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Edgar Winter Frankenstein Guitar Tab

“Frankenstein” – Edgar Winter

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  • Genre: Classic Rock
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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

The lumbering, monstrous beat of Edgar Winter Group’s “Frankenstein” seems like it should be the reason for the title of this 1970′s rock instrumental, but the real reason is much more interesting. Because the band often deviated from their written songs into free-form jams, the original recording of “Frankenstein” had to be pieced together from many different sections of the jam. This led to Chuck Ruff, the drummer of the group to remark on the tape’s resemblance to the fictional monster. The main riff of the song contains only three notes, but it’s heaviness is what really counts. It came at a time where bands like Black Sabbath were becoming popular, and this heaviness fit right in. “Frankenstein” also helped popularize the synthesizer as a rock n roll instrument, because Edgar Winter, the albino leader of the band, is supposedly the first person to ever strap a synthesizer on his neck and play standing up.

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Michael Wilton Interview: Dedicated to Chaos

By: Rob Cavuoto

Queensryche’s anticipated new CD, Dedicated to Chaos is the sound of the band marching forward artistically, philosophically and sonically. Their commitment to their craft is unwavering. Their ability to challenge themselves and create new soundscapes is unparalleled in hard rock. A band continually re-inventing themselves, growing, and blending the boundaries of heavy metal, hard rock, alternative to form a unified and unique sound that is always recognizable with Geoff Tate’s vocals at the helm. I had a chance to meet up with guitarist Michael Wilton to talk about the new CD, reflect back on the 20th Anniversary of Empire and talk about all things on guitars and gear.

Michael Wilton

Michael Wilton Photo: Rob Cavuoto

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Robert Cavuoto: Can you tell us about the new Queensryche’s CD, Dedicated to Chaos, and how it differs from previous Queensryche releases?

Michael Wilton: It’s kind of a new departure for us. That’s about it. It’s coming out the 28th and we’ll be touring it pretty extensively.

Robert: When you say “departure”, I thought your last album, American Solider, was a real departure. What can we expected for this one?

Michael Wilton: Definitely more alternative but I’m more of a metal guy.

Robert: Are there any tracks that are your favorites?

Michael Wilton: There’s a song called “Lies” which has a really nice groove to it. The song “Drive” is about driving a car. Those two right now are my personal favorites.

Robert: Does everybody contribute to the songwriting process?

Michael Wilton: No. I just lent my talents to the recording. Everything was done with Yousendit.com. I worked in my studio, which is Watershed Studio, and basically tracked all my guitar parts there. We all have ProTool mix so when I was done with them. I would ZIP the songs, YouSendIt, and boom the guys get it.

Robert: Are all the songs pre-developed?

Michael Wilton: Yeah. The ideas were pre-developed. It was just for me to add my flavor to them.

Robert: As you mentioned earlier, the roots of your style is always in the hard rock, heavy metal. Do you think that Queensryche will eventually put another hard rock album out?

Michael Wilton: It’s hard to say. I don’t know what four members are thinking. My solo projects definitely have that.

Robert: Tell me a little bit about your solo projects and when can we expect to hear a CD?

Michael Wilton: Wratchet Head is a work in progress. I had some lineup changes, but we have about eight to ten songs completed right now. I also have another project which is Soul Bender. That one just needs to get everybody together and record. Lately I’ve been scoring for publishing companies, for television and movies.

Robert: When on tour, Queensryche always has a big theatrical production with video interweaved and intertwined within the songs. How long does it take you to prepare before heading out on the road?

Michael Wilton: There is a lot of pre-production time. We try to make the experience a visual experience as much as an auditory one. That’s the main time-consuming thing for us is trying to arrange the new media and get it to work in a band that travels and plays five nights a week, not just a one-shot performance. We also try and utilizing cost-effective technology so it’s not worrisome while on the road.

Michael Wilton

Michael Wilton Photo: Rob Cavuoto

Robert: Are there a lot of pre-rehearsals to pull it all together?

Michael Wilton: There really is. The offers to always play live all over the world can make for a time crunch. Next week we’ve got two festivals, one in Sweden, one in Finland. Then we’ve got a one-off in El Paso, Texas and we come back and have a little more time before we go out with Judas Priest. Basically it’s got to be finished by then.

Robert: You guys aren’t strangers to Judas Priest so that must be cool to go out on the road again with them again.

Michael Wilton: Oh, yeah. They’re long-time friends and it’s gonna be a fun tour. We are grateful to the guys for letting us come along with them.

Robert: Let’s talk a little bit about your guitar experience and history. Who are some of your early guitar heroes?

Michael Wilton: My earliest heroes were Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix along with a lot of very influential and stylistic players in the progressive area. I was a big John McLaughlin fan and listened to a lot of Carlos Santana. My father has a vast jazz collection which started me into developing my interest in a very wide range of jazz guitarists as well as rock guitarists.

Being a young teenager with all that energy, I went for the heavier stuff. In my teens I started listening to a lot of Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, and Michael Schenker. Then I listened to Steve Morse and the Dixie Dregs albums. I tried to keep my palate open, always checking up on what Jimmy Page was doing. Then the whole Van Halen thing took over. That was some of the more influential, fun things to learn. That’s the early years that got me going.

