February 28, 2020
The Importance of Instrument Tune-Ups
A musical instrument tune-up helps preserve the life of your instrument and offers many benefits to players of all ages and skill levels. Here are five reasons tune-ups are so important.
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October 1, 2019
Unleashing The Teaching Power of Ostinatos
Music educators sometimes forget that they have a powerful teaching tool all around them at their disposal: Catchy popular music. From chart-topping hits to folk music traditions, well-known music is informing the musical world surrounding your students in a big way . One feature that makes popular music so infectious and memorable is the ostinato. […]
September 24, 2019
How To Read Drum Notes and Sheet Music for Drummers
If you want to learn how to read drum notes, beginning will first need to understand a few basic concepts like the staff, musical notation, and time signature.
Four Essential Drum Tips for Beginning Students of All Ages
Whether you’re just jamming out on a drum kit or aspiring to hold down the percussion section in an orchestra, these 4 drum tips will help you improve your playing.
June 16, 2019
THE DEVILS YOU KNOW: An Interview with Scott Johnson
Scott Johnson is the director of percussion for the Concord Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps. He first joined the Blue Devils in 1976 and became the organization’s Director of Percussion and Percussion Arranger in 1994. As part of the Promark “Built to Compete” campaign and for the 2019-2020 master educator catalog, Director of Marketing […]
March 6, 2019
How Music & Arts and Adopt a Classroom Are Working Together
All students deserve to have the tools they need to learn, and nobody believes that more than Music & Arts. That’s why we’ve teamed up with Adopt a Classroom and have become an official Adopt a Classroom vendor. As a vendor, we help provide band instruments and accessories to teachers involved in the Adopt a […]
March 1, 2019
Interview with Marcus Strickland, UYS Cover Artist
World renowned saxophonist and composer Marcus Strickland is helping to frame jazz music in a captivating new context. Named “Best New Artist” by a 2006 JazzTimes reader’s poll, and “Rising Star” in 2008 and 2010 by Down Beat magazine, Strickland breathes new life into jazz with a fearless musical philosophy that embraces hip hop, funk and soul. […]
November 14, 2018
Music & Art’s Black Friday Deals for Junior Rockstar
There are plenty of kids out there (and some adults too) with rockstar dreams. They see their heroes up on the stage and want to learn everything they can about playing their favorite tunes. Despite the big aspirations, sometimes it’s hard to know how committed a child is to learning to play an instrument until […]
November 10, 2018
Ten of Our All-Time Favorite Drummers
Foo Fighters drummer, Dave Grohl once said, “I love being a drummer. Everyone thinks you’re dumb. What they don’t realize is that if it weren’t for you, their band would suck.” And it’s totally true. Drummers are considered the backbone of a band and provide a rhythm for the rest of the musicians to follow. […]
November 3, 2018
Everything You Need to Know About Drumsticks
As a drummer, your drumstick is an extension of your mind. Remember the glory days, when you would play symphonies with mom’s pots and pans scattered about the kitchen floor, with only a wooden spoon to conduct the notes. You can look back fondly to where it all began, and marvel at far you have […]