There is a famous quote which goes like this "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain". This holds true that music has always been a source for relaxation and healing. Previously music was used for the purpose of entertainment only. However, now, music is increasingly used in the area [...]

The history Blues guitar music is deeply intertwined in story of the Afro Americans, the only immigrants who came to America unwillingly. Blues music is a tapestry of Afro American lives, from the days of slavery to modern times. This genre of music has a large following and is thriving today. Blues has a cyclical [...]

To understand triads we have to look at the major scale. The C major scale is made up of notes C, D, E, F, G, A and B. If we take the first note, third note and fifth note of this scale, we get a major triad. Flattening the third note by a semitone gives [...]

The Beat is a basic unit of time in music, it is governed by a variety of different concepts including tempo, meter, rhythm and groove. As music has evolved through out time, so has the meanings of many musical terms. The beat is now often referred to as the Backing Sound or bass that commonly [...]

Beginners at heavy metal guitar often have very limited techniques. Sometimes, all they can play are the introduction to one piece and that’s it. Of course, if they play those chords repeatedly the whole day, they would soon get tired of the sound. It would surely come useful if they can get access to a [...]

When it comes to an artist’s "greatest hits" collections music fans are often at the mercy of a record company’s song selections. In many cases the chosen tracks are limited to the artist’s "best known" songs. And of course the "best known songs" are as a result of frequent radio airplay. However, frequent radio airplay [...]

We all have one: an album that touched us so deeply that it plays in the background of our most profound memories, and yet somehow no one else you know has heard of it. For me, that album is the 1995 self-titled release from Canadian singer-songwriter Rebecca Timmons. A friend of a friend of my [...]

Music has been a part of human culture for thousands and thousands of years. Instruments such as drums and flutes have been found to be over 4000 years old and artifacts have been found in every corner of the world. While music has served different roles for different cultures, every culture on this planet has [...]

Patsy Cline is without a doubt one of the most successful and respected female vocalists of the 20th century. Evidence of that is in her groundbreaking awards such as in 1973 becoming the first female solo artist to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Also in 2002, artists and members of country [...]

If you are looking for a brief list of downtempo artists, then here are some commonly known bands that belong to this genre. These artists produce electronic music which combines elements of jazz, soul, funk, hip hop, ambient, and dub. Downtempo is closely related to trip hop, and ambient music, being somewhere in between those [...]