Obviously you didn’t have the technologies of today. You had to sit there in front of a record player in front of your father’s stereo system and just pick out the notes and chords. That took a lot more time, but obviously you retained those songs better than getting a tablature off the Internet. They’re all ingrained in you. When you record these days, everything is matter-of-fact, spur-of-the-moment. It’s in one ear and out the other. If you don’t rehearse it and put it into muscle memory, its like, “Oh, crap. I’ve got to go back and learn that song. We’re gonna play that one.” Back in the old days before the technology, guys got together and you really rehashed the song over and over. This time it’s more learn as you go.

Robert: Do you miss those days when you guys were more getting together and working on the songs versus using YouSendIt?

Michael Wilton: Oh, yeah. It’s just the state of the industry now and how you try and equate your success with the almighty dollar. Being an old school person, I definitely miss the days of getting together with a bunch of guys and writing. I do that with my side projects. The Wratchet Head guys, we go into a room and I have to wear earplugs, because it’s blistering loud having the drummer right there in front of me.

I think there are advantages to both ways of recording. The old school way produced some great moments for Queensryche. Now technologically has got us in kind of a stranglehold. Its like, “Wow. I can’t go anywhere without my cell phone/Blackberry/iPhone.” It’s, “Oh, have you got Pro Tools?” It’s all bandwidth, MP3s. It’s not the big sound of the LPs. There are pros and cons and it’s whatever people gravitate to.

Robert: I’ve seen you at NAMM a couple of times. I know that you’re a guy who’s, really into the equipment and advancements. How do you stay in touch with all the technologies that move so fast and at the same time stay true to the integrity of what you’re trying to get across in your music and your style?

Michael Wilton: I try not to get on the cutting edge of computer recording. I do have a Pro Tools system which still runs an old Macintosh with old software. It’s the GEM Pro Tools. Believe me; some major platinum selling records were made with that platform. I know how to work it. I know how to use it and I know how to use the software and plugins, so I have enough. Obviously software companies have to keep on innovating and I appreciate that, but I kind of get locked into a way of doing things. As soon as they come out with Pro Tools 128, hopefully they’ll be able to access the legacy.

Robert: It’s a balancing act.

Michael Wilton: It really is. Believe me, some of the best moments for a guitar player are when you’re noodling and not really thinking. You’re just replaying the riffs over and over again and all of a sudden it’s ingrained. Sometimes the cheap little Radio Shack dictaphone can save some great ideas and vibes.

I have those as well, but now I have four-track cassette tapes. I have eight-track cassette tapes. I have DAT tapes. I have ADAT tapes. And still I’m pulling ideas from my old dictaphone when I don’t have time to set up all the technology. You want spur of the moment to capture the idea. Sometimes the dictaphone is the way to go.

Michael Wilton

Michael Wilton Photo: Rob Cavuoto

Robert: A dictaphone is real old school.

Michael Wilton: That’s very old school. I think it’s whatever works for you so you’re proficient and fast. There’s not a lot of time to set up and record something to get basic ideas, riffs and jam solos. In this society right now where time is flying, everybody’s just trying to stay in business. You need things that are very efficient.

Even as you get older, your attention span, and your need for gratification is quicker. Sometimes it’s like, “Wow, maybe I should just use my camera to get this.” [Laughing] Then it’s the arduous task of how do I get this into my computer and save it as an MP3 or whatever. It’s like I have to take a whole college course on this.

Being a musician and being responsible for growing your career takes time, energy and effort in order to keep yourself on top of your game and moving forward. You have to take time away from that to read a manual or to record on a platform, and in a year your hard drive’s not gonna work anymore. It’s like, please. It’s a big balancing act, I think. My opinion, where my head can lead toward more tunes and chaos and I think dedicated to chaos is aptly put. [Both laughing]

You also have to be very good at multi-tasking to get everything done. “Oh, I’ve got an email. I’ve got to write this, do that, get the guy at the door. Oh yeah, the kid needs to go to school”. It’s a balancing act. In the guitar/amp area, there are some technologically advanced, great sounding products that I’ve found and I know a lot of people use it. It’s worth the endless sifting through pages of menus to make it sound good.

Robert: I love my old school pedals, do you still have any and use them?

Michael Wilton: Yeah, I have drawers full of pedals which I still use. Do you have the Dunlop Van Halen Flanger? If you don’t, definitely I’d put those in your arsenal.

It’s also hard to find a good overdrive or distortion. You want the best of both worlds. You want the clean Fender sound and you want to put distortion in front of it, but make it sound really good and not all compressed and fuzzy sounding. It’s just so hard to get the real quality overdrive and flange and distortions that don’t squash your sound.

That’s also what’s so fun about pedals. There are so many people; they’re fairly easy to make. They all sound so different. It’s really cool. You can really find some good boutique ones out there that really make it fun. That’s what I do. Put the mouse down and plug a pedal in and listen to your speakers on your cabinet and remember that.

Robert: What about playing guitar really turns you on?

Michael Wilton: I think it’s kind of an energy that’s deep-rooted in my subconscious. It’s kind of like a race car driver getting in the car. You feel the rev of the car. It’s like when you get the amp and the power and the volume, it just gets the juices going. These days I’m promoting amps made in America by Krank. I’m promoting the 1980 amp and it’s basically like a sturdy British amp on steroids. It’s like 80 watts.

You get a custom built one that’s got a nice transformer in it and it takes your head off. They record sound good. To me it’s just getting that sound. Everybody has the kind of vision of their sweet spot and that tone they’re looking for, whether it’s clean or heavy or whatever. That’s what you grow and nurture as a musician. Once you know it, I’m there. It’s like sitting back on a nice day and having a drink and smoking a cigar. It’s just amazing.

