The Birmingham News - al.com (blog)Experiencing Hangout Music Fest from a kid's perspectiveThe Birmingham News - al.com (blog)There are craft projects, henna tattoos, a hair coloring station, a drum circle and other musical instruments kids can play. But the thing that looks the most fun is the giant pile of sand with a plastic tunnel through the middle […]

Check it out: Guide instrumental in making musicThe ColumbianIf you're the type of person who can make finger-snapping music from simple objects such as spoons, rubber bands and washtubs, this week's title should set your toes a-tapping. Making instruments from scratch is a common craft idea for children, ... […]

Bay Area arts and entertainment picks, May 20San Francisco ChronicleS THEATER 'The Music Man' "Ya Got Trouble" with a capital T when traveling salesman Professor Harold Hill arrives in River City, Iowa, and cons the townspeople into buying musical instruments for a marching band that will never materialize.and more » […]

Holy Family senior writes music in the key of faithBroomfield EnterprisePick an instrument, any instrument, and there's a good chance Braeden Fallet can play it. Fallet, who will graduate from Holy Family High School Thursday, is headed to the University of Notre Dame, where he will study music theory. […]

al.comHangout Music Fest: Day Two offers everyone more in Gulf Shoresal.com... Alabama — The Hangout Music Fest might be about a laid-back good time, but the Red Hot Chili Peppers ended its second day with a display of raw power. In a sense, the band showed its muscle long before its members picked up their instruments.A whole and heavy sound - Jack White ro […]

WABINew Musical Instrument Store Opens Its Doors in BangorWABIby Meghan Hayward - May 19th 2012 10:35pm - Read more Local News Bangor - There's a new business in Bangor that might be music to the ears for many. Joseph Shaw has been doing musical instrument repair for more than 20 years. […]

Jazz show at Musical Instrument Museum in PhoenixSan Francisco ChronicleNew exhibition Phoenix: The Musical Instrument Museum will showcase all that jazz in a new, mostly permanent exhibition that opens Saturday and includes unreleased performance footage, photos and (of course) instruments, forming one of the museum's ... […]

Nanaimo Daily NewsAlexander Working To Prevent Government From Seizing Musical Instruments Made ...The Chattanoogan“Senator Wyden and I are going to write the US Department of Justice and the US Fish and Wildlife Service a letter in the next couple of weeks and try to make it clear that wood harvested before 2008 to make musical instruments can't be sei […]

Panther Band Offers An Instrument 'Petting Zoo'Patch.comFree "TryTunes" event allows members of the community to try their hand at a musical instrument. By Sheri Hoffmann The Panther Band invites you to come and play a musical instrument. There are quality music programs in Benicia, with many being found in ...and more » […]

Steinway Musical Instruments Inc. Stock Upgraded (LVB)TheStreet.comBy TheStreet Wire 05/14/12 - 04:08 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Steinway Musical Instruments (NYSE:LVB) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, ... […]

Developed by corporate telecommunications company Avaya, the Audix multimedia server is available exclusively to business users. With its voice-mail-to-email feature, users can listen to their phone messages on a computer and forward them to another... […]

You can improve at double-bass drumming in a variety of different ways depending on your preferences. Improve at double-bass drumming with help from a private music instructor in this free video clip. […]

These days, everyone from designers to homeowners is re-imagining old household furnishings. It need not be an exhaustive or expensive effort. It could include a lamp with a shade made of rawhide, Moroccan-style leather poufs instead of a basic woode... […]

A line emulator on a guitar amp is typically used to emulate the sound of certain instruments during recording. Learn whether or not you can use a line emulator on a guitar amp to record bass with help from a producer and musical director in this fre... […]

The CIAO MIDI is a system that is installed on selected SEM accordions. This system is capable of altering the sounds of the accordion notes to resemble electronic and manual accordions. The sounds come from accordion types that have been played thro... […]

Adding surround sound to a home theater system adds excitement and impact through full-range audio enveloping the viewing area and a subwoofer delivering the low-frequency sound that gives oomph to action scenes and special effects. However, the majo... […]

Improving your double-bass drumming requires learning to play drum rudiments. Drum rudiments cover basic to advanced techniques that will help you improve your technique and develop your bass-drumming skill. When practicing, start slow and gradually... […]

Horizontal lines on chord diagrams for the guitar are designed to be read in a very specific way. Find out how you can read horizontal chord lines on a guitar with help from a Los Angeles-based guitar player in this free video clip. […]

The Element MP3 is a portable music player that interfaces with your computer for loading audio files. The device contains an array of features including a built-in equalizer. The equalizer is accessible by pressing the “EQ” button on the... […]

Applications that haven’t been approved by Apple can be put on an iPad if it has been “jailbroken.” An iPad that has been modified in this way can download applications from the Cydia store that allows unauthorized programs to be pl... […]