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Article: From Florida, USA: Rebecca Zapen
20-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article #21: From Florida, USA: Rebecca Zapen It’s hard these days to find someone with a singing voice that sounds as natural as someone talking. Singers who push their voice in to ...
Article: From Brazil: Heitor Castro
20-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 20: From Brazil: Heitor Castro Music meets adventure. Those are the words that come to mind as soon as I listen to this man’s music. Each piece is a journey through a well rehearsed ...
Article: From New Zealand: Angela Steele
20-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 19: From New Zealand: Angela Steele From St. Croix Music Magazine, Issue # 4, January, 2007 You know, it’s always a pleasure to hear a young singing artist who is making a splash ...
Article: From Trinidad: Aldin Soondar
20-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 18: From Trinidad: Aldin Soondar From St. Croix Music Magazine, Issue # 4, January, 2007 What can I say? This is a very special column for me personally. Now any musician ...
Article: My Real Santa
20-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 17: From St. Croix Music Magazine, Issue # 3, December, 2006 So Christmas is upon us and it’s that time again to feel that closeness to our friends and family that many of ...
Article: Coming home to the Parents
20-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 16: From St. Croix Music Magazine, Issue # 3, December, 2006 I guess many of you have looked at a guitar chord book and said to yourselves “I don’t have time to learn all those ...
Article: Christmas on the Road
20-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 15: From St. Croix Music Magazine, Issue # 3, December, 2006 Well, it’s that time of year again when almost everyone who can’t be home for Christmas will be thought about and ...
Article: From Guatemala: Shery
20-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 14: From Guatemala: Shery You know, I love a good ballad. And even though I don’t thoroughly understand all of these beautiful sounding Spanish lyrics, its incredible ...
Article: From California: BB Chung King
20-07-2011
JJ Rocks Articls # 13: BB Chung King From St. Croix Music Magazine, Issue # 3, December, 2006 When it comes to blues I always liked mine a little well done and not to tender in the middle. ...
Article: From Portugal: Moe Francesco
20-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 12: Moe Francesco There are many elements in music that attract all kinds of people, and of course it’s usually the combination of these elements in various mixtures that ...
Article: How to practice and more.
20-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 11: How to Practice and more! Many of my students seemed to be faced with the same problem when it comes to practicing. So often I hear that age old excuse. “I didn’t have time to practice this week”. So, I was faced with only two choices. I could continue ...
Article: The Magic Bond
20-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 10: The Magic Bond In today’s world of high security travel and political ridicule, I can’t think of a better time to shine a light on the real peace makers. To show appreciation ...
Article: From Netherlands: Jaymz
20-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 9: From Netherlands: Jaymz From St. Croix Music Magazine, Issue # 2, November, 2006 You know, in this day and age, when it comes to R+B music, it’s easy for someone to get ...
Article: From Tennessee, USA: Heather Cowles
20-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 8: From Tennessee, USA: Heather Cowles They say that the real test of a songs quality is to hear it in its rawest form. For instance, hearing it with only a guitar and one voice and not imbedded inside of a complex musical arrangement. That also seems to ...
Article: From Germany: Go Panic
20-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article #7: From Germany: Go Panic This band has a refreshing sound that seems to draw a little from the clean, clear and catchy music of the sixties, while maintaining the adventures ...
Article: The simple Math of Music
19-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 6: The Simple Math of Music No matter how you write music down, whether it is standard notation, tab or ancient hieroglyphics, it all boils down to the same thing. The sound of the ...
Article: Musical Segregation
19-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 5: Musical Segregation You would think that the musical youth of today would have learned a lesson from the history that was taught to them in school and broadcasted to them on TV. The ...
Article: From St. Croix, Virgin Islands: Bobby Richards
19-07-2011
JJ Rocks article # 4: From St. Croix, Virgin Islands: Bobby Richards G o up to any seasoned musician on St. Croix and ask “Who’s the best drummer on St. Croix” and most likely the answer will be “Bobby Richards”. ...
Article: From Norway: OJ Trio
19-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 3: From Norway: OJ Trio The re’s a side of jazz that brings to mind a dimly lit café somewhere in Norway on other side of a hazy blue neon sign. A musical place called “Cool”. A musicians ...
Article: From Spain: Anna Maria Ganarul Perez
19-07-2011
JJ Rocks Article # 2: From St. Croix Music Magazine, Issue #1, October, 2006 I honestly can’t understand why this girl isn’t hot on the Latin charts! But as you’ll find out in our very first issue of STCROIXMUSIC.COM, ...