Teens and technology - a good match?Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 9:02PMThe amount of electronic media kids are exposed to is growing rapidly, but experts agree that parents remain the most effective filter to keep it from going too far.
Missing Man Found In Good HealthWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 8:33AMA man who had been missing for days has been found in good health, authorities in Central Florida say.
One writer's musical journeyMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 3:50AMOnce a year, I get a chance to sit back and reflect upon the many interviews I've conducted as The News-Times' music writer over the past 12 months and discuss my Top 10 picks in a year-in-review story.
If people have ears, let them hearMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 12:10AMby Gabrielle “Ellie” Werner Music is huge to me; I am the embodiment of that Hendrix quote, “Music is my religion.” In it, I have faith—faith to move mountains. I believe it will always be there. I cannot picture any plane of existence where it does not exist. I cannot live without it. I want to be [...]
i-Tab Offers Rock Stardom By Way Of Huge GeekdomSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 4:56PMMusic and technology aren’t unfamiliar bedfellows, but the i-Tab offers a unique method for enhancing your guitar with gadgetry: clamp it on. Like a TomTom for tunes, the electronic songbook prompts players with chords and lyrics for thousands of songs. (more…)
i-tab – World’s First Electronic SongbookSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 12:31PMi-tab is being billed as the first electronic songbook and the question begs to be asked, what took so long as this looks like a cool idea. i-tab is a 5-inch touchscreen display that attaches to your guitar’s headstock and serves as a digital teleprompter that chalks up chords and lyrics in perfect synchronization [...]
i-Tab Offers Rock Stardom By Way of Huge Geekdom [Music]Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 5:51PM# music Music and technology aren't unfamiliar bedfellows, but the i-Tab offers a unique method for enhancing your guitar with gadgetry: clamp it on. Like a TomTom for tunes, the electronic songbook prompts players with chords and lyrics for thousands of songs. More »
For all your digital guitar playing cheat sheet needs, there's i-TabFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 5:29PMAdmit it, you're not really working remotely from home on a Friday. We know, you're sitting at home with your six strings of seduction jamming out to Ryan Adams albums. Well, just in case you need to clear some of that monitor space for actual work -- or a memory jolt during that gig you booked at the local cabana -- i-Tab's got you covered with what it's calling "the world's first electronic ...
Latest NewsFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:59PMTech-minded musicians will appreciate this, a portable 4GB guitar tablature player from i-tab . It sports a 5-inch touch screen and built in speakers for you to clip on the end of your guitars head while you jam new tracks.
I-Tab Portable Guitar Tab Player Now LaunchedFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 10:49AMThe revolutionary and patented i-tab, for the first time ever, offers guitarists a pocket sized unit that scrolls chords and lyrics in perfect time.
i-tab Portable Guitar Tab PlayerFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 7:27AMThe i-tab is a portable 4GB guitar tablature player with a 5 inch touch screen and built in speakers. Clip it on to the end of your guitar’s headstock and it will scroll lyrics and chords while you play. It can also be used to display guitar lessons and play backing tracks. It ships with [...] Filed in categories: Musical Gear , News , Spotlight Gadgets Tagged: Guitar , Instruments , Music i-tab ...
Community CalendarThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:15AMDeadline for items for the Community Calendar is Wednesday noon two weeks before desired publication date.
Batterer in ‘Dispatch’ series freedTuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 3:48AMJessica spent her 29th birthday in a courtroom waiting to hear whether the man who beat her would be released from jail early.
Batterer in 'Dispatch' series freedTuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 3:48AMJessica spent her 29th birthday in a courtroom waiting to hear whether the man who beat her would be released from jail early.
OnMilwaukee.com's guitar project: Lesson 6Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 4:40PMAfter mastering several basic chord shapes and some single-string runs, our intrepid guitar students are ready for a new challenge: it's time to learn a song.
Highlights of the Jazz.com BlogTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 11:04AMBelow are links to some of the highlights from the jazz.com blog. Life on the Road: The Journal of a Traveling Jazz Musician: Frøy Aagre’s three-part article may be the most insightful account you will ever read about the realities of road life for most jazz musicians.
