instruments
All about musical instruments, their tunes, and the people that play them.
The Guitar
I decided to learn to play the guitar out of spite. My parents had bought one for me, years ago, but two separate instructors had been determined to use it as a means of teaching me to identify key signatures via Mary had a little lamb, London bridge is falling down, and various beige flavored compositions by other music tutors. I lost interest quickly. All of that changed on the night of my fifteenth birthday.
By Daniel Bradbury5 months ago in Beat
Sierra Hull interview
By Brian D’Ambrosio On Friday nights in Pickett County, Tennessee—the smallest county in the state, tucked up against the Kentucky border—you could find a young Sierra Hull squeezed into a crowded community center, mandolin in hand. The room smelled of hamburgers and hot dogs from the concession stand, and local bands played while neighbors filled the folding chairs. Hull, barely tall enough to see over the microphone stand, was already a fixture on stage.
By Brian D'Ambrosio 5 months ago in Beat
Lil Nas X: The Musical Revolutionary Who Changed Everything
You know that feeling when a song comes on and you instantly know it's going to be stuck in your head for weeks? That's exactly what happened when "Old Town Road" first hit the airwaves back in 2018. But behind that catchy tune was a young man from Georgia who was about to flip the music industry on its head – and he was just getting started.
By Fazal Ur Rahman6 months ago in Beat
Pour Some Sugar on Me
Disclaimer: Music videos, contrary to popular belief, are not art. They are commercials for the art of the music. Like advertisements, they employ similar elements of art like writing, directing, acting, and the incorporation of statues, paintings, or other artistic articles. Now, with that out of the way, Tyler the Creator’s video for his excellent single “SUGAR ON MY TONGUE” is a mixed bag.
By Skyler Saunders6 months ago in Beat
Alnasick Launches #SaturWave: A Weekly Transmission from the Underground
Alnasick’s SaturWave: A Weekly Sonic Ritual Reclaiming the Night In a world drowned by endless content and fleeting trends, the simple act of releasing a track every Saturday at exactly 9:13 PM has become a radical form of resistance. For Alnasick, a Jordanian producer blending deep house and nu-disco with subtle Middle Eastern influences, this is more than music—it’s a weekly ritual, a shared moment of connection and introspection for a restless global audience.
By Hits and Run6 months ago in Beat
“Feels So Good”
Introduction: Who Was Chuck Mangione? For those who didn’t grow up with a flugelhorn serenading your stereo or haven’t stumbled across his animated alter ego on King of the Hill, Chuck Mangione may be a new name—but one you’ll wish you’d known all along.
By Michael Phillips6 months ago in Beat
🎧 Not Your Average DJ: Steve Barrio
In a music landscape that often separates the organic from the digital, Steve Barrio is the bridge—blurring the lines between electronic production and live musicianship with a sound that feels both expansive and deeply human. As a DJ, producer, and guitarist, Steve isn’t content with simply moving bodies on the dance floor—he aims to move hearts too.
By mysoundMusic7 months ago in Beat
Tips for Beginner Drummers
A lot of people decide they want to learn to play drums early on in life; many as children or teens, who eventually go into music programs in school and learn a lot from that. For some of us, however, it is not that easy. I started drumming at the age of 27, and for me, that made it much harder in the beginning. Although I had taken chorus and marching band in high school, I had never attempted or tried to play the drums before, so a lot of things that I thought I knew about drumming were totally different than I expected. In spite of that fact, one thing was for sure; there was nothing like the feeling of playing my first beat. There is something to be said for the passion, elation, and extreme high that learning to play the drums gives us. That is what has kept me going for the past couple of years.
By Slgtlyscatt3red7 months ago in Beat
