Resources
On this page you will find lots of links and information that's useful for music and musicians. If you're looking for specific information for an instrument we teach (or voice), please go directly to that instrument's page and look at the resource page there for that instrument. At the time this information was entered, all links worked and products listed were available. For information purposes only; we won't post resources when we know there might be any sort of problem with a product, business, or person listed but please check out the reliability, appropriateness, and reputation of any resources you plan to use. If you have any additional questions, please ask your instructor or email us at askus@dallasmusiclessons.com. And please report broken links to info@dallasmusiclessons.com.
Acoustic Guitar - go here for resources specifically for Acoustic Guitar.
CD duplication
http://greenroomprod.com, 972-788-5133, info@greenroomprod.com
Classical Guitar - go here for resources specifically for Classical Guitar.
Copyright Discussions - go here
http://www.copyright.gov, You can register a copyright here.
http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/copyright-in-general/copyright-quickguide/
Downloading videos and converting to mp3s or mp4s (all free):
Download Real Player. http://www.real.com/realplayer. Download Quicktime. http://www.apple.com/uk/quicktime/download/ Once you've done this, any video on the internet will have a box in the corner when you mouse over it that says "download this video". Click it and download the video. Using the accompanying Converter, you can convert the video to whatever format you like. Downloading Quicktime enables Realplayer to download more formats for free. Also you can convert many different files to different formats as needed.
Drums and Percussion - go here for resources specifically for Drums and Percussion.
Ear training:
http://www.good-ear.com/index.html, martin@good-ear.com
Electric Guitar - go here for resources specifically for Electric Guitar.
Ensembles:
http://www.carolmarksmusic.com, info@carolmarksmusic.com
www.dallasbrass.com, pam@dallasbrass.com
Flute - go here for resources specifically for Flute.
Harmonica:
Harp
THE AMERICAN HARP SOCIETY, Ellen Ritscher, Denton, TX, 840-565-3739, http://www.harpsociety.org
The Geoffrey Harp School, 507 Church Street, Grapevine, Texas 76051, 817 / 251-1385, harpcenter@yahoo.com
Humor - go here for our humor posts
Improvising and Play-alongs
http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com - Guitar Backing Tracks.com. Several thousand songs with various parts missing, entire guitar parts, lead solos, and vocals, in different styles and different combinations.
Indian Music:
http://www.icmcdfw.org. the Indian Classical Music Circle of Dallas/Ft.Worth. ICMC, P.O. Box 50603, Dallas TX 75250-0603, (214)-336-3459.
Insurance:
MusicPro, https://www.musicproinsurance.com
Mandolin - go here for resources specifically for Mandolin.
Media Players:
Real Player Converter – free download. http://www.real.com/realplayer. Rip and burn CDs. Copy any video on the internet just by clicking the "download this video" box as you view the video. Using the accompanying Converter, you can pull the video off and leave an audio recording (think youtube). Also you can convert many different files to different formats.
Windows Media Player – free download. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspx. Rip and burn CDs. Right click in the top margin, choose enhancements, select "play speed settings" and you can speed up or slow down .mp3 files.
VLC media player – free download. http://www.videolan.org/vlc. Purported to play any type of media file.
Metronomes
Korg Ma-30 (a Promethean Best Buy), Korg TM-40, Planet Waves PW-CT-08, or Boss TU-80 or better.
http://www.metronomeonline.com/
http://www.onemotion.com/flash/drum-machine/
Music, Sheet
IMSLP – Petrucci Music Library http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page, Free public domain music – Tons of music, All instruments, but entirely classical works.
Music, tabs, and chord charts
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com, use with caution. These 1000s of charts range from good quality to something an eleven year old kid uploaded. Beware the phrase "this is my first tab". Also has powertab and Guitar pro tabs.
Music History
Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers, http://www.stevenestrella.com/composers
Music Education, Higher Education
The College Music Society: http://www.music.org
Music notation software
http://musescore.org. MuseScore is a free cross-platform WYSIWYG music notation program
Music retailers, Sheet Music
www.halleonard.com, The world's largest music publisher. Look at music here, talk it over with your instructor, and order it in our next music order. With a 8% discount.
Pender's Music Co. (Dallas Location) – Sheet Music, Music novelties. Metroplex's largest classical, jazz music retailer. 2650 Midway Rd, Suite 230, Carrollton, Texas 75006. (972) 818-1333
Music Styles, blues
Music Styles, classical
Music Styles, jazz
Music Theory
Musical knick knacks
Music treasures: http://www.musictreasures.com/
Musicians
MusiciansContact.com - The nationwide source of employment for musicians, established over 40 years. New incoming jobs and available musicians are updated daily. http://www.musicianscontact.com/. Find a gig or a band. Locate musicians.
