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It has probably never been easier to make music in the history of mankind. You have an endless selection of quality and affordable home studio tools and equipment at your disposal. | Photo: Yannis Papanastasopoulos (Unsplash)
TOP 5 Positive Trends of the Contemporary Music Scene
Rhythm is a seemingly simple matter – but how is it actually possible that something can move us almost automatically, as if we were puppets on strings? | Photo: Nicholas Jeffries (Unsplash)
Music is Not Rocket Science #4: Rhythm and Tempo
Fans are the water of life and we couldn't do without them. But some of them can be a bit annoying. | Photo: Alberto Bigoni
TOP 5 Annoying Types of Fans
Isn't it actually liberating and, in fact, likeably egalitarian that if someone wants to, they can present their work publicly, regardless of how technically perfect it is or is not? | Photo: Daniel Chekalov (Unsplash)
TOP 5 Reasons Why We Like "Weird" Voices
Every musician needs visibility and relevance in the scene. The easiest thing is always to shock or at least arouse passionate reactions. But what if millions of other people on social media are trying to do the same? | Photo: Georg Arthur Pflueger (Unsplash)
TOP 5 Negative Trends of the Contemporary Music Scene
Nobody knows what exactly Frank does for a living, but he has a spare cable in his van just in case you find out that your guitar is making some weird noise just before a gig. | Photo: Adi Goldstein (Unsplash)
TOP 5 Friends You Will Need as a Band
A favourite target of criticism by all bass "professors" of merits – the thumb that is not neatly hidden behind the neck and is obnoxiously poking above the E string. | Photo: Artmaster
TOP 5 Bass Playing Techniques Forbidden by Academics
The statue of Bedřich Smetana in Prague's Novotného lávka, which also houses the composer's museum. Tourists who, like to take pictures of Prague Castle from here, are probably more familiar with Dvořák's New World Symphony than with Smetana's work. | Photo: Flickr
Bedřich Smetana: Dave Mustaine of the 19th Century?
Charles Darwin didn't think much of the importance of music in terms of his theory of evolution, but he believed that music made us more attractive to the opposite sex and therefore contributed to the replication of our genes. | Photo: Edward Cisneros (Unsplash)
Music is Not Rocket Science #2: Is Music Sexy?
We assume that bagpipes come from Scotland, don't we? However, archaeological findings suggest that the Hittites were playing bagpipes as early as 1000 BC. | Photo: Wallpaper Flare
TOP 5 Musical Curiosities from All Around the World
Where does music come from? Is it a mere luxury, a mathematical play of intervals or our vital instinct? | Photo: William White (Unsplash)
Music is Not Rocket Science #1: Universal Instinct
Taylor Swift writes about herself, her feelings, she is confident, successful and has karma on her side. What more could you want from life and career, right? | Photo: Eva Rinaldi
TOP 5 Reasons Why We Need to Talk About Taylor Swift
Albert King is once and for all the greatest personality behind the Flying V guitar. | Photo: flickr
Five Guitarists Who Prove That Flying V Is Not (Just) a Metal Guitar
Social media can sometimes be an amazing source of inspiration if you follow the right artists. | Photo: Unsplash
TOP 5 New Year Facebook Quotes
Are you fascinated by the deeper layers of the musical world? Do questions come to your mind that have no answers and are all the more appealing for it? | Photo: D A V I D S O N L U N A
TOP 5 Fascinating Theories on Music
What is it that makes the "old" ones so attractive when there is a lot of new – and good – music being created? | Photo: Universal
When Dinosaurs Take Over the Charts