Enjoying and Making a Living with Music

Let’s face it. Musicians are oftentimes torn between developing the musical career and providing for the family or even just for one’s own living expenses. Before you get frustrated to turn in and give up your passion to accept a non-musical job in order to just “get by,” scan through some of these music careers.

Musicians who hold these jobs find creative ways to manifest their passions. According to Abby White and Marie Wakefield, experts on musical careers, it is possible to have a “real job” with music. Here are some of the lucrative music careers.

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Acoustic Guitar Recording Tips

What makes an acoustic guitar a wonderful instrument is that it produces so many sounds from a single source. Capturing all of those sounds and nuances effectively in a recording is the challenge.

The most obvious way to capture an acoustic guitar's sound in different ways is to use more than one microphone at the same time and record them onto separate tracks. An entirely different result can be achieved by using another technique.
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Tips on Choosing Your Wedding Musicians

Choosing your wedding music and musicians should never be underestimated. It is a tricky business. The possibilities are simply as wide as the world of song and sound. What’s important is, you clearly itemize everything to avoid any unpleasant surprises on you big day.

Here are some of the important elements you should look into when you choose your wedding musicians.

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Understanding the Sonata and Sonatina Form

A Sonata is a musical composition of several contrasting movements for one or two instruments. A symphony is a sonata for orchestra; a quartet is a sonata for four instruments and a concerto is a sonata for solo instrument and orchestra.

The term sonata form or sonata-allegro form refers to the design or plan frequently used in the first movement. It has three main parts: exposition, development, and recapitulation. Each of these main parts has sections arranged according to key relationships.

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Music Abuse and Ear Damage

Loud music, whether it comes from radios, headphones or at a rock band concert, could impair one’s hearing.

Doctors have warned that prolonged exposure to loud music could damage the ear drums. When exposed for several hours to 120 db-A (the intensity of sound measured at a dance club), permanent hearing loss might result.

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