Celebrate National Jazz Appreciation Month With These 7 Lessons
Watch these 7 lessons taken from Soundfly’s artist-led premium courses that explore and celebrate the vast legacy of American Jazz music.
Watch these 7 lessons taken from Soundfly’s artist-led premium courses that explore and celebrate the vast legacy of American Jazz music.
In Episode 56, Carter chats with composers Sofia Hultquist (Drum & Lace) and Ian Hultquist about “Songs That Got Me Into Film Scoring.”
On Episode 19 of our podcast, “Themes and Variation,” we chat with singer and trumpeter Rhys Tivey about songs with a veil of mystery…oooh!
The author of a 1995 L.A. opera review of “Porgy and Bess” reflects on troubled times to see how it holds up to today’s moment. Hint: nothing’s changed.
A brief history of how Miles Davis’ 1959 classic “Kind Of Blue” came to be, and the album’s impacts on all kinds of musical communities.
+ Learning to read and write music? Access hundreds of lessons from Soundfly’s online courses on music theory, songwriting, production, mixing and more — subscribe here. This article originally appeared on Ethan Hein’s blog. Are you trying to learn scales and patterns, but finding it hard to make yourself practice? Do yourself a favor, and practice over actual…
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