Learning Guitar – Will It Take You A Long Time?

Pupils nearly always ask this question from their teachers: Just how long can it take to learn guitar? Well, there isn’t ‘one’ answer to this specific concern. Mastering guitar �±s really a process, it has no finish line. All of us are pupils all our lives. Even a teacher is a student of guitar. What’s [...]

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Who Can Use Crowdfunding to Get the Money They Need?

What is crowdfunding? you may wonder, so let me explain. If someone or an organization of some type (it can be a loosly defined group or a corporation) has an idea, but not the money to see it come to fruition, they can go to the global masses to finance their plan. For example, charities [...]

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Early Jazz Music

Several years ago, many people complained that pop music is one of the most familiar genres they can enjoy in their daily life. In this case, jazz music was not the common genre they can see it performed on the television very often. Jazz was brought or performed from pub to pub or even from [...]

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FOLK BRITANNIA AT BARBICAN – 21st Century Folk Music

FOLK BRITANNIA AT BARBICAN – 21st Century Folk Music

FOLK BRITANNIA provides an idiosyncratic snapshot of British folk music in the 21st century. A year ago, the festival Jazz Britannia was such a success that the Barbican along with BBC Four are bringing to us this year, a 3 day festival which celebrates the evolution of British folk music from the end of the [...]

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JOHN MCLAUGHLIN – Johnny’s Language of Music

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN – Johnny’s Language of Music

John McLaughlin, quite simply, is an eloquent. A guitarist whose musical vocabulary is both fluent and succinct; a musician who has proved he can work on equal terms with players from around the world and in any context. The language of music has rarely been expressed better. He is also the guitar hero’s guitar hero; [...]

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YAZID FENTAZI – North African Music Fusion

YAZID FENTAZI – North African Music Fusion

Born in Algiers, Algeria, Yazid Fentazi composes in his own words “a blend of traditional with modern music.” It is a uniquely clever and contemporary style of North African fusion, coming from a long tradition of absorbing influences, be they Algerian, Kurdish, Berber, Arabic, Egyptian, Spanish, Indian and many more. The Guardian has described Fentazis’ [...]

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VISIONS OF UTOPIA – Utopianism & Post-Ideological Art

VISIONS OF UTOPIA – Utopianism & Post-Ideological Art

Ambitious beyond its means, an international line up of some 150 artists, designers, musicians, writers, thinkers and performers wrestle with the theme of utopia in and around the birthplace of William Morris through exhibitions and installations. News From Nowhere: Visions Of Utopia promises to be one of the largest art events in London this year. [...]

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SPICE FESTIVAL 2005 – Music, Painting, Poetry & Drama

SPICE FESTIVAL 2005 – Music, Painting, Poetry & Drama

The opening night sees an evening of classical opera extracts performed, including Carmen, Nessun Dorma, The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro and many others at The Hackney Empire. East London Metropolitan Opera continues to bring together top professional musicians with members of the local community and children from Hackney schools accompanied by a [...]

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RAHMANIAN RHAPSODY – Letting his Work do the Talking

RAHMANIAN RHAPSODY – Letting his Work do the Talking

A. R. Rahman, having scored for over 75 movies and sold over 150 million albums, is almost worshipped as a god in some parts of India. However, despite his huge success he is ever the reluctant celebrity, preferring to let his work do the talking. Rahman will bring his Live, 3D Concert to Wembley Arena [...]

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NICOLA BENEDETTI – Young Musician 2004

NICOLA BENEDETTI – Young Musician 2004

17 year old Nicola Benedetti, who became the first Scot to win the BBC Young Musician of 2004, released her debut album recently on one of the most prestigious classical labels in the music industry, Deutsche Grammophon (a subsidiary of Universal Music Group). The album is regarded as one of the most anticipated recordings of [...]

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