Banjo Virtual Instrument Comparison Review
Stan Stewart compares and reviews three (3) banjo virtual instruments from Ample Sound, Orange Tree Samples, and RealiTone.
Musician Tips
Tips and reviews for musicians from Stan Stewart (aka muz4now)
review: Walk Like a Cow debut cover album
The debut cover album, “play the traditional music of Walk Like A Cow”, reviewed by Stan Stewart: here’s what he heard in these 6 tracks.
Singing Grief: What’s It Take To Make A Pandemic Choir?
Last week, I shared with you “what is a requiem?” Historically, choirs would sing most requiems accompanied by a variety of instruments. But during this pandemic, scientists have warned us that it may be dangerous to sing together. Though it does not compare to the loss of lives, the loss of live music was another
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Long Pandemic – On Finding Our Way
We are finding our way. In my workplace and neighborhood, we’ve been responding to the pandemic for over a year. Reflecting back, it has been a strange year. In addition to some current reflections, I’ll offer you some of my other posts about the pandemic experience from the past year. Remembering Loved Ones Gone No
B5 video: An organ, a play on words, and a request
An organ, a play on words, and a request
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Orange U Glad – jazz Americana fusion #flute #mandolin
Stan Stewart shares “Orange U Glad” jazz/Americana fusion track to highlight and review sound libraries from Orange Tree Samples.
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Addiction Among Indie Musicians: Tips to Help Get Health Care
How can indie musicians (and others) who fall into addiction find health care that helps them and is affordable? Check out these tips.
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Recording Vocals: What You Need To Know About Microphones
Microphones are one of the most essential tools when recording music. Whether you record in a studio or at home, the microphone is vital for most of the things that you’ll be doing. When recording songs, the microphone will be crucial for vocal tracks that you need for these projects. And while we’ve already given
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What makes a sound musical?
Sound: we “know” what it is. Yet it is an elusive category, especially when we try to define which of them are musical.
Audio library – Some sounds are just too cool not to share
Stan Stewart checks out some of the cool sounds in VIEGO sound library from Rigid Audio. Don’t miss the video at the end of the post.
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