Music Technology

One Picture Is Worth One Thousand Notes – An Interview with Composer John Dante Prevedini

Our First Featured Interview! For our first interview on the Perennial blog, I spoke with composer and educator John Dante Prevedini. ...

How To Be A PRO – Performing Rights Organizations

What are a performing rights organizations they and what do they do for music creators? You’ve been creating music for a while now, and...

Happy Star Wars Day! The Man Behind Its Music – John Williams

Celebrating The Legendary Career of American Composer John Williams Before we get into our celebration of Star Wars Day with a bit about...

Musical Innovations – Harry Partch Instruments

Inventor and Composer In previous posts, we've focused on the instruments played in the conventional Western orchestra, some instruments...

Sample This! Part 3

A Brief Introduction to Sampling in Music: Part Three Breakbeats, Turntables, Early Hip Hop In the previous installments, we continued...

Sample This! Part 2

Part 2 of the Sample This! series where we learn about new instruments including the Mellotron and the Chamberlin

Sample This! Part 1

Part 1 of the Sample This! series where we discover what sampling is in music.

What is Music Production? – Part 4 – Microphone Basics

Meet your new friend, Mike So far, on our study of "What Is Music Production?" We have discussed the various professionals roles that...

What is Music Production? – Part 3: Introducing The Studio Instrument

What do you think of what you hear someone is going "in the studio?" Do you think of the famed recording studios of the past—the hallowed mu

What Is Music Production? – Part 2: DAWs

In today's world, a Digital Audio Workstation or a DAW is a software application (or a hardware device) used for recording, editing, and cr

What Is Music Production? Part 1 – Roles & Goals

In today's musical world, there are more options open to musicians than ever before. We have access to DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) whe

What Is MIDI?

May is #MIDI month! The MIDI Association has dedicated May 2018 to getting the word out about MIDI. Are you familiar with MIDI? What does...