May 18, 2009
Dear Musicians,
You’re in for a treat…again. Randy Waldman is just an amazing musician and arranger. Check out his version of “Peter and the Wolf”.
Artist: Randy Waldman
Album: Wigged Out
Song: Peter and the Wolf
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May 12, 2009
Don’t have a drummer for your gig? The solution is in your barn…
May 6, 2009
Dear Musicians,
I assume you have an iPhone by now and that you’re looking to add some useful apps to it. Well, I can help out with a quick tip about an app that’s definitely going to be of use. Guitar Toolkit is a great app made by a company called Agile Partners. The toolkit is essentially a guitar tuner, a chord finder, a metronome and more. In other words it’ll allow you to leave a couple of gadgets at home and bring the iPhone instead.
Click on the pic below to view a screencast on their Web site.
The app is very stable which is a big part of why it’s so useful. It’s actually more reliable than some cheap metronomes and/or tuners. Like a lot of apps, it’s very simple in design and thus easy to use. It also looks pretty good. All in all, good job by Agile.
May 5, 2009
Dear Musicians,
In a previous blog post I wrote about the fact that more musicians apply for cruise ship jobs because they can’t find jobs on land. By now it’s clear that this has created a huge backlog of musicians that can’t get back on ships because the supply is larger than demand and this may seem as a negative effect at first, but could it be that the quality of the music on cruise ships improves as a result? more info