Robert: You’ve been endorsing ESP too. You have your own signature model. Can you tell me a little bit more about that?

Michael Wilton: I’ve been endorsing ‘The Skull’, MW- 600 which I’ve been playing since the early ’90s. Then we came out with a new one called ‘The Demon’. I had ESP in Japan make me a custom one because I wanted a sustainer in it. ESP makes them now and they’re amazing. You wire it in and it runs on a battery. You’ve got a little switch that you turn on and you’ve got instant sustain for an hour. I had push-pull pots to split the pickup, the humbucker. Also I put in I think a 10DV boost switch in there. Obviously that was my model, but everybody liked it. Then we made the consumer version of it. It’s kind of a gruesome looking guitar, but I think everybody is drawn to that gruesomeness of it.

I have another idea for another guitar which I’m gonna pitch to ESP. I’m sure this will drive them crazy. They want to reintroduce the old Skull one back, so we’re gonna have to brainstorm on that one and figure an idea on that that we could make it ‘new and improved’.

Michael Wilton

Michael Wilton Photo: Rob Cavuoto

Robert: Do the skulls glow in the dark on the MW-600?

Michael Wilton: The signature model, would obviously be the pricier version, does. The reason is the process. You have to dip the guitar in a phosphorous paint first. It’s a lot more labor intensive and the cost of the phosphorous and everything. Then everything else is painted on top of it. The consumer models don’t have the phosphorous.

Robert: Big difference in price too between the signature and consumer models.

Michael Wilton: Big difference. But I have some of the consumer ones and they sound great. You’ve got to hot rod them a little bit. You’ve got to make them sound the way you want. I’ve got a lot of my guitars on that site. You can just go in and look at some of them. I haven’t updated it in a while, but all my tasty old ones are on there.

Robert: You had your 20th Anniversary for Empire a couple of months back. Can you reflect back on what it was like to make that album?

Michael Wilton: Sure. It was a very exciting time. We were just getting into the days of digital recording, but we had been touring off Mindcrime for a long time. The big idea was to write just songs and not a concept, and we were really excited about that. The juices were flowing. Everything was really going well. We were raising the bar for ourselves. Recording Empire: it was our A game. Everything we did in the studio – it was a big studio, big room. It was just magic.

Those days were just incredible. On Mindcrime, I used a Marshall JCM 800. On Empire, I remember we recorded with Soldanos, the ADA and Marshalls as well. It was the first time on an SSL. It was the SSL EQ and the compression on a clean sound. It was like, “Wow!” and that kind of gave us our clean sound. We learned how to really make a clean sound shimmer and remain fixed. Those were magical times.

Robert: Did you ever think it would be as big an album as it is today?

Michael Wilton: In my opinion I knew that these songs were deep. It’s a magic blend of guitar driven technique, yet making a song palatable and almost in a pop sense that the average person can gravitate and not think it’s techy or progressive. I think a lot of those songs on Empire are very tricky to play on guitar. That in my eyes is the fun and brilliance of it. It stands the test of time. It’s obviously imprinted on a few million people.

Robert: Was Mindcrime or Empire bigger in sales?

Michael Wilton: Empire. Empire reached more of a broader audience. Mindcrime was more underground but it kind of took off with the MTV effect.

Robert: Do you have any personal favorite tracks on Empire?

Michael Wilton: Yeah, the title song that I wrote [Both Laughing]. We play that song every night and it still sounds good. So does “Silent Lucidity”. Chris penned that one and that one still makes people cry in the audience.

Robert: I think there are still a lot of people who think “Silent Lucidity” is Pink Floyd [Laughing].

Michael Wilton: That was a big influence in those days. There are lots of little tastes of that style in our music. Listen to the beginning of “Eyes of a Stranger”.

Robert: What was the thinking behind doing Cabaret? Looking back, it doesn’t seem very metal-esque. I know that you’ve always changing up your style, but I think a lot of your core fans were surprised to see that. Could you shed some light on it?

Michael Wilton: Yeah. I have to say it wasn’t any of my brainstorming or anything. This was more the others. It was a challenge and a risk, to bring that kind of a stage show to a hard rock, metal performance. It was no easy task. Having dancers, gymnasts and everything galore. It was the best it could be for what it was. We didn’t have billions of dollars behind us to market it and promote it or to be like Las Vegas style or anything. It’s a chapter in post-Queensryche and it is what it is.

Robert: How long before we can get Whip Ale in New Jersey?

Michael Wilton: Currently the deal is just regionally in Washington State. I’m looking for ten state distribution. It’s a work in progress. It’s a whole ‘nother can of worms, legalities, and payoffs [Laughing]. Everybody’s really liking it. Stay tuned for that.

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Tabajara Belo Interview: Breaking Classical Guitar Barriers

By: Matthew Warnock

Brazil seems to grow great guitarists as easily as it grows the palm trees that line the country’s boulevards and streets. Some of the greatest players to ever live have come from this South American guitar breeding ground, such as Baden Powell, Raphael Rabello and Yamandú Costa just to name three. With such a rich guitar history, it is no wonder that Brazil continues to develop and produce some of the best young guitarists on the planet. With a strong recording catalog already in his library, a series of high-profile concerts and the ability to compose, interpret and improvise at a world-class level, Ouro Preto based guitarist Tabajara Belo is a player that deserves to be counted as one of the country’s finest guitarists.

