Since The Orchestra app debuted in late 2016, there has been a steady stream of praise for its ability to bring orchestral music to life...

They have sung their songs dancing on treadmills, while testing elaborate Rube Goldberg contraptions and off-roading in a car. And in their video for the song “ The Writing’s on the Wall ”, OK Go wants to make you question reality. Equipped with only a handheld camera, the group, along with 50 video assistants, created 28 different optical illusions on its first video for the group’s EP, Hungry Ghosts. The video appears to be shot in one continuous take and shows illusions th

If you haven’t met Nora the piano cat this is a good time to do it – this kitty is inspired!  If cats had fingers I think Nora would be doing a lot more than pawing at the keys. Interested in lessons?   Learn more!   | Questions?   Contact us Music Junction offers private one-on-one music lessons with talented and caring music teachers at our music school in Burbank, CA. Study your choice of piano, voice, guitar, ukulele, violin, drums, woodwinds, strings. Virtual lessons ar

This video has us smiling and wishing we could hang out with this musical family. It features a father playing a trombone and a young son accompanying him by providing backup thanks to an oven door and the cutest head bob we’ve seen in years. They’re playing the dance song “Freaks” by Timmy Trumpet and Savage.  Never heard of the song or the musicians? Neither did we until we did some Internet research and discovered that Timmy Trumpet is an Australian musician specializing

Like many of you, we were saddened by reports of the Ebola epidemic that struck West Africa and other parts of the world that caused 4,000 deaths. However, we were encouraged by an NPR report about the role music is playing in containing the deadly virus. Liberia’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has commissioned musical artists to provide information on Ebola as part of its outreach plans. Given that the adult literacy rate in Liberia is 43 percent and there is a deep

As music students and teachers, we love music. We really love music. We’ll sing in the shower and randomly tap our feet to the latest song we’re trying to master. Can there be anyone more musical than us? Well, yes. A TED-Ed video taught us a lot about music in Ancient Greece. According to educator Tim Hansen, the love of music may have been stronger thousands of years ago in a place known as the cradle of Western Civilization. The Ancient Greeks strongly valued creative exp

When you think of the Muppets — from skinny-legged Kermit to the furry Fozzie — do you think hip hop? Well, at least one person (and, possibly, a feline) does. Using the moniker, Mylo The Cat, a young man has culled several old television clips from The Muppet Show and mashed them together to make hilarious music videos. The latest viral hit is Naughty By Nature’s “Hip Hop Hooray” and we were impressed with how well the video syncs the speed of the rap lyrics with shots of th

American inventor Roland Lamb has taken the 17th century design of the piano into the future, with his piano, the Seaboard. According to singer/songwriter Jamie Cullum, who’s been invited to demo the Seaboard , it feels like “somewhere between piano and food – in a good way!” Lamb was featured on NPR: “I remember reading about Thelonious Monk, of whom it was said he was searching for the space between the black and white keys,” Lamb says. “So he’d always play these little chr

Regular visitors to this blog know that we love Ted-Ed videos. Not only are they informative but they are brief — no more than 5 minutes long — and animated, which makes learning easy. We’ve collected some of our favorite Ted-Ed music education videos to share with you. Just think, in less than a half hour you could gain a better understanding of music. It’s that simple.   How to read music - Tim Hansen The video provides essential information for beginning students that add

When we imagine the people who work for NASA, we think of rocket scientists who help us understand life outside of Earth. But do you know they also put out great music videos? Well, their interns do. Interns at Johnson Space Center in Texas have a unique tradition of creating funny parody videos with versions of “Gangnam Style” and the “Harlem Shake” that had us laughing. Now, they have come up with a twist to Meghan Trainor’s “ All About That Bass ” with “All About That Spac

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John Luther Adams won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 2014 and was also named on many critics “Best of” list for his “Become Ocean” with the Seattle Symphony. He continued to receive praise for his work “ Sila: The Breath of The World ” that is performed outdoors without any barrier between musicians and the audience and, in which, performers play apart in groups without a conductor.   So, if you’re looking to widen your musical interests, check out Adams’ work . You can buy,

We have heard about people giving up meat, sugar, even social media for Lent, but music?   That is what one person did.   More of a...

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We came across a documentary on Netflix that had us both in tears and full of joy about the power of music. The documentary, “ Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory, ” documents a music therapy program that assists elderly people living with dementia in nursing homes. In the beginning, you see the patients who are lethargic, lacking in emotion and sometimes completely unresponsive. Then, their caregiver gives them an iPod filled with their favorite sounds from their youn

If you’ve ever had a desire to make your own music videos, this website makes it easy and fun. So much fun, in fact, that you may waste...