Oboe - go here for resources specifically for Oboe.
Online lessons
Right here at Promethean Studios. Contact Glenda at info@dallasmusiclessons.com.
Piano and Keyboard - go here for resources specifically for Piano and Keyboard.
Praise & Worship
http://www.igracemusic.com/hymnbook/hymns.html find hymns - lyrics, lead sheets, piano music, overheads, etc.
http://www.worshiparchive.com, Free worship guitar chords, tabs & lyrics for christian worship leaders
Production
Recording and editing
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
http://www.audio-tool.net/ Sound recording software for FREE!
http://www.reaper.fm REAPER is a fully featured multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing, and mastering environment.
Recording Schools
Mediatech Institute, http://www.mediatech.edu. Dallas Campus, (972) 869-1122, 400 E. Royal Lane, Suite 100, Irving, TX 75039, abe@mediatech.edu
Reference
http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheorydefs.htm - music theory definitions. I love this site.
http://www.billboard.com info on recorded music, who's tops, etc.
www.allmusic.com - information about every kind of music, composer, group, etc
Songfacts: http://www.songfacts.com/ - purported meanings of songs, not necessarily accurate. Mostly just people talking about what they think the songs mean, or what their second cousin Bill heard it meant.
Saxophone - go here for resources specifically for Saxophone.
Songwriting - go here for resources specifically for Songwriting.
Sound, Live
ACS – A Certain Sound and Stage, http://acslive.vpweb.com/, 817.831.0675
Studios, Recording
Crystal Clear, http://www.crystalclearstudios.com, 4902 DON DRIVE DALLAS, TEXAS 75247, 214.630.2957, 888.237.2679.
Harborhousestudios: http://harborhousestudios.com
Maximedia Studios, (972) 488-8814
Nomad Studios, gary@nomadrecording.com, 214-282-6388
Panhandle House, http://www.panhandlehouse.com, Denton. 940-349-9229, Mark & Eric Herbst.
Tuners
http://www.tunerr.com/ - Online chromatic tuner.
UIL music and requirements
Venues (Places to perform)
Dallas Public Library - tina.murdock@dallaslibrary.org
The Johnnie High's Country Music Revue, 800-540-5127, 817-226-4400, Arlington Music Hall, 224 North Center, Arlington, TX 76011. www.johnniehighcountry.com
Voice - go here for resources specifically for Voice.
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Resources
On this page you will find lots of links and information that's useful for music and musicians. If you're looking for specific information for an instrument we teach (or voice), please go directly to that instrument's page and look at the resource page there for that instrument. At the time this information was entered, all links worked and products listed were available. For information purposes only; we won't post resources when we know there might be any sort of problem with a product, business, or person listed but please check out the reliability, appropriateness, and reputation of any resources you plan to use. If you have any additional questions, please ask your instructor or email us at askus@dallasmusiclessons.com. And please report broken links to info@dallasmusiclessons.com.
Acoustic Guitar - go here for resources specifically for Acoustic Guitar.
CD duplication
http://greenroomprod.com, 972-788-5133, info@greenroomprod.com
Classical Guitar - go here for resources specifically for Classical Guitar.
Copyright Discussions - go here
http://www.copyright.gov, You can register a copyright here.
http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/copyright-in-general/copyright-quickguide/
Downloading videos and converting to mp3s or mp4s (all free):
Download Real Player. http://www.real.com/realplayer. Download Quicktime. http://www.apple.com/uk/quicktime/download/ Once you've done this, any video on the internet will have a box in the corner when you mouse over it that says "download this video". Click it and download the video. Using the accompanying Converter, you can convert the video to whatever format you like. Downloading Quicktime enables Realplayer to download more formats for free. Also you can convert many different files to different formats as needed.
Drums and Percussion - go here for resources specifically for Drums and Percussion.
Ear training:
http://www.good-ear.com/index.html, martin@good-ear.com
Electric Guitar - go here for resources specifically for Electric Guitar.
Ensembles:
http://www.carolmarksmusic.com, info@carolmarksmusic.com
www.dallasbrass.com, pam@dallasbrass.com
Flute - go here for resources specifically for Flute.
Harmonica:
Harp
THE AMERICAN HARP SOCIETY, Ellen Ritscher, Denton, TX, 840-565-3739, http://www.harpsociety.org
The Geoffrey Harp School, 507 Church Street, Grapevine, Texas 76051, 817 / 251-1385, harpcenter@yahoo.com
Humor - go here for our humor posts
Improvising and Play-alongs
http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com - Guitar Backing Tracks.com. Several thousand songs with various parts missing, entire guitar parts, lead solos, and vocals, in different styles and different combinations.
