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Music Video Monday: Our Top 12 Glastonbury Performances
458 viewsThe somewhat tribal gathering that is Glastonbury is very nearly upon us – and I for one have never been in my life. It’s a sad fact which I’m trying to correct as what could be better than...
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Ludovico Einaudi: On Film Music
1,898 views“I think music can establish a vision of the world and an elevation of the spirit that can drive those that listen to it to become better people” – Ludovico Einaudi The iconic composer...
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From Busk Till Dawn: The 6 Artists You Never Knew Were Buskers
579 viewsTo celebrate the launch of our pretty snazzy new Busker’s Handbook (which boasts a wealth of over 60 terribly ‘buskable’ songs to make you a *legal* quick buck) we thought we’d give you a...
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How To Play Guitar Like Jimi Hendrix
385 viewsJimi Hendrix is a name synonymous with disrupting tradition and paving the way for generations of avant-garde rock ‘n rollers. Emulated and admired by many, marrying the trifecta of...
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Everything You Need To Know About Contemporary Classical Music
63 viewsWith Mary Anne Hobbes championing Nils Frahm and A Winged Victory For The Sullen and Hauschka performing live orchestral performances with Icelandic experimental outfit mum on Boiler Room,...
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Ultimate Christmas Gift Guides: Gifts For Musicians
979 total views, 9 views todayChristmas catapults back into the fray quicker than you’d like to think it would and it’s time to start the wheels in motion of getting gifts for your loved ones, your...
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The Futureheads record oldest song in English language
32,552 total views, 78 views todayMusicians find inspiration from all sorts of sources, from everyday dramas to their tuneful favourites long remembered from growing up. Post-punk band The Futureheads...
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How To Build A Succesful Choir: Recruitment
4,770 total views, 10 views today‘The rehearsals are so dull we try to miss as many as possible’ so said one choir member when I was researching information for recruitment, another common complaint...
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What is ‘Changing Voices’?
2,666 total views, 14 views todayChanging Voices is an exciting new series of choral arrangements written specifically for boys’ changing or ‘cambiata’ voices. Changing Voices and Changing Voices...
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Life, Music & The Bassoon
625 total views, 16 views todayAmy Harman is Principal Bassoonist of the Aurora and ENO orchestras, and is a much-sought-after soloist across Europe. At the age of 23, Amy was appointed Principal of...
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Editor’s Note: Why I love SoundWise
1,640 total views, 6 views todayWritten by Parastou Khiaban. After ten years, I’ve started to play the piano again (apparently working in music publishing is a pretty good motivator!). Frustratingly,...
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Back to School!
1,476 total views, 30 views todayWritten by Fiona Lau. The start of the new academic year is here and that lovely feeling of a fresh start, a crisp new page and freshly sharpened pencils comes over...
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La La & the Uke
673 total views, 13 views todayLa La Land quite rightly cleaned up at the Oscars this year, having single-handedly introduced a new generation to the wonder of the Hollywood musical. A simple glance...
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The Piano Teacher’s Survival Guide – A Review
1,423 total views, 376 views todayWritten by Fiona Lau. How I would have loved a book like this when I was starting out as a piano teacher! Luckily for us all, Anthony Williams is an experienced...
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The CASIO Guide To Choosing A Digital Piano
392 total views, 74 views todayDigital pianos are a wonderful resource for people of all ages and all kinds of disciplines. They make learning and performing much easier but still offer the...
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Review: The iRig 2 Mobile Guitar Interface
603 total views, 7 views todayWritten by Tamer, Musicroom London. IK Multimedia are an Italian company from Modena who have been making software and hardware for computer-based musicians for several...
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A Brief History of the Guitar
251 total views, 13 views today“My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.” – Joan Jett The guitar has arguably shaped the landscape of modern music more than any other...
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Planning a Pupil Concert, by Fiona Lau
274 total views, 70 views todayWritten by Fiona Lau. We all know that we should do them but the thought of planning and putting on pupil concerts fills us with absolute dread! However, the positive...
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Cello And The Synth, with Peter Gregson
118 total views, 118 views todayThe Synthesiser. An electronic device containing filters, oscillators, and voltage-control amplifiers. Synthesisers are used to produce sounds unobtainable from...
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New For the Singers from ABRSM
368 total views, 368 views todayWe’re delighted to announce the publication of ABRSM Songbook Plus – a series of five new books supporting their new Singing syllabus that brings together some...
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Bring the West End Home
161 total views, 69 views todaySince its premiere in January 2015, Hamilton has made a huge splash in the world of musical theatre. Opening in London on 6th of December, it is unlikely that there will...
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The Christmas Books They’ll Love To Read
55 total views, 55 views todayThere’s no feeling quite so unpleasant as the feeling that you’ve left the Christmas shopping too late. To put a smile on your loved ones faces, you’re going to have to...
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Happy 150th Birthday to Edition Peters
42 total views, 42 views todayToday we celebrate the 150th birthday of a very special catalogue, the famous green Edition Peters Series. The light green cover and iconic logo is known across the globe...
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AS and A Level Study Guides, A Review
580 total views, 133 views todayWritten by Matt Allen, Former Head of Music, Chessington Community College. Edexcel, AQA and OCR – Exam Specifications from 2016 Let’s be clear from the start – these...
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Hamilton Week – Hip Hop As Protest
113 total views, no views todayPop music is, almost by dint of its youthful target audience, oppositional. The Spice Girls may have been a manufactured pop group, but their focus on Girl Power...
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Hamilton Week – Seven Deadly Musicals
91 total views, no views todayWith Christmas coming up we’re all on our guard to be extra nice. No-one wants coal in their stockings, after all. But what good is all this sugar without a little spice?...
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Jingle Your Way Through Christmas
147 total views, 3 views todayChristmas is coming. And with Christmas comes the chaos that is tinsel, glittery wrapping paper, men in red suits shouting “ho ho ho!” and the John Lewis Christmas...
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Ten Stocking Fillers You’ll Love This Christmas
339 total views, 0 views todayChristmas is, inevitably, coming. And, if you’re anything like me, you’ve spent too much time celebrating the festive season and too little time buying presents. You’d...
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The 2018 Music Sales Albums of the Year Playlist
96 total views, 0 views todayWith the festivities of Christmas now behind us, we’ve been taking stock at Music Sales. One of the things we enjoyed most about last year was pulling together our albums...
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New eReader? We Have A Book For That
279 total views, 0 views todayIt’s the time of the year where new beginnings, resolutions and challenges are started. You might want to quit smoking, drinking, take up the gym or walking to work. You...
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