Warning!!! White Guy Writing About Women in Music Macho, Macho Music
Perhaps we should simply change our ways instead of assuming things will get better with time for females in music…
Dorothy Donegan
Help Your Child Love Music Lessons 4 Ways You Can Influence Your Child's Success in Lessons
When families start music lessons, parents often feel stress in trying to determine if their child will have an enjoyable experience. This can often put a cloud of uncertainty around the first few months (or longer) of lessons – potentially undermining the efforts of the students and teachers.
Cool Music – Sam Gellaitry Treat Yourself, This 19 Year-Old Scottish Producer is on to Something
Friends and students of mine know that I’ve become slightly addicted to sifting through Soundcloud for artists and musical gems. I decided to share these here whenever I have a chance.
The first artist that I’ll talk about on the site is Sam Gellaitry. He’s a 19 year-old Scottish producer who has been putting out tracks for three-plus years on Soundcloud. » Read more
Throwback Thursday – Sono Come Tu Mi Vuoi by The Jongleurs When in Rome...
Throwback circa 2000. I sing a country version of an Italian classic (in Italian) arranged by Matt Glassmeyer. Trombone solo was provided in essence by Randy Kapralick (not pictured for some reason that is not a good one I’m sure).
Listen to our version here:
An Italian record label reached out to The Jongleurs and asked us to do a cover on their Mina tribute album. They said we should do whatever we wanted, as long as we sang in Italian. Matt had the idea that I sang it in my Kentucky accent. I often demonstrated the twang version of French class that I attended through high school as a party trick. So this was my chance to document it on a recording in a brand new language.
Horn Arrangements: Matt Glassmeyer
Saxes: Matt Glassmeyer
Trombone: Randy Kapralick
Bass: Forrest Giberson
Drums: Eric Hastings
Keys, Voice and Mixing: Michael Stegner
Mina is #1 always and forever!
Want First – Play Next How to Play with More Intent...
I think it’s important that music students and musicians only play what they want to play – all the time. At a time when kids have so many activities to choose from, I’ve found this to be key in maintaining and developing engagement with students. As a musician, it makes practicing and playing way more rewarding. The cool thing is that you can do this with any repertoire.
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Everybody Party Like it’s 1999 I Have a Website Finally
It’s official, I actually have a home page… This page you are on currently. I’ve finally come around to the idea that MySpace isn’t coming back. I probably should have done this from the start, but I was holding out that “the space” was going to be great again – especially after Justin Timberlake bought it. But I have to move on. Now I’m going to run everything through here – www.michaelstegner.com. » Read more
How to play piano on “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” part 2 – Chords and scales in E Major
Here is part two of the video series on how to play “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.” This one gets into the E Major scale and the common chords in that key.
“Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” Piano Lesson Series – Part 3
Here is the third lesson on “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” – the classic song made famous by Willie Nelson. This one goes over chords and patterns we can use to back up a singer or melody instrument.
How to Play Piano on “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” as played by Willie Nelson
Here is a new video on how to play “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” as played by Willie Nelson (sort of). There will be several more videos to follow in the series. You can always use these tricks on any popular song you may be interested in playing.
Chords for the Piano in Eb Major
Here are the basic triads in Eb Major. Learning these along with the video will help you play songs in the key of Eb.