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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 ...
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). ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Article: Teaching and parental intervention
23-07-2011JJ 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 ...