Guitar International caught up with Brazilian guitar virtuoso Tabajara Belo to talk about guitars, the current classical music scene and playing original compositions versus standard repertoire.

Tabajara Belo

Tabajara Belo

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Matt Warnock: Who were your early influences on the guitar, and did you always play classical guitar or start out as a rocker like a lot of other players?

Tabajara Belo: I’ve had various stages in my relationship with the guitar. First, I started out playing Brazilian music. Then I moved on to studying other genres on the guitar all days, like rock etc. When I was 18 years old, I began my relationship with the classical guitar, slowly concentrating on all the genres that one finds in the nylon-string universe, such as choro, flamenco, jazz, bossa and other areas that are beyond the traditional classical repertoire. I also experimented with the bandolim e viola-caipira.

Matt: Why did you decide to go to music school to study instead of just studying on your own and trying to develop a career that way?

Tabajara Belo: For 20 years I’ve had a career as an instrumental musician and I was super disciplined and dedicated, but I was still studying Publicity and Advertising at the University in Belo Horizonte. When I decided to leave Advertising and study music full time, there was a certain amount of pressure from my family because of this decision, so I felt I needed to have an institution linked to my pursuit of being a professional musician to validate this choice.

So, it seemed like a natural thing to enter the music department here, and then do my Masters at the University of Arizona in Tucson. I learned very informally on my own, but I owe a lot to these institutions, because there are a lot of things that you can only learn when you study music in a school setting.

Matt: You went to school in Brazil and in the U.S. What were the differences you found in each education system, and did you feel that studying in the U.S. made it easier for you to get a job when you returned to teach in Brazil?

Tabajara Belo: It’s always dangerous to make such comparisons because you risk talking about vague generalizations of both countries. In my own experience, the U.S. has a very clear focus on training specialists, people who are pursuing excellence in a very refined skill. In Brazil, it seems that people are more interested in becoming versatile with their craft.

When I applied for my job at the University in Ouro Preto, the fact that I had a Masters from the U.S. wasn’t seen as better or worse than having a Masters from any other country. But, I must say that studying at such a high-level program like the U of A prepared me to excel in a job interview and in a University setting once I landed the position.

Matt: What do you focus on in your lessons with students. Are there any fundamental exercises that you like to teach in your lessons?

Tabajara Belo: My main focus in probably the pursuit of what I like to call “instrumental fluency,” which is a bit different from strict virtuosity in the classical guitar sense. Within this paradigm, the student must accomplish several things such as playing well in an ensemble, achieving solid tone, write their own compositions and arrangements as well as learn how to improvise with their instruments on the spot.

In a sense, it’s a more daunting task to accomplish all of these things that what a typical concert guitarist has to do in their training. It also gives the students a greater sense of freedom in their musical choices, and leads them on a daily search for their artistic identity.

In regards to specific classroom activity, I love working in groups of two or three students and encouraging collective playing and improvisation. I do more of the technical stuff in our one on one lessons where it’s easier to concentrate on those types of details.

Tabajara Belo

Tabajara Belo

Matt: You’ve released albums that feature you in a duo, as a soloist and with your trio. Do you have a preference for the size of your ensemble, and what project are you working on for your next recording?

Tabajara Belo: I think each format has its pros and cons. There are some quirks and also freedom that solos guitar can provide, which would be difficult to achieve in a trio. Also, being able to divide the music up into a band provides the musicians with a plethora of possibilities to explore, such as the rich timbres and rhythmic dialogue between the instruments.

I am going to focus on the writing I’ve recently been doing with my wife for my next record, the great pianist Pamela Marafon. I think I will continue to work with a band, I think this gels more with where my career is headed and is more exciting for the listener as well.

Matt: How much do you compose for your group and how much are songs are arranged for your ensemble? Do you feel that a guitarist needs to write original material to be relevant on today’s scene?

Tabajara Belo: I have been moving more into writing in recent years, ever since my first two records were almost entirely works by other composers. I write just about everything for solo guitar first. Then I bring it to the band to expand further. Also 100 percent of my pieces have both versions, solo guitar and for ensemble.

To answer the second part of the question, I think that seeking a musical identity is something that all guitarists need to do in order to succeed. Find something that makes them stand out from their peers. This can be composing, personalized interpretation, improvising, arranging or other aspects of their performances. I try to explore all of these areas in my playing and writing.

Matt: You play a wide variety of styles, all within the Brazilian popular music umbrella. Do you feel that classical guitarists have to have other styles in their playing to reach an audience these days, that the stand repertoire is dated and not enough for a modern audience?

Tabajara Belo: I particularly appreciate, as a listener of classical guitar repertoire, and also studied very hard and always study this repertoire at home. I decided not to invest in it professionally because I do not play Baroque, Renaissance or Classical in a convincing way, does not ring true. I think I found an interesting niche in this fusion of Brazilian guitar with elements of jazz improvisation and certain ambiance not so usual. This combination, coupled with a compositional element that has a lot of tradition of choro and harmonic language of Minas Gerais, makes my relationship with the instrument spontaneous and enjoyable, I feel musically intact to deal with this material.

About this response from the public about the classical guitar, I think it is a complex phenomenon that involves even the kind of everyday life that people live today, what each one seeks when he goes to a presentation of music etc.. I know that the issue is controversial, but I think that often, the musicians said scholars are accommodated within a profile very standard – something that is usually reinforced by many educational institutions – and not seek creative solutions in their training and their placement art. In many cases, this can generate a certain sameness is not very attractive.

