MakingMusicMag.com http://www.makingmusicmag.com/blog Better Living Through Recreational Music Making Tue, 29 May 2012 15:02:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/MakingMusicMaghttp://feedburner.google.com A Home for Music http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingMusicMag/~3/lkirmbboGyg/ http://www.makingmusicmag.com/blog/?p=1664#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 14:59:28 +0000 mmadmin http://www.makingmusicmag.com/blog/?p=1664

Wendy Jones shows the stage that inspired her to turn her home, the Old Belle River Church, into a concert venue. “One of the reasons I want to give things back to the community is my neighbors and people in the Women’s Institute were so welcoming.

Looking for a new home? If you love music as much as this woman, buy a house that doubles as a performance venue! For a more modest endeavor, see this article on preparing a room for musical guests.


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Read about the “Million Dollar Quartet,” the rock ‘n’ roll musical about Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis collaborating for one night. It’s a multimillion-dollar phenomenon which proves the lasting fascination with these rock heroes. Click here to see a unique perspective on Jerry Lee Lewis’s involvement with the Million Dollar Quartet.


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Jump back to the future with Plugging In: A Guide to Gear and New Techniques for the 21st Century Violinist. The May/June issue of Making Music features an article on string players expanding horizons by the book’s author, Joe Deninzon.


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North Little Rock, Arkansas’ Bill Jagitsch shows making cigar box guitars is a fun and creative hobby that supports other fun and creativity. Read more on making your own cigar box guitars at Making Music.


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Soundclouds is a popular online music sharing and collaboration tool. Check out this preview of an app that visually rounds out the new album from Soundclouds creator Eric Wahlforss. See this Making Music article for more on online collaboration.


]]> http://www.makingmusicmag.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1616 0 http://www.makingmusicmag.com/blog/?p=1616 Practicing Piano on Vacation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingMusicMag/~3/fZXcG7rX1-A/ http://www.makingmusicmag.com/blog/?p=1599#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:12:40 +0000 mmadmin http://www.makingmusicmag.com/blog/?p=1599 They’re tough to stuff in the trunks of cars and don’t fit in the overhead bins on airplanes. How do you practice piano while travelling? Read Hesh Reinfeld’s humorous account of how he did it.


]]> http://www.makingmusicmag.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1599 0 http://www.makingmusicmag.com/blog/?p=1599 Jerry Lee Lewis House Tour http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingMusicMag/~3/79uvIiGGR_c/ http://www.makingmusicmag.com/blog/?p=1597#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 14:46:50 +0000 mmadmin http://www.makingmusicmag.com/blog/?p=1597 A music lover’s visit to Louisiana shouldn’t begin and end in the Big Easy. The Jerry Lee Lewis (“The Killer”) Family Museum for example is a fascinating place to visit up north in the town of Ferriday as you will see in this video. Read about Cherie Yurco’s tour of this and other musical destinations in Northern Louisiana in Making Music.

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