© Norine Peardon, July, 2009

Being able to read music is a requirement to speak the music language.  Music is a language unto itself.  Given that, how can you communicate if you cannot speak it?

Ensembles, bands, choirs, opera, jazz all operate on the written notes first.  As far back as we can research, some sort of written notation existed to pass the songs of a generation to the next one, as well as teaching people to sing together.  Read more... (539 words, 14 images, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)

© Norine Peardon, June, 2009

Finding music which can be tolerated while you work on your computer is a tough task! Your media player is not very accomodating in this respect. The available genre’s, I have experienced, are not compatible with sitting at your computer while you are answering emails, developing websites or writing for ezines.

My search for tolerable music led me to classical. The problem with classical is that some of it tends to put me to sleep. I needed something that would allow me to be alert.  Read more... (408 words, 15 images, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

We believe we live in a relatively rational world.  However in reality, we experience life through our emotions first which we then rationalize to help us make sense of it.  This gives us the perception that we are in control; that we are deciding on what we see, hear, think and feel.  Read more... (462 words, 14 images, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Have you considered learning to play the piano?  These days you don’t even have to buy a piano.  Alternatively, you can pick up a reasonable second-hand digital piano for a very low price. Once you have bought a piano, the next plan of action is arranging lessons.  If you have lots of money, personally tutored lessons are a reasonable way to learn. You will need to contact a local teacher and arrange lessons with your teacher once a week.  The main problem with this method is that it can be exhorbitantly pricey.  Read more... (385 words, 14 images, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Georg Neumann introduced the world’s first commercially available condenser microphone, the Neumann CMV, and officially put his new company Neumann on the map. The interchangeable capsules offered different directional patterns, and it was hard to miss at 40 cm tall and 9cm in diameter. Due its large profile, it became known as the “Neumann bottle.” The easily recognizable CMV 3 is often seen in historical photographs of public events in Germany, many taken during World War II.  Read more... (759 words, 14 images, estimated 3:02 mins reading time)