Matt: Who built your guitar and why do you play this instrument?

Tabajara Belo: Use a Virgil de Lima, a luthier from Sabará. It’s a guitar redwood and cypress, with features that resemble a flamenco guitar. I like the ease with which the the sound of the lower leaves and quick response type of guitar sound, which fits well in many styles and riffs of Brazilian touch.

Matt: You recently finished a month long tour of the U.S. Is there enough of a music scene in Brazil to sustain your career, or do you need to travel outside of the country to find enough places to play?

Tabajara Belo: There’s more room for instrumental music in Brazil right now, mostly in bars and restaurants, places where the music is in the background. Places where one can play for an intimate crowd are harder to find. In this sense, I think there is more opportunity in the U.S., also because the production chain, which is mainly artists, audience, sponsors and producers, is more organized in the U.S. right now.

Matt: With being a full-time professor, new father, recording and touring artist, where do you find time to practice and work on new material?

Tabajara Belo: I have to be very organized to take care of everything, but most importantly I have to love what I do, and be able to juggle the various daily duties I have. I try not to waste time on frivolous activities, and because of this some people think I’m a bit anti-social. At home I practice as much as I can, studying technique, repertoire, improvisation and composition.

I like to mix these things all together, like studying with my students during lessons, or working on nursery rhymes that I improvise for my son. Other things make a difference as well, such as living in a small town, saving time not stuck in traffic. As well, my wife is a musician so we jam together a lot, and there is a mutual understanding that we each have to dedicate time to the study of our instruments.

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Entrevista em Português

Parece que o Brasil se cria os violonistas bem como as palmeiras que alinham as avenidas. Uns dos melhores violonistas que já viveu foi criado na América do Sul, como Baden Powell, Raphael Rabello e Yamandú Costa, para citar alguns. Com uma história tão rica assim de violão, não é uma surpresa que o Brasil continue produzindo uns dos melhores violonistas jovens na planeta. O belorizontino Tabajara Belo já traz um catálogo forte de gravação, um série impressionante de concertos, e além disso os dons da composição, interpretação e improvisação ao nível superior. Baseado em Ouro Preto, o Tabajara Belo é um artista que merece ser contada como um dos melhores violonistas do país.

Guitar International conversou com violonista virtuoso brasileiro Tabajara Belo sobre violões, a cena atual de música erudita, e a tocar composições autorais versus repertório clássico tradicional.

Tabajara Belo

Tabajara Belo

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Matt Warnock: Quem te influenciou mais cedo na sua carreira musical, e você sempre tocava violão clássico, ou começou como roqueiro, como muitos outros violonistas?

Tabajara Belo: Passei pelas mais variadas fases na minha relação com o violão. Comecei acompanhando música brasileira, depois investi um bom tempo estudando guitarra, rock etc. o dia inteiro. Lá pelos 18 anos iniciei meu contato com o violão erudito e aí fui, aos poucos, me concentrando mais em tudo que se relacionava ao virtuosismo dentro do universo do violão de nylon: choro, flamenco, jazz, bossa, além do repertório clássico tradicional. E também toco bandolim e viola-caipira.

Matt: Porque você decidiu matricular no curso de música ao invés de estudar sozinho e desenvolver uma carreira desse jeito?

Tabajara Belo: Com vinte anos eu já tinha um percurso como instrumentista e era um músico superdisciplinado e dedicado, mas ainda estudava Publicidade & Propaganda na PUC-MG. Quando decidi abandonar o curso pra assumir a Música integralmente, rolou uma certa pressão da família pra que eu tivesse algum tipo de vínculo institucional relacionado à minha profissão de músico.

Nesse sentido, foi uma consequência natural ingressar na UFMG, assim como o mestrado na U of A. Aprende-se muito na informalidade, por conta própria, mas devo muita coisa às instituições onde estudei – há certas situações e conteúdos que só uma boa escola pode oferecer.

Matt: Você já estudou no Brasil e nos EUA. Quais diferenças você percebeu nas sistemas de educação. Você se sentiu que facilitou um emprego no Brasil depois de estudar fora do país?

Tabajara Belo: É sempre perigoso fazer esse tipo de comparação, porque corremos o risco de cair em generalizações imprecisas, mas na minha experiência específica, o que percebi no caso norte-americano foi um foco muito claro na formação do especialista, na busca da excelência em um certo tipo de habilidade. Já no Brasil, sinto que a busca da versatilidade é mais estimulada.

Em relação ao meu cargo na Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, o fato de eu ter feito um mestrado fora do país não teve influência direta na pontuação de títulos em relação a outros candidatos, mas devo dizer que, indiretamente, ter estudado num programa tão forte e competitivo como o da University of Arizona me proporcionou um preparo diferenciado.

Matt: O que você tem como um foco nas suas aulas de violão? Você tem estudos fundamentais que costuma ensinar pros alunos?

Tabajara Belo: Talvez o meu foco principal seja a busca do que chamo de fluência instrumental, que é algo sutilmente diferente do virtuosismo no sentido clássico. Dentro dessa perspectiva, um violonista fluente deve transitar por várias estéticas, saber tocar bem em grupo, acompanhar com competência, ter boa sonoridade e se envolver com a criação, tanto de composições quanto de arranjos, além de saber improvisar.

Num certo sentido, chega a ser uma tarefa mais árdua que a do concertista mais típico, mas proporciona ao músico uma maior dose de liberdade em relação às suas escolhas estéticas, além de estimular uma busca diária de sua identidade artística.

