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It is no secret that playing a musical instrument not only bolsters a child’s physical and emotional development. It can also help in the more… Read More »How Playing Music Benefits Children’s Brain

Most recording software allows you to see and edit the midi notes you have recorded with the “piano roll” editor. This is a simple and… Read More »Teaching Music Technology: Part 2 – What is a Piano Roll?

  Love ’em or hate ’em, computers are here to stay and are rapidly permeating most areas of our lives. Music is no exception. There’s… Read More »Teaching Music Technology: Part 1 – Why?

Motivating Students to Practice Scales… Scales… Ugh!  Who loves to learn to play scales?  Arguably scales are very helpful to learn skills, pass exams, play… Read More »Motivating younger students to practice – part 3

A man who claims he wrote the script for Danny Boyle’s Beatles movie Yesterday has alleged Richard Curtis took all the credit for writing the… Read More »Original ‘Yesterday’ writer claims Richard Curtis took full credit for The Beatles movie

Members of My Chemical Romance, The Darkness, Gogol Bordello and more have joined forces for a special charity cover of a Ramones song. The cover… Read More »Watch members of My Chemical Romance, The Darkness and more cover The Ramones

A cinematographer has claimed Kanye West’s new album is called ‘God’s Country’ and new music could be dropping soon. Read more: Sunday Service Choir –… Read More »Cinematographer says Kanye West’s new album is called ‘God’s Country’ and new music is coming soon

A new short film called Out has arrived on Disney+ and it features Pixar’s first openly gay main character. Read more: Here’s what’s coming to Disney+… Read More »New short film ‘Out’ features Pixar’s first openly gay main character

Here, we see the Malay influence in the pairing of this mild vegetable with a spice paste that consists of fresh and dried chili peppers,… Read More »Terung Chili

Tasting this soup always brings me back to my childhood when our family would make day trips to Bukit Rambai, Melaka, to visit our relatives… Read More »Sup Tauhu