Musix mix

Oldies music celebrates the history, trivia and charts of the music of the fifties, sixties and seventies. It is still alive and well. In fact, many rap artists use oldies as their background music while the rapper sings his lyrics over the oldie song…which is called sampling.

Oldies is a generic term commonly used in the United States and Canada to describe a radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Oldies stations as we know them today did not really come into existence until the early 1970s.

The music also overlaps with classic rock which focuses on the rock music of the late 1960s and 1970s as well as newer music in a similar style. The songs are typically from the R&B, pop and rock music genres but may also include country, movie soundtrack, novelty, and other types of popular music from around 1950-on.

Oldies music, which typically feature bands and artists such as Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Pat Boone, Sam Cooke, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, the Rascals, the Association, the Temptations, the Who, Elton John, and Fleetwood Mac, cover a wide variety of styles including early rock and roll, rockabilly, doo-wop, surf rock, girl groups, the British Invasion, folk rock, psychedelic rock, baroque pop, soul music, Motown, and bubblegum pop.  Read more...

Good quality mp3 downloads is what any music lover would want. A common question in a music lovers mind is “How did bands like Grateful Dead which such a huge cult following disappear?” The free mp3 downloads changed everything from the cult approach to the way the bands made themselves be heard to the masses. It also changed the ways and when people listen to their favorite music.

Previously, it was impossible for a school going child to make a minor band in his backyard with some of his school friends and distribute their songs to the people. Distributing or being heard by people was an extremely costly affair some time back. But now it is not the case. Anybody can make themselves heard by uploading their music on the net in the mp3 free downloads music section of any of the major website. Even online booksellers now have a section for mp3 free downloads music.

However, these days the major labels depend on concerts to make their money. Have you ever wondered why the tickets to the concert have become alarmingly costly? It is almost unbelievable but it is all thanks to mp3 free downloads. But, in a way the fan following also increased because more people could listen to these songs. Gone are those days when people used to arrive at shows early, park their bus, set up camp, hook up and then tune out. Mp3 downloads are the need of the hour and it can be accessed at high speeds from anywhere on earth.  Read more...

Every time I listen to a music awards show, I discover a new type or genre of music that I like.  I love the fact that we have so many great genres available to us. 

I recently discovered hip-hop and fell in love with this type of music.  I like music that is enthusiastic and engaging and this certainly falls into the category.

Because I enjoy this type of music, I made it my mission to find an online source or supplier that would “keep me” in hip-hop mixedtapes for a long time. 

I was particularly interested in finding a site that would offer me some hard to find items and a huge variety to choose from. 

I also wanted to find a site that was professional and offered exceptional customer service. 

Also, because I am quite impatient by nature, I was looking for a site that would make available, to me, instant music downloads.   Fortunately, thanks to the same technology that helped me discover all the different genres of music, I can also click a few buttons and have the music instantaly downloaded from my online shop right onto my computer or IPOD.

The pricing, of course, is also a huge consideration and thankfully, the Net is a great place to shop and get some online bargains.  Read more...

In the metal community there is another genre called thrash metal. It fits under the category for fat riffs, beats and aggression. This genre is all about having fast drum, guitars and loud singing. “The Big Four” created the thrash metal genre. “The Big Four” include Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer, these are the pioneers of thrash metal. These four bands are the fathers of thrash metal and began their journey in the 1970’s and early 80’s.

For the start of thrash metal, there was a wall of British metal music bands that thrash metal had to get around. Thrash Metal was created to be a more aggressive and fast tempo of metal music. This was coming off of a punk and hardcore type of metal. This introduced a more distortion guitar, complex riffs, long guitar solos, double kick bass drums and loud vocals.

A common practice for thrash metal bands is having complex intros, solos and outros in their music. Their high speed solos were often called shredding. Shredding is a way to play notes quickly during your solos. Using techniques like hammer-ons and pull-offs. For the metal community and having these new styles being played was a great movement for the typical styles.

Metallica, Anthrax, Overkill and Slayer all released albums in 1984 that opened up thrash metal music to society. All of these different bands brought something new to trash metal, usually competing in making the heaviest and fastest music. Thrash Metal was on the rise after this, the metal community had brought it in and it started to grow.  Read more...

If want to learn to sing another musical genre, you must know that it is a little bit tricky. First, it is very important that you are aware of the characteristics of the genre that you want to change. Second, it is very vital that you know to practice in that particular musical genre differently. Third is that you must be able to put your heart and soul into your performance, it is important that you sing originally and naturally in the musical language of the new music genre.

In my own experience as a professional singer here are a few steps on how to learn to sing in a new style:

•Listen – If you want to learn new style in music, it is important that you listen to professional singers that have mastery in the kind of style you want to try. Blend yourself in the melodies, vocal embellishments, rhythms, phrasing and articulation that they are using.

•Study the performances of singers – You should study and dissect the performances of the singers, whether live or taped. Observe if they lay back or they sing perfectly with the beat of the song. Count how often they do vocal licks and know what are the typical licks they are using.  Read more...