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  1. Article: Teaching and parental intervention

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 165: From St. Croix Music Magazine, Issue # 33 June, 2009 Anyone who teaches kids how to play music has to deal with parents. And most of the time they are supportive and their only ...

  2. Article: Musically Speaking: Self indulgent

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 164: Self indulgent Not too long ago I was surfing through some independent band sites I came across one site in particular where musicians comment on each other (there are many). ...

  3. Article: From Toronto. Canada: Jamesking

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 163: From St. Croix Music Magazine, Issue # 33 June, 2009 This fine band from Toronto, Canada brings back fond memories of playing in top notch Pop and R+B groups in great places around ...

  4. Article: From Bosnia: Igor Paspalj

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 162: From St. Croix Music Magazine, Issue # 33 June, 2009 T his article is for anyone who likes very fast scales and arpeggios screaming through high level distortion. Yes, this is for ...

  5. Article: From New York, USA: Lunic

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 161: From St. Croix Music Magazine, Issue # 33 June, 2009 With so many bands taking alternative routes in order to break new musical grounds, it’s common to hear many who sound alike. ...

  6. Article: From Tampa, Florida, USA: Rebecca Lindsey

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 160: From Tampa, Florida, USA: Rebecca Lindsey Greatness sometimes brings out too many words from the writer trying to describe it. So when it comes to describing Rebecca Lindsey ...

  7. Article: Musically Speaking: Independent bands getting noticed

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 159: Independent bands getting noticed! I was recently told by a close friend and top record company executive that the record industry was loosing 20% of their income each year. ...

  8. Article: The Woodshed: Getting your riffs in a row

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 158: From St. Croix Music Magazine, Issue # 32 May, 2009 Last week I asked a student of mine to take a solo over some simple blues changes. And after previously showing him a good ...

  9. Article: Record Company Giant: Frank DiLeo

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 157: Record company giant Frank Dileo (This article was written a short time before Frank Dileo and Michael Jackson passed on.) It was a chilly October Sunday morning and our first ...

  10. Article: Musically Speaking: Choices

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 156: Choices Even though I have been a musician most of my life, I never realized how many people out there have made music their choice of lifestyle until we started this my website ...

  11. Article: From South Wales, Australia: Louise Hughes

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 155: From South Wales, Australia: Louise Hughes I’ve always enjoyed an artist that has a true dedication to tradition. And when it comes to the blues Louise Hughes from New South Wales, ...

  12. Article: From Jamaica: Bassie Dee

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 154: From Jamaica: Bassie Dee Carrying on a musical culture in a way that it maintains all the authenticity and tradition of its roots is always something that I hold in the highest ...

  13. Article: From Pennsylvania, USA: The Dirk Quinn Band

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 153: From Pennsylvania, USA: The Dirk Quinn Band As much as I love jazz, sometimes there are groups out there that use this great style only as an excuse to show off their individual ...

  14. Article: From Hollywood, California, USA: Oh No Not Stereo

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 152: From Hollywood, California, USA: Oh No Not Stereo Wow! As our regular readers will know, this is the very first article on an independent band that I have ever started out with ...

  15. Article: From St. Croix Virgin Islands: Jahnee Red Locks

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 151: From St. Croix Music Magazine, Issue # 30 March,2009 Every year we have an artist who visits us here in paradise that we all love to go to the beach clubs and listen to. His ...

  16. Article: The Woodshed: More on Improvisation,Jumping Intervals

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 150: From St. Croix Music Magazine, Issue # 30 March, 2009 This month I would like to discuss the improvisational technique of jumping intervals. Too many of us see phrases as a ...

  17. Article: Nashville producer/guitarist: Jerry Kennedy

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 149:  Nashville producer/guitarist: Jerry Kennedy It was a brisk autumn afternoon just south of Nashville when Dorothy and I had the opportunity of a lifetime to meet a true ...

  18. Article: Musically Speaking: The Definition of Success?

    23-07-2011

    JJ Rocks Article # 148: The definition of success? Some people see success as fame and fortune. Some see it as just making a lot of money and don’t care about being well known. And then there are ...

  19. Music: Mosquito - Car

    23-07-2011

  20. Music: pooh - The Girl From Ipanema

    23-07-2011

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