Highlights of the Jazz.com BlogFriday, February 12, 2010 @ 3:09PMBelow are links to some of the highlights from the jazz.com blog. Life on the Road: The Journal of a Traveling Jazz Musician: Frøy Aagre’s three-part article may be the most insightful account you will ever read about the realities of road life for most jazz musicians.
The music of love (good and bad)Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 7:14AMWhether you're popping champagne with your love or drowning your sorrows with something stronger, we've got a playlist to suit your mood.
Recovery matches a marathon operationTuesday, February 9, 2010 @ 3:52PMPublished: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 5:20 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 5:20 a.m. Robert Collison has a lot to do. He wants to teach his grandchildren to play the guitar, piano and trumpet. His house needs work.
Recovery Matches a Marathon OperationMonday, February 8, 2010 @ 4:33PMAfter a surgeon removed a huge cancerous tumor from his abdomen, Robert Collison, 59, spent eight weeks in the hospital with infections and other complications.
Music Monday: The sweet drinking songs of VagabondageMonday, February 8, 2010 @ 4:12PMWith a name like Vagabondage , the duo of John Flaw and Emchy warrant at the very least a cursory listen. And if you're a fan of Americana roots and bluesy, whiskey soaked vocals then their self described catalog of "pirate shanties, murder ballads and carnivale vaudevillia" are just what the bartender ordered.
8 Amazon Kindle Apps We Hope to SeeFriday, January 22, 2010 @ 12:14PMWhen Amazon's Kindle e-reader gets an app store later this year, app developers will have to get creative. Though the Kindle has a big screen and can surf the Web, it's no iPad in terms of capabilities. We've heard that the Kindle app store will include travel books with weather and news updates, simple games such as crossword puzzles, and a continually updating Zagat restaurant guide, but here ...
8 Amazon Kindle Apps We Hope to SeeFriday, January 22, 2010 @ 11:20AMLet's hope developers take advantage of the Kindle's mobility and its large-screen version to deliver some unique apps.
Know Where You Are…To See Where You’re GoingFriday, January 22, 2010 @ 7:02AMLogo #6 is more subtle and will probably look better in situ but in the final analysis it will also depend on the overall color scheme of the page.
At S-B's Battle of the Bands, 'screaming takes talent'Friday, January 22, 2010 @ 12:10AMMost of the kids who attended the Battle of the Bands event Friday night at Sutttons Bay High School became aware of it through the mild buzz on the online social network, Facebook. The auditorium was sparsely populated, as Facebook had promised. Post read more
So, you want to learn to play the guitar? OK, let's get started.Thursday, January 21, 2010 @ 11:02PMEven if there are plenty of years and miles between you and your parents' basement, it's never too late to take up the guitar, according to local instructors.
Enjoy the ‘ohana at Slack Key FestThursday, January 21, 2010 @ 4:33PMHau’oli Makahika Hou! And what better way to start the New Year than with the song, dance, food and crafts of aina folk during the 2010 Southern California Slack Key Festival at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center.
Enjoy the ‘ohana at Slack Key FestThursday, January 21, 2010 @ 4:03PMby Tom Fitt Hau’oli Makahika Hou! And what better way to start the New Year than with the song, dance, food and crafts of aina folk during the 2010 Southern California Slack Key Festival at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center.
Down LonesomeThursday, January 21, 2010 @ 2:33PMI haven't read Arizona writer Thomas Cobb's 1987 novel Crazy Heart , although it was praised by both Kinky Friedman and Donald Barthelme, and I'm sorry.
Charlie Daniels Can Fiddle After StrokeThursday, January 21, 2010 @ 11:51AMNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Country music legend Charlie Daniels says he's doing fine and working away the numbness in his left hand after suffering a mild stroke while snowmobiling in Colorado last week.
Guitar Hero Invasion Forces Online Guitar Lesson Company To Take ActionThursday, January 21, 2010 @ 10:00AMFormer Newsboy guitarist and veteran guitar teacher develops a groundbreaking online guitar lesson system with his sights firmly set on inspiring more people to drop their Guitar Hero and Rock Band plastic instruments in favor of learning how to play the "real" guitar.
