"Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war."John Andrew Holmes
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50 calls Game out Again
Well as we all know by now, there has been a 'little disagreement' (term used lightly) between the Game and 50 Cent and his group G-Unit. Throughout the beef the Game came at the whole crew leaving no one exempt in many mix tape tracks, the stand out ...
Healthy Lunchbox Makeover: Tips for Kicking off a Wholesome School Year
ARA – As the sunny days of summer melt into the crisp, cool days of fall, parents and children shift focus from swimsuits and summer camps to the more serious business of entering a new school year -- and this means school supplies, bus schedules, and ...
How To Create An Original Melody
Here's a method I use that works. First, sit down at your piano or keyboard and just improvise. I suggest improvising first because music that is created in this way is at its freshest. It's not adulterated or thought up. It is pure inspiration. Now, ...
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Here's the method I use every time I want to capture an idea. I draw out 8-bars (or measures) first. Why 8 bars? Because it is an ideal framework to work in. Eight bars of music are enough to generate a complete musical sentence and can usually be repeated once or twice. Next, I improvise and see what comes up. THEN I will write down the chords I am playing and the first 2-bars of melody.
Writing down the first 2-bars of melody helps me remember the entire theme for the 8-bar phrase. I usually stay within one key to make it easy. This means I'll have 6 chords to work with. In C Major, the chords would be, C Maj. - D min. - E min. - F Maj. - G Maj. and A min. This is more than enough material to work with. In fact, I rarely use more than 3 or 4 chords for the first 8-bars.
Once you get your first 8-bars down, your more than halfway home. Why? Because you already have the beginning. The rest of the piece, if there is a rest of the piece, can be finished by drawing more bar lines AND LISTENING FOR THE NEXT SECTION OF MUSIC. This is always accomplished through
improvisation.
Your best material will ALWAYS come from improvisation because you are not thinking about creating something. Instead, you are allowing the music that is inside of you to come to the surface without forcing it or willing it into being. You use the 8-bar framework to hold your ideas so to speak.
There is no rule that says you must work within 8-bars. You can use 4 or even 16 bar phrases, however, its good to be able to feel the form and structure of an 8-bar phrase first. It is the structure used by most composers and it is wise to understand it.
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 Leaders' Rift Bars Gazans From Mecca Trip - Post Chronicle
An argument among Palestinian leaders is preventing Palestinians living in Gaza from making their annual pilgrimage to Mecca, would-be travelers say. The Palestinian Authority and Hamas, the Islamist militant organization that controls Gaza, are ...
Mattel Wins Order Barring Sales of MGA Bratz Dolls (Update3) - Bloomberg
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Mattel Inc. , the world’s biggest toymaker, whose products include the Barbie doll, won a court order banning MGA Entertainment Inc. from making and selling Bratz dolls that were found to infringe Mattel copyrights. U.S ...
Twice-'Most Wanted' guy dies - Philadelphia Daily News
BOSTON - The oldest prison inmate in Massachusetts, a career criminal who was the first person to make the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list twice, has died at 92. Nicholas Montos was serving 33 to 40 years for robbery in the state prison in Norfolk. Montos ...
Anna Politkovskaya trial moves into closed court to hear secret ... - Guardian Unlimited
The Moscow trial of three men accused of being involved in the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has moved into a closed court today. Judge Yevgeny Zubov, who is presiding over the case in Moscow's district military court, has closed ...
Deadly clash in Hollywood between Swedish rapper and jazz performer - Los Angeles Times Blogs
After midnight Sunday, John Osnes, a pianist who performed jazz standards and Beatles songs at piano bars in Hollywood, put an empty glass down on the counter of one of his favorite haunts, The Spotlight, and waved goodbye to an employee. "He said ...
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