200 more kids to get free lessons, thanks to The Hammer Band
We might not know when schools will start up again, or what they might look like when they do, but
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Music Lessons
Arkells are offering online music lessons during this time of self-isolation
Trust the Arkells to be as positive as possible in every conceivable situation. Since so people are stuck at home,
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Random music news for Tuesday, January 28, 2020
If you live in the Toronto area, is your bank suddenly on lockdown with a security guard at the front
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Weekly survey: What musician inspired you to pick up an instrument?
I have no excuse for taking up the accordion. When asked by my parents which musical instrument I wanted to
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Are these the best guitar songs of all time? Y/N
Music lesson site called TakeLessons came up with this interactive infographic featuring what it believes to be the best guitar
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Random music news for Thursday, May 17, 2018
On this day in 1902, the Antikythera Mechanism was discovered. We still don’t know who made it. Or when. As
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U2’s The Edge Wants to Make It Easier to Learn to Play the Guitar
There’s been much written about the decline of the electric guitar (here’s an example) as younger generations opt for hip
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9 Ways Learning a Musical Instrument Strengthens Your Brain
Sometime around my tenth birthday, my parents told me that I had to learn a musical instrument. For reasons that
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Want a Smarter Kid? Get Them Music Lessons
[Some advice from freelance writer, Jess Walter. – AC] The relationship between cognitive abilities and playing a musical instrument are well
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Music and the Brain: Some New Interesting Research
The effect that music has on the human brain never ceases to be amazing. Two new pieces of research have
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Want to Train Your Brain? Then Learn a Musical Instrument
Learning to play a musical instrument is one of the fastest ways to get that squishy stuff between your ears
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