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This is a very common question asked by many of us. The actual reason is something so obvious that its capable of making you punch yourself for not thinking of this before.  There is not just one factor, but quite a lot of factors affecting your recording.  One reason may be the noise around you. If you're in a noisy, or even in a quiet environment, there is surprisingly a certain type of sound that affects your recording. I don't know in detail about this, but it is the main thing that a microphone mutes, which is what people use most of the time. Second, your own sound. If you don't play the correct notes, or if don't mute the strings properly, or if you hold a note for too long, your recording will be affected. This is one of the major causes Third, your effects may affect it. If you add certain effects to your music, like fade-in or fade-out, then it may affect your recording. If the effect you're using has any kind of unwanted sound in it, then you know...

Since you were a kid, you have been reading and writing and doing various things with your language. Similarly, even western notation is a language. It is indeed something you can read, write and speak. This post will make it easier for you to understand and come up with some new creative ways to improve your reading and writing skills in western notation. 1) Practice : People say practice makes a man perfect. Even though nobody is perfect, you have to practice, and work towards perfection. Only then will you really become good. So pick up random pieces and start reading them, and if you can, play them too.  2) Question : If you don't understand something, you can always seek help from a friend or anyone in the field of music. Questioning helps you understand western notation better and develops your mind in a way that cannot be done without clearing doubts. 3) Basic : If you construct a building with a weak base, and a heavy top, it will collapse. Therefore, you need t...

It's not very easy to rock the stage, specially if it's one of your first. Here are some small things which can make a great difference: 1)Involve the ones: This part of a concert is very very important. People have payed to come to your concert. The least you could do is involve them in your performance. Its not like you have to bring them up on stage or anything, but what I am trying to say is make them repeat what you're saying. In this way, they won't only enjoy your music, they will also have fun. If you don't involve the audience, a major part of the audience will get bored. 2)Get some effects on there: This is not important, but it will really really affect your music. There are various ways to improve your music, and this is one of them. You cannot really do any of this stuff with the drums, but on other instruments, for instance, the guitar or the keyboard, you can. For a guitar, you can get an effects foot-pedal which will give you a wide range of ef...

I know this post may be offensive to some people, but it is important to have your own judgement on things, even though you don't say it out loud. If you really don't have a judgement on this kind of a topic, you are a confused soul. I am against judgements made on things you're not clear about. However, in this case you've heard DJ music, (if not, which world are you living in?) you've probably tried to get a virtual DJ for your computer and stuff. So you are pretty familiar with DJ music.  I am going to help you make your judgement in this post. So here, the first thing we're looking at is whether a DJ uses instruments. No, he does not. He has an electronic system where he uses the songs played on instruments and adds his own effects to it. Hard to admit, but its a fact. Now this very clearly shows that the electronic musicians can't play the drum beats in real but have them stored in memory and then get them out of the speakers through a...

A lot of times, we hear that music involves theory, and people give their 'theory' exams, and things like that. Let me clarify one thing: Theory is just lines of information meant to explain something, in brief. Music theory is like a musical language. For instance, if I typed all of this out in Latin, half of you wouldn't understand what I'm saying (even I won't). However, if you understand Latin, you will be able to understand what I am trying to communicate. Similarly, we need to learn music theory to help us understand music better. Look, now if I show you the C chord on a guitar, and I tell you to find me the A chord, some of you may be able to show me, some may not. It creates an understanding of how things happen. Just by showing you the position of the chords and telling you their names, you may play well. But if someone asks you to show them another chord which I haven't taught you, you would go blank. However, if you learnt music theory, this kin...

Surely, it is important for us to make certain parts that sound good and mix them up to make a complete solo on a track. However, beginners always have some question or the other. Why is it that though all the notes of a certain scale sound right in accordance with the backing track, we still create certain patterns which we use in our solos? It actually has a very simple answer. The answer is that though the notes sound right, the patterns make it sound much, much more professional. It not only adds emotion to the song, but it also prevents you from repeating the same motion again and again. When you don't make patterns in your free time, and you come across a certain stretch that sounds really good, you tend to keep playing that in your performance on a track. It makes you think that it sounds really good but actually it just bores the audience. They may like it once, they may like it twice. Some may like it a 100 times. However, if you keep on doing it past a point, ...

Hey guys. In my earlier post I talked about how you can play fast at the same tempo...which many knew. Now it is indeed a common misconception that whole notes are far more easier to play than quarter notes. Frankly speaking, to musicians who have been practicing for over six months..or one year (to be safe) it will make no difference to them, because they are used to it. However, for beginners, it will make a difference. For people who are just entering the world of music, understanding rythm, beats, tempo, takes a while and counts (specially) is a major obstacle for some. If a person is taught how to use a hammer, he may hurt himself once or twice, but once he gets used to it, he hardly makes a mistake. The same way, any worker will get used to what he is doing after a while. Just like these two examples, if you tell a person to play a particular note at equal intervals, and you help him start off, he may go off beat once or twice, but then in just 5 minutes he can continuous...