Musical Innovations – Six Unique Instruments
Add These Sounds to Your Earbox In previous posts, we have touched on the instruments of the conventional Western orchestra, some...
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Janae Jean
- Aug 11, 2020
- 6 min
Four Types of Texture in Music
What images pop into your heard when you hear the word "texture"? Soft or hard? Dry or wet? Alive or inanimate? Slimy? Sticky? Fur, skin,...
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
- Jan 24, 2020
- 4 min
Sample This! Part 2
Part 2 of the Sample This! series where we learn about new instruments including the Mellotron and the Chamberlin
Janae Jean
- Dec 5, 2019
- 5 min
Songs of the Season 2019
Happy Holidays from Perennial Music and Arts! Ave Maria Schubert's "Ave Maria" contains music that was originally meant to be part of a...
Janae Jean
- Dec 1, 2019
- 5 min
Sample This! Part 1
Part 1 of the Sample This! series where we discover what sampling is in music.
Janae Jean
- Nov 24, 2019
- 1 min
2019 Holiday Special!
What rings in the Holiday Season for you? Is it the sound of Jingle Bells, a Sunday afternoon Sleigh Ride, or the scent of Chestnuts...
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
- Oct 8, 2019
- 1 min
2 New Discount Codes
Announcing TWO NEW DISCOUNT CODES for students! If you are a student new to Perennial, use the code NEWSTUDENT when you book online or...
Janae Jean
- Jul 12, 2019
- 4 min
The Musical Bridge – Vive la France! 🇫🇷 La Marseillaise
L'Histoire de la Marseillaise – A song of revolution Ba dit dum dum dum dum da dit dum... Video by Engin Akyurt from Pexels Audio by the...
Janae Jean
- Jul 3, 2019
- 8 min
The Musical Bridge: Salute to America's Bandsmen – John Philip Sousa and Glenn Miller
What says, "summer" more than a parade? And, what says, "parade" more than a marching band? Music has been the flint to strike up the fire o
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 24, 2019
- 7 min
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
Janae Jean
- Jun 23, 2019
- 7 min
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
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 17, 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
- 1 min
Summer Special for High School and College Students
Summer Special for high school and college students!
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