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Music theory is the language of musical construction. Those who understand the language of music, those who can read and write music are called musicians. Just as people who share a common language communicate everyday, musicians communicate through a common musical language.
The language musicians communicate in is not by speaking but rather by the use of sheet music. Sheet music contains information that allows musicians to play the same piece of music on their instruments regardless of which language they speak. People all around the world communicate through the language of music and that is why music is called the universal language.
2) Do I need to know music theory in order to play a musical instrument?
This is a tricky question and the answer is yes and no. Allow me to explain. If some noise or sound has rhythm, a melody, and harmony, it can be called music. Without these components it is simply noise or organized noise.
A musician, someone who understands music theory and is able to communicate in the language of music, will compose a piece of music and know what they are doing and why they are doing it. A musician will know the name of the notes, chords, and scales they are using and more important, they will know why the musical composition works or sounds good.
A musician does not need to hear the musical composition to know wether or not certain notes and chords sound good when played together, because the theory has already determined what note and chord families will sound good together and why it is so.
On the other hand many people who play music, do play by ear. Many of those who play by ear do not know the name of the notes, chords, and scales they are playing, yet they are able to create a musical composition that is pleasing to the ear of the listener.
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Speak loud for your music radio and create a buzz through resourceful advertisement. Use affordable stickers and put them to places where your local market or possible network often visits. Place your advertisement on locations where people have passion 
for music and entertainment. Here are some location ideas where to put your paper sticker ads.
Venues Where to Place Your Paper Stickers
* Public relations firm offices. Expose your music radio station to groups or firms that communicates often with the community. A PR firm is a good venue for you to put your print material. Since they create a positive image for several products and company. Having an advertisement in their office do not just expose your radio station to their networks, it also gives a good vibe to your music station.
* Music publishing company. Get your desired target market by putting and placing your paper stickers on music publishing company. Attract music listeners by making a catchy advertisement that will invite them to tune in to your radio station.
* Entertainment agency. Invest on placing your advertisements in entertainment agencies. Music is a form of entertainment. Your music radio station will be notice and appreciated by entertainment and music lovers through your paper stickers.
* Music retail stores. Reach those who are already into music by placing your paper stickers and putting them inside retail stores. These people really love listening to music and by the right advertisement you can entice them to listen and tune in to your music radio station.
* Moving vehicles. This resourceful idea of putting stickers on moving vehicles provides an excellent medium for making your advertisement material visible to the public.
Be noticed by the public by making and choosing the right advertising material for your music station. Paper stickers are good material since they are easier to distribute. It is also easier to use since you do not need stands. This print material is indeed competitive and innovative, right for your music radio station.
The magic of the internet just keeps on coming. Recently the technology has been taken over by teachers of all sorts of stuff, from how to make money to how to conquer stress to the thing we’re most interested in, how to play a guitar.
With all the sites that give guitar instruction it can hard to sort them out. But here are some of the things you should look for in internet guitar lessons plus some other great advice.
Would you like to play different types of music? If so, select a tutorial that covers the different areas. If you’re planning to be a well rounded musician, you should have at least some knowledge of the various types of music that exist. After all variety is the spice of life. There is no type of music that is intrinsically better than another.
Guitars are neat because they are adaptable to so many different musical areas. There are also so many different types of guitars. You should keep your mind open so that you become familiar with all types of guitars and music, even if you don’t become an expert in every one of them.
Your internet tutorial should teach you to do things the proper way. If you learn something incorrectly and that keeps you from playing as you would like, you have to first unlearn what you’ve learned, then learn and practice the correct methods. Be careful about this element of instruction. It’s trickier than it sounds.
With all the digital recording devices available, it shouldn’t be long into your guitar career when you’ll want to make a recording. Don’t hold back. You’ll probably discover a lot about your playing ability listening to the play back.
What was the last music you listened to today? How did that music, song or melody make you feel? Or more importantly, how did it make you think?
There is a study that is out to discover whether brains that have been trained musically are more stronger and able to resist the degenerative effects of dementia brought about by old age compared to those brains that are not in any way exposed or trained musically. 
This Canadian-made study wants to discover if kids who are given early training in music has a more cognitive edge - in terms of writing, reading and over-all verbal skills - as compared to other kids who have no training in music in any way whatsoever.
The study has been given a grant of more than one hundred fifty thousand dollars by an organization based in California that is related to any and all kinds of research in music.
The researchers who want to conduct the study believe that the human brain is extremely moldable and extremely malleable especially when one is in his childhood and until one reaches full-fledged adulthood.
The researchers hope that once it has been proven that early training in music has a positive effect on how the brain functions - and this functioning goes beyond anything that is musically related - it is therefore essential that music be involved in a child’s early education. Music could also be well utilized as an effective strategy to rehabilitate a brain that has been, in any way, damaged due to disease or stroke.