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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

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Added by Pete Smith on November 16, 2009 at 8:45pm — No Comments

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

Added by Pete Smith on November 16, 2009 at 8:44pm — No Comments

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

Added 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" Continue

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

Urban Monroes Urban Monroes Update

Well, I can’t believe it…spring has finally arrived. The sun even came out today to make a rare pre-July appearance in Oregon. Okay so maybe it’s not that rare, but sometimes it seems like it and the hint of blue sky is always nice to see after a surprisingly cold wet winter. Winter was great though. Along with a record snowfall, were the sets we played at the star-studded RiverCity Bluegrass festival, the show at the Emerald Valley Opry (for one of the best audiences west of the Mississippi),… Continue

Added by Urban Monroes on April 3, 2009 at 10:42pm — No 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

Added by Kate White Band on April 3, 2009 at 9:38am — No Comments

Gary 5th Annual Clawhammer Banjo Weekend at Dusty Strings, Seattle

On May 1-3, 2009 Dusty Strings will present four outstanding clawhammer banjoists and teachers—Bob Carlin, Chris Coole, Cathy Barton Para, and Dave Para—for a weekend full of banjo workshops, opportunities for private lessons, a Saturday night concert, and plenty of time to meet and jam with other banjoists of all levels. Workshops will cover a broad range of topics for complete beginners through advanced players. A Friday evening introductory session is open and free to anyone curious about cla… Continue

Added by Gary on March 9, 2009 at 4:10pm — No Comments

Kate White Band Nominations!

I am attending the CIA (Christian Independent Alliance) Summit at the end March 25-28 in Nashville – This is the premier conference for Christian Independent Artists that happens once a year. I am SO excited to announce that I have been nominated for FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR and ALBUM OF THE YEAR! This is such an amazing honor! I am showcasing there as well, so pray that God’s best would shine through me. Read the press release and see the nominations at www.ciasummit.com. Continue

Added by Kate White Band on March 9, 2009 at 10:00am — 7 Comments

Gary Milici songwriter/lyricist wanted for collaboration

I have two bluegrass songs (up tempo) that need help with lyrics, and demos that I can email or send. My past experience includes playing music professionally for 8 years, although not currently, and two songwriting awards. I live in Seattle. I look forward to hearing from you. Gary Continue

Added by Gary Milici on February 21, 2009 at 12:34pm — 1 Comment

Kathy Murbach Hello from Sunny, cool Arizona.

We are just wondering how all you fine folk are doing up there in the snowy north country. I pull up all the TV stations and look to see what is happening. Lots of friends have kept us informed to your long winter. We are having a little cool spell right now. Our north country, Flagstaff area, are getting record snow falls. They had over 21 inches the other day. Sedona has snow on the hills. We're thinking of driving up to see the beautiful area. We miss all our friends up there but sure don't m… Continue

Added by Kathy Murbach on February 12, 2009 at 6:55pm — 4 Comments

Dale Wagner Goose Creek Opry

I'm sorry to report that there will be no festival or fiddle contest this year. We couldn't find a chairperson to run it. Continue

Added by Dale Wagner on February 9, 2009 at 9:29pm — 1 Comment

Jim Crowley New Tab For Harvest Home Hornpipe

Today, I added a tab to one of my favorite (and challenging) oldtime fiddle tunes, The Harvest Home Hornpipe. I have two tabs, one for guitar, one for mandolin. If you read sheet music (a worthwhile skill to develop if you don't), you can learn this tune on any instrument. Watch the trills and Irish ornamentation, and try to get all the triplets smooth. This is an intermediate-advanced tune. Want a tab? I do requests! Continue

Added by Jim Crowley on January 24, 2009 at 9:05am — No Comments

Jim Crowley Bluegrass Festival Website Updated

I've mostly finished updating the Pend Oreille Valley Bluegrass Website. The schedule is up, the pages about the bands are done, and the ticket and camping info is posted. Have a look! www.pvbluegrass.com/
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Added by Jim Crowley on January 24, 2009 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Jim Crowley Saturday, January 3, 2009

I've added a guitar tab to Smith's Reel today. It's one of my favorite flatpicking fiddle tunes. I've been practing it at about 190 beats per minute, and I'm trying to get it up to speed at about 210 bpm. Have a look at it, and give it a try...it's a neat tune! Jim C Continue

Added by Jim Crowley on January 3, 2009 at 6:17pm — No Comments

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