Music Theory and Practice – So What's Bach Ever Done for us?
Or, how studying music history makes you a better musician–no matter what genre you work in. Studying the history of music is beneficial...
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Janae Jean
- Dec 20, 2022
- 14 min
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. ...
Janae Jean
- Mar 29, 2022
- 5 min
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...
Janae Jean
- Aug 9, 2021
- 9 min
Music Theory and Practice – Introduction to Counterpoint
Bringing the Baroque into the 21st Century What is Counterpoint? Counterpoint refers to an argument, idea, or theme used to create a...
Janae Jean
- Jul 12, 2021
- 12 min
Music & Arts at the Movies – 5 Composer Biopics for Movie Night
5 Baroque and Classical Composer Biopics Music and movies have gone together since the earliest days of cinema. Silent films were...
Janae Jean
- Nov 30, 2020
- 10 min
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...
Janae Jean
- Nov 1, 2020
- 1 min
Announcement! Join Us On Patreon
New Subscriber-Only Content and More Coming Soon! Like what you read in the Perennial Blog? This blog, while a labor of love, takes...
Janae Jean
- Oct 20, 2020
- 8 min
Orchestration Basics – Understanding the Voice
More Than "Just A Singer" – Voices As Instruments In the last post, I introduced the four main voice types, as well as additional...
Janae Jean
- Oct 19, 2020
- 10 min
Orchestration Basics – Choir – Voices Types
Classifying the Voice
There are four main voice types in choral music: soprano, alto, tenor, and bass.
Janae Jean
- Feb 8, 2020
- 6 min
Sample This! Part 3
A Brief Introduction to Sampling in Music: Part Three Breakbeats, Turntables, Early Hip Hop In the previous installments, we continued...
Janae Jean
- Jan 29, 2020
- 6 min
Free in February! Museums and More
Get Inspired this Winter Snow. Ice. Sleet. Slush. Wind chill factors. Here in Chicagoland, it can be tempting to stay home and hibernate...
Janae Jean
- Oct 28, 2019
- 7 min
Musical Building Blocks – Creating Melodies with Tetrachords
Just as DNA is made up of the building blocks (nucleotides) that tell cells how to make up organisms, there are building blocks that make...
Janae Jean
- Jun 28, 2019
- 7 min
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...
Janae Jean
- Jun 19, 2019
- 10 min
The Musical Bridge - Scandinavian Folk Music
Here in Geneva, Illinois, mid-June means Swedish Days, the festival has 200,000 yearly attendees who come from across Illinois and beyond to
Janae Jean
- Jun 16, 2019
- 7 min
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
Janae Jean
- Jun 1, 2019
- 7 min
Performance 101 – Stage Fright
When you imagine a musical performance, a variety of places such as coffee houses, recital halls, college campuses, bars and restaurants, o
Janae Jean
- May 28, 2019
- 4 min
Music Theory and Practice – Why Study Music Theory?
Some detractors of music theory say that studying it limits musicians. However, this is false. Simply because we know the rules does not lim
Janae Jean
- Feb 13, 2019
- 6 min
Mindfulness for Musicians
"Mindfulness" has become a buzzword in the last few years. It is often associated with calm and peace of mind. It is a concept that is...
Janae Jean
- May 23, 2018
- 5 min
The Musical Bridge – Indus Valley: Saintly Music – Sufis & Sikhs
The Indian subcontinent has a diverse range of musical styles, instruments, and genres. The different cultural, lingual, and religious...
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