Arctic Monkeys are the classic story of a band that started with some kids who enjoyed playing music and made it to the big time. The band started playing in 2001 as just a group of teenagers in a garage. They started to self record and hand out CDs of their music for free and ...
There is little room for argument that the music of sub-Saharan Africa is defined primarily by rhythm. Melody may play a part in African music, but play a traditional West African song for anyone only remotely aware of musical traditions and chances are they will locate the source almost immediately. It is commonly agreed that ...
So you’d like to be a drummer, eh? Everyone wants to be Gene Krupa or Neil Peart on the first day, but it just isn’t going to happen. Learning to drum is a process, and not usually a fast one. The key is patience and trying to emulate what you hear your favorite drummers playing. ...
With six albums already under their belt and with no sign of stopping any time soon, Radiohead have created some truly great music over their fifteen-year career. My favorite ten stand-out tracks by Radiohead are listed below, in order to help others find out why they’re so popular and heavily acclaimed. 10. “Optimistic” off of ...