2010 could be busy year for digital music mergersFriday, January 15, 2010 @ 9:52PMDENVER (Billboard) - Think last year's acquisitions of iLike, imeem and Lala marked the end of consolidation for digital music services? Think again.
Crazy Heart: Hurts so goodFriday, January 15, 2010 @ 3:36AMWith a story that reads like the lyrics of a hurtin' song, and the best performance of a stellar career from Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart is familiar in tone and exceptional in spirit.
OnMilwaukee.com's guitar project: Lesson No. 2Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 4:40PMIf your New Year's resolution was to pick up that dusty guitar and learn how to jam, you've come to the right place. In cooperation with GuitarInstructor.com, we're offering free online lessons for people who want to jam. We've asked a few beginners to join the fun and write about their progress. On your mark, get set, jam!
The Bad LebowskiFriday, January 8, 2010 @ 1:08PMI HAVEN'T READ Arizona writer Thomas Cobb's 1987 novel Crazy Heart , although it was praised by both Kinky Friedman and Donald Barthelme. The novel might have provided a key for the failure of guts in the Sundancian movie Crazy Heart .
Fight Against Fat Goes High-TechWednesday, January 6, 2010 @ 4:08AMNew health devices are designed to keep tabs on people trying to lose weight and cut down on self-reported answers that often cover up what's really happening.
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Cook's Corner: 2009 Year in ReviewSunday, January 3, 2010 @ 3:55PMBy: Dennis Cook I listened to a lot of music this year, approximately two new albums per day, give or take. Some might call this 'heroic,' others 'ludicrous,' and others still 'grotesque.' But, all this listening isn't some sort of record geek machismo; it's an honest-to-god drive to find the best, coolest, most enriching music that can be foundand then share what truffles I've sniffed out with ...
Creative, courageous notables left us in 2009Saturday, January 2, 2010 @ 8:04AMASSOCIATED PRESS Of all the notables who died in 2009, the one who most changed the world could have walked down any Main Street USA without causing a stir. Scientist Norman Borlaug, who died Sept. 12 at age 95, developed crops that enabled Third World farmers to wrest more food from their land. His “green revolution” was credited with averting global famine — and won him a Nobel Peace Prize ...
Today: H 0 /L -4Saturday, December 26, 2009 @ 11:04AMIt was only a rehearsal, and he was twice the age of the dancers accompanying him. But the video doesn’t lie: Michael Jackson was looking ahead to a smash opening in London — and giving it his all.
Jackson, Cronkite among arts world deaths in 2009Thursday, December 24, 2009 @ 11:12PMIt was only a rehearsal, and he was twice the age of the dancers accompanying him. But the video doesn't lie: Michael Jackson was looking ahead to a smash opening in London — and giving it his all.And then he was gone.
Notable Deaths Of '09: Jackson, KennedyTuesday, December 22, 2009 @ 12:14PMOf all the notables who died in 2009, the one who most changed the world could have walked down any Main Street USA without causing a stir.
CCP hosts 1st Phil int'l guitar festivalTuesday, December 22, 2009 @ 8:38AMTHE Cultural Center of the Philippines and The Guitar Friends will hold the 1st Philippine International Guitar Festival 2010 from January 28-31 at the CCP. With the objective of promoting the cassical guitar, the festival offers exciting musical performances by outstanding guitarists from the Philippines and abroad.
Notable Deaths Of '09: Jackson, KennedyTuesday, December 22, 2009 @ 8:21AMOf all the notables who died in 2009, the one who most changed the world could have walked down any Main Street USA without causing a stir. Scientist Norman Borlaug, who died Sept. 12 at age 95, developed crops that enabled Third World farmers to wrest more food from their land.
Jackson, Cronkite among arts world deaths in 2009Monday, December 21, 2009 @ 6:04PMIt was only a rehearsal, and he was twice the age of the dancers accompanying him. But the video doesn't lie: Michael Jackson was looking ahead to a smash opening in London - and giving it his all.