Em relação à atividade específica dentro de sala de aula, gosto muito de trabalhar em grupos de 2 ou 3 alunos e estimular bastante a criação coletiva, além da improvisação em várias texturas e linguagens. Trabalhos de detalhamento técnico eu faço mais nos momentos de assistência individualizada.

Tabajara Belo

Tabajara Belo

Matt: Você já lançou gravações em vários formatos de instrumentos, como solista, como duo e como trio. Você tem preferência do tamanho do grupo em que você tocará na próxima gravação?

Tabajara Belo: Acho que cada formato tem seus ganhos e limitações. Tem algumas sutilezas e liberdades que o violão solo proporciona que é difícil conseguir com o trio. Por outro lado, a divisão de funções que se estabelece numa banda traz uma enorme riqueza de possibilidades, como o rico diálogo rítmico e timbrístico entre os instrumentos, por exemplo.

Meu próximo disco terá uma ênfase nas minhas composições e nas parcerias com minha esposa, a pianista Pamelli Marafon. Vou continuar apostando na mistura de faixas solo e outras com banda, acho esse equilíbrio coerente com a minha trajetória e soa estimulante para o ouvinte.

Matt: Quanto você compõe e quanto você faz arranjos pelo seu grupo? Você se sente que o violonista é obrigado compor para ser relevante na cena atual?

Tabajara Belo: Meu ímpeto composicional tem sido crescente nos últimos anos, apesar de meus dois primeiros discos serem quase inteiramente de arranjos meus para temas de outros compositores.

Como passo a maioria do tempo praticando sozinho com o violão, todas as minhas criações nascem como algo realizável no violão solo, e só depois faço essa inserção da banda. Quase 100% do meu repertório tem, no mínimo, duas versões: a com banda e a de violão solo.

Sobre a segunda parte da pergunta, acho que o mais importante é o violonista buscar, a todo custo, sua identidade musical, algo que o torne peculiar em uma série de aspectos. Isso pode vir da composição, da interpretação, do improviso, do arranjo ou de outras coisas. No meu caso, faço o possível pra trazer contribuições em todas essas áreas.

Matt: Você toca uma variedade vasta de estilos dentro do mundo de música popular brasileira. Você se sente que violonistas clássicos têm que dominar outros estilos para agradeçer a plateia de hoje, quero dizer que o repertório clássico tradicional não é sufficiente hoje em dia?

Tabajara Belo: Particularmente, gosto muito, como ouvinte, do repertório erudito de violão, e também estudo e sempre estudei muito esse repertório em casa. Decidi não investir profissionalmente nisso porque acho que não toco Barroco, Renascimento ou Clássico de uma forma convincente, não soa verdadeiro. Acho que encontrei um nicho interessante nessa fusão do violão brasileiro com alguns elementos do jazz e certas ambiências de improvisação não tão usuais. Essa combinação, somada a um elemento composicional que tem muito da tradição do choro e da linguagem harmônica de Minas Gerais, torna minha relação com o instrumento espontânea e prazerosa, me sinto musicalmente íntegro ao lidar com esse material.

Sobre essa resposta do público em relação ao violão erudito, acho que é um fenômeno complexo, que envolve, inclusive, o tipo de cotidiano que as pessoas vivem hoje em dia, o que cada um busca quando vai a uma apresentação de música etc. Sei que o assunto é polêmico, mas acho que, muitas vezes, os músicos ditos eruditos se acomodam dentro de um perfil muito padronizado – algo que costuma ser reforçado por muitas instituições de ensino – e não buscam soluções criativas na sua formação e no seu posicionamento artístico. Em vários casos, isso pode gerar uma certa mesmice não muito atraente.

Matt: Quem construiu o seu violão, e porque escolheu desse instrumento?

Tabajara Belo: Uso um Vergílio de Lima, um luthier de Sabará, MG. É um violão de sequóia e cipreste, com características que lembram uma guitarra flamenca. Gosto da facilidade com que o o som dos baixos sai e o tipo de resposta sonora rápida desse violão, que se encaixa bem em muitos dos gêneros e levadas brasileiras que toco.

Matt: Você recentemente concluiu um turnê dos EUA. Você acha que o Brasil sustenta uma cena musical bastante forte para música erudite de violão, ou precisa viajar para manter a carreira?

Tabajara Belo: Há um espaço crescente para a música instrumental no Brasil, mas que ainda favorece formatos para situações de música ambiente – bares e afins – e espaços abertos, onde a música nem sempre é o foco principal. Manifestações musicais mais intimistas como o meu trabalho encontram um pouco mais de dificuldade de difusão. Nesse sentido, nos EUA a coisa me parece mais interessante, a cadeia produtiva que integra esse cenário(artistas, público, patrocinadores, produtores)está mais organizada.

Matt: Enquanto você age como professor de tempo intergral, pai novo, artista de gravação e turnê, como você achar tempo suficiente para treinar e desenvolver repertório novo?

Tabajara Belo: É preciso muita organização pra dar conta de tudo, mas o mais importante é que adoro fazer tudo isso e acho necessária essa diversidade de funções. Procuro não perder tempo com atividades que considero fúteis e sou um pouco anti-social, fico muito em casa e invisto o máximo que posso no meu estudo do instrumento – técnica, repertório, improvisação, composição.