Indian Music:
http://www.icmcdfw.org. the Indian Classical Music Circle of Dallas/Ft.Worth. ICMC, P.O. Box 50603, Dallas TX 75250-0603, (214)-336-3459.
Insurance:
MusicPro, https://www.musicproinsurance.com
Mandolin - go here for resources specifically for Mandolin.
Media Players:
Real Player Converter – free download. http://www.real.com/realplayer. Rip and burn CDs. Copy any video on the internet just by clicking the "download this video" box as you view the video. Using the accompanying Converter, you can pull the video off and leave an audio recording (think youtube). Also you can convert many different files to different formats.
Windows Media Player – free download. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspx. Rip and burn CDs. Right click in the top margin, choose enhancements, select "play speed settings" and you can speed up or slow down .mp3 files.
VLC media player – free download. http://www.videolan.org/vlc. Purported to play any type of media file.
Metronomes
Korg Ma-30 (a Promethean Best Buy), Korg TM-40, Planet Waves PW-CT-08, or Boss TU-80 or better.
http://www.metronomeonline.com/
http://www.onemotion.com/flash/drum-machine/
Music, Sheet
IMSLP – Petrucci Music Library http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page, Free public domain music – Tons of music, All instruments, but entirely classical works.
Music, tabs, and chord charts
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com, use with caution. These 1000s of charts range from good quality to something an eleven year old kid uploaded. Beware the phrase "this is my first tab". Also has powertab and Guitar pro tabs.
Music History
Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers, http://www.stevenestrella.com/composers
Music Education, Higher Education
The College Music Society: http://www.music.org
Music notation software
http://musescore.org. MuseScore is a free cross-platform WYSIWYG music notation program
Music retailers, Sheet Music
www.halleonard.com, The world's largest music publisher. Look at music here, talk it over with your instructor, and order it in our next music order. With a 8% discount.
Pender's Music Co. (Dallas Location) – Sheet Music, Music novelties. Metroplex's largest classical, jazz music retailer. 2650 Midway Rd, Suite 230, Carrollton, Texas 75006. (972) 818-1333
Music Styles, blues
Music Styles, classical
Music Styles, jazz
Music Theory
Musical knick knacks
Music treasures: http://www.musictreasures.com/
Musicians
MusiciansContact.com - The nationwide source of employment for musicians, established over 40 years. New incoming jobs and available musicians are updated daily. http://www.musicianscontact.com/. Find a gig or a band. Locate musicians.
Oboe - go here for resources specifically for Oboe.
Online lessons
Right here at Promethean Studios. Contact Glenda at info@dallasmusiclessons.com.
Piano and Keyboard - go here for resources specifically for Piano and Keyboard.
Praise & Worship
http://www.igracemusic.com/hymnbook/hymns.html find hymns - lyrics, lead sheets, piano music, overheads, etc.
http://www.worshiparchive.com, Free worship guitar chords, tabs & lyrics for christian worship leaders
Production
Recording and editing
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
http://www.audio-tool.net/ Sound recording software for FREE!
http://www.reaper.fm REAPER is a fully featured multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing, and mastering environment.
Recording Schools
Mediatech Institute, http://www.mediatech.edu. Dallas Campus, (972) 869-1122, 400 E. Royal Lane, Suite 100, Irving, TX 75039, abe@mediatech.edu
Reference
http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheorydefs.htm - music theory definitions. I love this site.
http://www.billboard.com info on recorded music, who's tops, etc.
www.allmusic.com - information about every kind of music, composer, group, etc
Songfacts: http://www.songfacts.com/ - purported meanings of songs, not necessarily accurate. Mostly just people talking about what they think the songs mean, or what their second cousin Bill heard it meant.
Saxophone - go here for resources specifically for Saxophone.
Songwriting - go here for resources specifically for Songwriting.
Sound, Live
ACS – A Certain Sound and Stage, http://acslive.vpweb.com/, 817.831.0675
Studios, Recording
Crystal Clear, http://www.crystalclearstudios.com, 4902 DON DRIVE DALLAS, TEXAS 75247, 214.630.2957, 888.237.2679.
Harborhousestudios: http://harborhousestudios.com
Maximedia Studios, (972) 488-8814
Nomad Studios, gary@nomadrecording.com, 214-282-6388
Panhandle House, http://www.panhandlehouse.com, Denton. 940-349-9229, Mark & Eric Herbst.
Tuners
http://www.tunerr.com/ - Online chromatic tuner.
UIL music and requirements
Venues (Places to perform)
Dallas Public Library - tina.murdock@dallaslibrary.org
The Johnnie High's Country Music Revue, 800-540-5127, 817-226-4400, Arlington Music Hall, 224 North Center, Arlington, TX 76011. www.johnniehighcountry.com
Voice - go here for resources specifically for Voice.
