Wednesday 23 November 2011

Rock Music: the Popular Type of Music

Author: Alden Jerry

Rock music is a well accepted form of music, which is a combination of drums, guitars and bass. This music uses keyboard instruments like piano, synthesisers, organ, etc. There is a band of musicians who focus only on rock music and they are called rock band. Rock music is becoming increasingly popular throughout the world. Hard rock is specially liked by the western youth.

Wednesday 12 October 2011

Rock On The Range 2011 Lineup

Author: Steve D White

The 2011 Rock on the Range music festival is celebrating its 5th Anniversary. The star studded 2 day event will feature of variety of great Rock acts including Korn, Stone Sour, Avenged Sevengold, Disturbed and A Perfect Circle. Including performances from Hollywood Undead, Black Label Society, Bullet For My Valentine Danzig an,d Alter Bridge.

Saturday 3 September 2011

The Story Behind Linkin Park

Author: A. Nutt

Linkin Park is a popular band, and hundreds, if not thousands, download music videos from the group every day. If you are one who loves to watch music videos of this group, take some time to learn a little more in-depth information about the group and its members.

Is Jimi Hendrix The Worlds Greatest Guitar Player and Composer?

Author: Daniel Lehrman

In his brief four-year reign as a superstar, Jimi Hendrix expanded the vocabulary of the electric rock guitar more than anyone before or since. Hendrix was a master at extracting all manner of unforeseen sonics from his instrument, often with innovative amplification experiments that produced astral-quality feedback and roaring distortion.

Monday 29 August 2011

Why is Christian Rock Music so Popular?

Author: Sam J Wilkinson

“Christian Rock”, the genre often scoffed at by traditional rock artists, enthusiasts & critics alike is gaining popularity and stamping its place as a sort after genre for the young generation of head-banging, mosh-pitting gurus! Didn’t Christian rock die a couple of years ago, you ask? Christian rock music is growing faster than ever before with Daily News of Christian Rock Music, new artists & albums streaming across the Internet and pumping the airways continuously every day. So where did this religious music come from? I mean this is new right?

Wednesday 10 August 2011

Rock Music - History and Facts Revealed

Author: Sayid Aksa

Rock music is often associated with heavy instrumentation, reverberating through a sound system, and played by hyperactive musicians wearing all-black garb. This kind of music has enjoyed over half a century of popularity with its strong beat and catchy melody.

Sunday 7 August 2011

Guitars, Bridges And The Whammy Bar

Author: Victor Epand

The bridge is a part found on an acoustic guitar, the purpose of which is to act as a way of transferring the vibrations from the strings as they are plucked or strummed, to the soundboard itself. The soundboard then vibrates the air that is inside the hollow body of an acoustic guitar, and this vibration of the air causes a natural amplification of the sound caused by the plucking of the strings.