E gosto muito de misturar essas atividades, como estudar junto com meus alunos durante as aulas, ou ficar trabalhando improviso sobre cantigas infantis enquanto brinco com meu filho. Alguns outros detalhes fazem diferença: morar numa cidade pequena me economiza muito tempo que eu gastaria no trânsito, e ter uma esposa que também é musicista é ótimo, porque além de estudarmos juntos com frequência, há um entendimento mútuo da disciplina diária necessária a um instrumentista.

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Jazz Bands are an important part of many U.S Cities

There are many cities that seem to consider themselves to be the birthplace of jazz. It is hard to figure out who has the best argument for their city. The good thing is that there are many places to find a jazz band that will provide you with a great evening of entertainment. One of the best cities in the United States for jazz is in New Orleans. There are a number of bars and music venues where a person can find a band playing wonderful music on a nightly basis.

In cities like New Orleans that have a rich history of jazz music, the education of jazz musicians starts at a very young age. There are many schools that offer music programs and many musicians who support their lives of playing in a band by offering music lessons to the younger generation. The large number of musicians in these areas makes it easy for a person is able to learn how to play an instrument and to be influenced by the rhythm of good jazz music.

Another good place for people to learn how to appreciate the jazz form of music is in the classroom. Taking the class time to listen to some of the most influential jazz bands through time is a great way to understand the music. There are even college classes that are centered on the history of jazz.

Once people learn the instrument of their choice, they have to find a venue to play it. In jazz rich cities such as Memphis and New Orleans, there are many choices for an individual to do this. High school bands often offer a jazz ensemble for people to join. These ensembles will perform throughout the year and are a great way for a person to learn the music. Some cities are also famous for their street performers. Groups of people will play their music on a street corner with a bucket in front of them to collect money from passersby’s. These informal jazz bands are another avenue for someone to explore.

The good thing about playing in a jazz band is the music is timeless. Jazz influences almost every type of modern music that people listen to. The sounds and rhythms that come out of a jazz band are able to span many generations. People young and old find it hard to not smile when they pass by a jazz band that is cranking out a good tune. It is something that everyone can understand.

 

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Introduction to Jazz Bands

Jazz music is one of the many forms of music that is usually played at parties, quiet kickback pubs and dedicated jazz venues. Most people like jazz music because it is not too loud and noisy, has minimal instruments, and is extremely pleasant.  A Jazz band doesn’t always need a singer as it is very interesting to listen to, even as simple instrumental pieces.

Jazz music, many people say, got its birth in New Orleans. The Kid Ory’s were the very first jazz band that began playing their music in New Orleans and recorded it. They became extremely popular and the people’s love for jazz grew rapidly. The dynamic city of Chicago soon took over and gave birth to numerous jazz musicians and bands.

A Jazz band is a group of musicians that usually comprise of a drummer to provide the beat and tempo to the piece and a bass guitar which plays single or flowing bass notes. The piano or guitar is also included in a jazz combo. In most places in the world, the saxophone is one of the most important instruments of the jazz group along with the trumpet.

In the present day, with the rapid growth of fusion music, jazz bands are incorporating other forms of music too. Many jazz bands include a light touch of Indian string instruments like the sitar and also the Indian violin. Although this kind of music is still not very well known, it seems to be rapidly growing and will catch up to other genres in the years to come.

The most special feature of a jazz musician, when compared to any other musician, is his ability and talent to improvise and update his style of playing. A jazz musician will rarely play a tune in the same way each time. There is always a slight change in the way he plays the tune, or in the repetitions of notes.

Perhaps the greatest jazz musician the world has known would be Louis Armstrong, whose legacy peaked during the 1950′s. As time went by, jazz music gave birth to many derivatives and they came to be called different forms of jazz music itself like modal jazz, Latin jazz, African jazz, soul jazz, modern jazz, fusion jazz etc. To this day jazz music is played all over the world at parties, weddings, clubs and pubs. With the growth of hard rock and freestyle rap, the love for jazz, country and other old western styles is also morphing into new directions.

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This Day in Music: June 15th

Born on this day:

1941, Harry Nilsson, US singer, songwriter
1946, Noddy Holder, guitar, vocals, Slade
1976, Gary Lightbody, guitar, vocals, Snow Patrol
1985, Nadine Coyle, Girls Aloud

1958, The first teenage all-music show Oh Boy was broadcast for the first time in the U.K.

1963, Kyu Sakamoto started a three week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Sukiyaki” the first-ever Japanese song to do so.

1967, Guitarist Peter Green quit the John Mayall Band. Green went on to form Fleetwood Mac. For more on this, see This Day in Music Spotlight.

1974, Elvis Presley played the first night of an 18 date U.S. tour by playing four shows at the Tarrant County Center, Fort Worth, Texas.

1982, Pete Farndon bass player with The Pretenders was fired from the group, he went on to form a group with Topper Headon from The Clash. Farndon was found dead in his bath on April 14, 1983.

1985, Dire Straits started a nine-week run at #1 on the U.S. album chart with, Brothers in Arms

1989, Nirvana’s debut album Bleach was released in the U.S.

1996, US jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald died in Beverly Hills, California, aged 79. Already blinded by the effects of diabetes, Fitzgerald had both her legs amputated in 1993. Winner of 13 Grammy Awards, the 1956 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songboo was the first of eight Songbook sets. Appeared in the TV commercial for Memorex, where she sang a note that shattered a glass while being recorded on a Memorex cassette tape. The tape was played back and the recording also broke the glass, asking “Is it live, or is it Memorex?”

