on Spotify and realized that they were released in the same year of 1971. Coincidence? I began to look into it a bit more and again realized that more were released that year, as well. And as it turns out, many more. It seems like…

For many musicians, winning an award is proof that their talent and hard work has come around full circle. Even though being recognized by music institutions is not something that musicians necessarily strive to accomplish, when it happens it’s often a pleasant surprise. Among the many music award institutions there are the Grammy Awards, the…

There are people out there that are so good at what they do that one cannot help but see them as masters of their technical craft. Another word to describe these people is virtuoso. People can exemplify virtuosity in many different things: sports, dance, painting, learning different languages and even playing music. When it comes…

We all love music. We listen to it every day and try to include it in every facet of our lives, but what greater way of showing our love of music than by learning how to play an instrument. I’ve written about easy instruments to play but now it’s time to talk about the hard…

You know, I was thinking: I don’t think drummers get enough credit. Most of the time people’s focus is directed at the vocalist or guitarist of a band, rarely is it directed at the drummer, unless of course the drummer is missing a limb or uses ridiculously elaborate kits or acts wild and out of…

Although we can argue about what the best instrument is, I think there’s no doubt that our own voices come out on top. Not only are our voices very versatile and capable of imitating all kinds of sounds, they’re also very unique to the individual and don’t cost a dime. With our lungs, voice boxes,…

Did you know that many famous musicians started off like normal people on social media? We all like to hear success stories and well theirs is just that – previously unknown but talented people discovered on the same platforms that we use everyday. We live in a time where it seems like if you don’t…

A Little History on the Ukulele The ukulele is a four-string fretting instrument so closely associated with Hawaii that at one point it was the official instrument of the Kingdom. The ukulele was developed in the late 1800s in Portugal under different names and introduced to the Hawaiian islands in the 1900s, where the natives…