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Our New Homepage and Music Videos Section

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2007-11-20 01:51:44 by spiegs in Yahoo! Music Blog
A few months ago I posted on our release of the beta version of our new Homepage and Music Videos section. Today Im excited to announce that weve exited beta and have made the new site available to everyone who visits music.yahoo.com WOO-HOO As I mentioned in July, this is the first significant change that weve made to our site since 2001. Since...
 
 
 
 
 
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St Patrick's Day Free Music Downloads

2007-03-15 00:40:00 by Marc Gunn in Free Music Blog
 
Every year for St. Patrick's Day, I compile a new list of St Patrick's Day MP3 downloads that are 100% free and legal. This year, I decided to present them in a new format. This year, all the files are compiled like a gigantic digital compilation CD. I ZIP the files up and you just need to download one file And if you were ever wondering what...
 
 
 
 
 
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Some points about the UK Northern Soul scene and US soul music remade.

2007-12-12 19:58:30 by wallofsound in Wall of Sound
 
This post is based upon a post I made about a year ago. In the year since I put it up it caused quite a bit of controversy with people on the Northern scene. Ive rewritten it a bit to try and get my point across more clearly. If you want to compare this with the original post, its here. If you are at all interested in a few reflections on...
 
 
 
 
 
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US radio programming and alternative music culture

2007-12-03 14:18:44 by wallofsound in Wall of Sound
 
The musical genres of jazz, world, alternative and indie rock, folk and Americana tend to be in the margins of mainstream music radio in the US, but interestingly, they are particularly prominent in the programme schedules of the college radio stations I studied here . In North American radio, each of these genre terms cover a wide range of...
 
 
 
 
 
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Rock Music History

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2007-12-07 13:53:22 by HASH0x893ca7c in RockerZone - Latest Rock News and Rock CD Reviews
Origins of Rock Essentially hybrid in origin, rock music includes elements of several black and white American music styles: black guitar-accompanied blues; black rhythm and blues, noted for saxophone solos; black and white gospel music; white country and western music; and the songs of white popular crooners and harmony groups. Emerging in...
 
 
 
 
 
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Pop Music

2007-11-24 23:30:00 by nazar in World Music Info
 
Pop music (or "pop") is a subgenre of contemporary popular music that typically has a dance-along and happy rhythm or beat , simple melodies and a repeating structure . Pop song lyrics are often emotional, commonly relating to love , loss , emotion , or dancing Pop music is distinguished from classical (or art music ) and from folk music [1] ....
 
 
 
 
 
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The history of Progressive Rock Music (1967 - 2004)

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2007-12-01 23:01:00 by nasti in Progressive Rock
YOUR ULTIMATE PROGRESSIVE ROCK RESOURCE PROGRESSIVE ROCK HISTORY 1967 to the PRESENT From the precursors toward the end of the Sixties until today Sub-genres, groups of reference, essential discs for each decade What would you think of having a trustworthy companion that would guide you through a journey that discovers the discs you dream...
 
 
 
 
 
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Why Classical Music Needs Rock Music!?!

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2007-12-06 05:41:00 by McLeod's Music BlogSpace in McLeod's Music BlogSpace
There's a lot of talk these days about reinventing classical music. Or maybe just reinventing its marketing, but in any case doing something to make it come alive -- and assure its survival -- in an age of O.J. Simpson and Madonna.There's been some action, too, I know. Record companies offer classical CDs with perky cartoon covers. The three...
 
 
 
 
 
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Rock music has many genres

2007-10-12 06:56:00 by M O'hara in Rock Me Amadeus!
 
Rock music is a popular from of music that is accompanied by instruments like drums, guitar and bass. Rock music in itself has many styles that were incorporated by musicians who loved this music. One can come across rock music where instruments like synthesizers, piano and organ is also used. Rock music began in the early fifties in United...
 
 
 
 
 
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Music Publishing 101, Part 4: Show me the money!

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2007-11-29 20:06:29 by Barry Shrum in