2002, A rare autographed copy of The Beatles’ album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band sold at auction for £34,000 ($57,800), more than five times the estimated price.

2005, Coldplay went straight to #1 on the U.S. album chart with their third album X&Y having already entered at #1 in the U.K. The last time a British artist had a simultaneous U.S. and U.K. #1 was in November 2000 with 1, a compilation of hits by The Beatles. The last studio album to reach number one on both sides of the Atlantic was Radiohead’s Kid A in October 2000. X&Y went on to top over 30 global charts.

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This Day in Music Spotlight: Goodbye John Mayall, Hello Fleetwood Mac

In London in the mid-‘60s, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers were THE blues act to see. When guitar god Eric Clapton left, Mayall turned to another young guitar player who had previously filled in for E.C. when he was on vacation, Peter Green.

After a while Green pushed for drummer Mick Fleetwood to replace Aynsley Dunbar. John Mayall agreed and The Bluesbreakers became Green, Fleetwood, John McVie and Mayall.

Mayall was a mentor by nature and gave Green studio-time for his birthday gift. Green, delighted, recorded four songs with Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. Tracks included a Green vocal on “ First Train Home” and a prophetic instrumental, “ Fleetwood Mac,” so named after the band’s rhythm section.

Things were hunky dory for a while, but when Mayall fired Fleetwood for being drunk it was the beginning of the end for Green and the Bluesbreakers. On June 15, 1967 Green quit to start a new band. Green and his agent called on slide guitarist Jeremy Spencer, Fleetwood, and he worked on getting McVie. But McVie opted to stay with Mayall, so Green used Bob Bruning instead. The new band made their live debut at the Windsor National Jazz and Blues Festival in August 1967 as Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac featuring Jeremy Spencer.

With Mayall starting to move away from blues to jazz, McVie decided to join Green after all. When The band’s moody instrumental, “Albatross,” hit #1 in the U.K., Fleetwood Mac headed to America, quickly becoming one of the coolest blues bands on the rock scene, with Green in particular winning acclaim and plaudits from critics and peers.

Carlos Santana called Green’s playing “a holy grail of tone,” while B.B. King said his playing gave “cold sweats”.

In July 1969 Fleetwood Mac headlined the Schaefer Music Festival in New York City’s Central Park, along with The Byrds, Chuck Berry, Miles Davis, Led Zeppelin, B. B. King, The Beach Boys, Frank Zappa and Patti LaBelle.  Easily the biggest band in Europe in 1969, the end was not far away.

Green had become disillusioned with life in the fast lane and began to retreat from the fame game. At some point in 1969 he began to tell the band they should give away all their money. Nobody concurred, but Green personally began to divulge himself of cash and possessions, eventually leaving the band in 1970 and retiring from the music business.

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Clarence Clemons in Stable Condition

Bruce Springsteen’s long time saxophone player Clarence Clemons is in stable condition, according to medical reports.

Springsteen fan site, backstreets.com, reports that Clemons is “responsive. His eyes are welling up when we’re talking to him. He was paralyzed on his left side, but now he’s squeezing with his left hand.”

Clemons underwent two surgeries in Florida on June 13 after suffering a massive stroke. At 69, he is the oldest member of Springsteen’s famed E Street Band and has been with the “Boss” since they formed the band together in 1972.

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Being on a major recording company has nothing to do with sounding good! – Indie Band

Being on a major recording company has nothing to do with “sounding good” – Indie Bands is capable in making “good sounds” as bands on major studios. So, what’s the real deal of a band being in a major label versus band from small labels?
Indie Bands are characterized by being a band outside a major recording company. They are the group of musicians who communicate their passion in music freely and transparently. They are young, talented, energetic, and committed on what they play. They are the composer, director, marketer, promoter, performer and fans of their own music. They play what they love, they communicate their thoughts, they are exactly who they are on how they play music.

In the past, they are characterized as bands that have low marketable margin. They are budget-limited on their promotion and awareness campaign. They tend to resort to market their gigs and music via word-of-mouth, which arguably reaches small audiences. They produce low quality music videos as they do not have high-end equipment.

Presently, lot and more Bands are no longer dependent on major studios. Thanks for the large volume of inexpensive and high end band equipment available at the consumer level, because of this Indie Bands can organize their own gigs. Thanks to the falling cost of technology, Indie films can create wonderful music that are not commercially concentrated. Thanks for the computer as Indie Bands can release more character driven music videos. Thanks for the Social Network, marketability of Indie Bands are now as huge as the World Wide Web.

Being on a major recording company has nothing to do with “sounding good” – Indie Bands is capable in making “good sounds” as bands on major studios. Presently, Indie Bands have the access of a whole new way of Marketing – using World Wide Web. You say how effective WWW marketing is? Let me answer it by asking you a question – ever wonder how Susan Boyle’s video reaches to 68 Million views, while the most popular movie series would be lucky if they got 2 Million viewers?

So, what’s the real deal of a band being in a major label versus band from small labels? It’s actually on how the bands are promoted and how their albums are get distributed. We, at CastPel.com, wanted to offer our technology to somehow help you on your web awareness campaign (your marketability and exposure in the web is what we can work out). Hopefully, in our own small ways, we can help you to bridge the gap between the marketability of bands in major labels and bands in smaller labels. We offer our technology forever for free and full-heartedly.

In behalf of the CastPel.com family, I support of the Filipino Indie Bands!

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