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Pete Smith

Mashable Review : Free Music Monday

Antiqcool : Girl in a Room — Wistful, sad and beautifully spare track with acoustic guitar, vocals and synth.

Free Music Monday

Posted by Pete Smith on November 16, 2009 at 8:45pm

Pete Smith

Making music is a labour of love, making money is a by-product.

In a perfect world we would give all our music away for free and survive on touring revenue, merchandising and licensing income. Alas this is not always possible. In order to eat we have to sell a few CD’s. The good news is that much of our catalog has been released under this creative commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 We have made many Antiqcool songs free to download for a reason, we want you to sprea… Continue

Posted by Pete Smith on November 16, 2009 at 8:44pm

Bob McCallum

Support Your Local Music Stores

The music business is feeling the effects of the economic woes of the nation, including local music stores. I suggest that we support local music stores. It's true that the best prices on instruments and accessories are available from the big catalog companies like Musician's Friend and Guitar Center. But how is the service of those chains? You be the judge of their service after you get an unplayable instrument dropped on your door by FedEx or UPS.

The economic trends all point to a dramatic d… Continue

Posted by Bob McCallum on July 5, 2009 at 8:32pm — 1 Comment

Gary Milici

unable to reply

Hi all,
I received emails regarding my blog but am unable to open them to respond to. When I click on them it says "sorry, unable to find..."
Then I looked thru all the members and did not find them there.
There names are Nicolasa Sims and Lavenia Collier.

Any help on solving this problem and/or reaching them would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Gary Milici
my blog post is "bluegrass tunes needing lyrics"

Posted by Gary Milici on June 25, 2009 at 8:36am — 2 Comments

Kate White Band

Back from Nashville!

I had a great time in Nashville meeting so many gifted and wonderful people - both artists and industry professionals. The different workshops were great in terms of understanding different aspects of the business side of the music industry and just how important Independent Artists are - the Industry is imploding right now and there just couldn't be a better time to be independent! Though I didn't win any awards this time around, I was so blessed to be considered among very qualified companions… Continue

Posted by Kate White Band on April 3, 2009 at 9:38am

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Alisha Claire is now a member of Northwest Acoustic Music Network
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The Panhandle Polecats updated an event
Calypsos Coffee at Coeur d'Alene
February 13, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm
Located in down town Coeur d'Alene, ID, right by the City park, beach, the Cd'A resort, North Idaho College, and more!!
February 2
I hate using a metronome because it it is so truthful... But you gotta do it. It makes you a better musician without you even knowing it.. The best advice I ever received in my early years of lessons was "you play like you practice".... Think about…
January 30
The Panhandle Polecats added 3 events
January 29
A group by Jim Crowley was featured
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January 28
I'm a firm believer in metronome practice. Without a metronome, people will unconsciously speed up on the easy parts and slow down on the hard parts. I usually start slow, and then speed up to where I can't play without mistakes. One trick I use to…
January 26
Do any of you regularly use a metronome to practice with? If so, what procedure and speeds do you use?
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Sharon Messina added a song
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Tom Simurdak

Jim Crowley WINS 3rd place (behind the whizkids from the coast) at Cashmere 2 Replies

Started by Tom Simurdak. Last reply by Dale Wagner Jul. 21, 2009.

Jim Crowley

3rd Annual Pend Oreille Valley Bluegrass Festival 3 Replies

Started by Jim Crowley. Last reply by Jim Crowley Jun. 23, 2009.

Marie Vecchio

Guitar Flat Pickin' Contest at the WRBF 1 Reply

Started by Marie Vecchio. Last reply by Jim Crowley Mar. 25, 2009.

 
 
 

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