Archive for the ‘Music’ Category


Piano Lessons For Children Are Beneficial in More Than One Way!

My son recently came to me and asked if he could take piano lessons. I was very impressed, as I had taken lessons when I was his age, and I knew that piano lessons for children were beneficial in a number of ways that went far beyond learning how to play a musical instrument. I [...]

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The Best Hits of 90s Alternative Rock

90′s alternative rock offered some of the finest rock songs ever recorded by some of the greatest bands in history. The 80s saw the invention of melodic Modern Rock and a host of one hit wonder bands and pop groups but it was 90s alternative rock that took the genre to a whole new level. [...]

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70s Music Hits are Unique in Modern Era

As a man born in the 1970s, I didn’t have much experience with 70s music hits when they first came out, because I was just a baby or small child. I have always looked back on the music of the 70s with fondness, however, because there were great rock n’ roll songs, but it was [...]

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The Gold Standard For 60′s Music Hits

The 1960s are fondly remembered as a particulary rich time in music history. While the birth of rock and roll came a decade previous, it’s the 1960s that saw rock and roll become a cultural phenomenon unparalleled before or since. As a result, there are a plethora of 60′s music hits that are still alive [...]

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The Last Classical Music CD I Ever Bought

When I visited New Orleans a few years ago, I headed down to a music store in the French Quarter with my aunt and uncle, who are both big jazz fans. We were all perusing the various genres of music when a sales associate approached me. “Can I help you find something?” he asked with [...]

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10 of the Top 50 Rock Songs of All Time

Everyone has a valid opinion on this subject and very few people if asked will refrain from responding. Rock music has so permeated the fabric of our beings that they become impossible to separate from our experience. Why a person would pick one song over another of the top 50 rock songs of all time [...]

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80s Pop Music: The Beginning of Modern Rock

Modern Rock or Alternative Rock as we know it now began in the 80s with many bands that were considered one-hit wonders or had very short careers. After the implosion of disco music in the late 1970s, music fans were confused and had no one music style that they could call their own. Straight rock [...]

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Country Music DVDs

One of the hottest singing sensations in America right now is 20-year-old Taylor Swift. She has built up a huge fan base because of her catchy tunes and highly personal lyrics, and received tons of publicity after rapper Kanye West infamously interrupted her during an awards acceptance speech. Once that happened, I became interested in [...]

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