Apr 15

Cellists conquer the Internet with traditional Smooth Criminal

Croatian cellists Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic conquer the Internet with a classic version of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal . The movie has already passed the one million views.

Thanks to the musical genius and the great camera work, they get several offers from around the world. There is interest from several major Hollywood and record companies for two cellists.

Because of the huge success of the Smooth Criminal video, Stjepan Hauser Luka Sulic  decided to record an album. They continue the successful formula, Smooth Criminal and focus on one CD-known pop and rock hits, played on their cellos.

Posted in Artist, Popular music

Mar 30

Music therapy

What is music therapy?

Music therapy provides opportunities for development and change through a musical and interpersonal collaboration between therapist and client. The process is often resource-oriented and focused on current goals within health promotion, treatment, rehabilitation and care. Music, for example, can create new opportunities for communication and personal expression and work with social issues. As a discipline, music therapy is understood as the study of the relationship between music and health.

Who benefits from music therapy?

Children, adolescents, adults and elderly with mental health difficulties, with developmental challenges and learning disabilities, people with age-related disorders such as dementia, Parkinson’s and stroke, people with substance abuse problems, brain injuries, physical disabilities and other physical and mental illness benefit from music therapy.

Music therapists work in various fields, including arts, mental health care, hospitals, clinics, kindergartens, schools, child welfare, senior centers, nursing homes, hospice programs, prisons and private practice.
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Posted in Music, Music and Health

Mar 25

The main ingredient in “recipes” for learning music

There are different “recipes” for learning music. Whether your interested in learning to play the guitar, piano, drums, or any other instrument, the main ingredient is always practice.

There are many people who are self taught musicians, as well as many others who have taken lessons to become proficient at one instrument or another. There are also those who have learned to read sheet music and tablature, and others who can’t read music who can play things just by listening to music and picking out the notes themselves. The main thing to remember for anyone who is interested in learning music is to not give up if you can’t pick something up right away. Just like many other things in life, even if you are a born natural, some things may be harder to achieve than others. With practice and patience, however, those obstacles can be overcome and once the technique is perfected those troubles will be a thing of the past. ( Read more )

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Mar 25

Chicago: The Blues Capital of the World

When you think of Chicago what comes to mind? For some it’s the Cubbies, or deep-dish pizza, or even the city that helped put Al Capone on the map. But for music aficionados Chicago is the Blues capital of the world. That’s right, Blues. Artists like Willie Dixon, Elmore James, Big Walter Horton, and the incomparable Muddy Waters all honed their skills and made their careers in the Chicago nightlife of smoky rooms and dim lights. But Blues music wasn’t started in Chicago, so how did it get there?

The Mississippi river delta is the birthplace of the Blues, a style of music born out of the hard life lived in the American deep south at the turn of the 20th century. The Delta Blues had since the days of American slavery, but in the early twenties it came to life as record companies discovered the potential of this raw and passionate music. Some of the big names back in the day included Mississippi John Hurt, Hound Dog Taylor, and Big John Williams. ( Read more )

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