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FALLING ASLEEP TO MUSIC
If you want to fall asleep with the stereo on, turn the volume down to a level that would be too quiet when you are awake. In less than five minutes, that level will feel comfortable, but if you're still awake in 15 minutes you may have to turn it down again.
Rusty Cartmill, Athens, Georgia
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 24 reviews
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APPRECIATING CLASSICAL MUSIC
If a piece of classical music was written after you were born, you are not obliged to appreciate it.
Francis Cooke, composer (born 1910)
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Current Rating: 4.4 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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CHOOSING HI-FI SPEAKERS
Good speakers are heavy for their size. If it feels lightweight and flimsy, that's usually how it'll sound.
johnny silver
(1) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-02-14)
Current Rating: 7.5 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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JAZZ MISTAKES
While improvising in jazz, if you make a mistake, just play it twice.
Kevin Kelly, Pacifica, CA
(2) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-02)
Current Rating: 7.3 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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DOUG'S DUET THEORY
If two superstars team up to do a duet, both their productive careers are almost over.
Douglas H. Hanbury, retired, East Peoria, IL, USA
(30) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-18)
Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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MP3 FILE SIZE AND PLAY LENGTH
Figure about 1 MB per minute to determine how long an MP3 file of a given length will play, or how many minutes you can record on a device in MP3 format.
Charles Shapiro, programmer, Atlanta, GA, USA
(7) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-10)
Current Rating: 6.5 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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AMASSING A MUSIC COLLECTION
You will not tire of your music collection if you have 200 cds or more.
Rusty Cartmill, Athens, Georgia
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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PRACTICE SLOW
When learning anything, always play it slow until you play clean. Then speed up and repeat.
JAMES STRATTON, FINANCE MANAGER, ZANESFIELD, OH, USA
(4) Contributions from this contributor since (2009-05-13)
Current Rating: 7.8 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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YO-YOING
The yo-yo makes music. A very good yo-yo thrower can actually make the string hum so loud that it is audible in a quiet environment. The rim of the yo-yo is probably traveling over 40 MPH if it makes any audible note. If the note it makes is low C the rim is traveling at nearly 60 MPH.
Bill Alton, Yoyo Newsletter Editor, Portsmouth, NH, USA
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Current Rating: 6.7 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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FIXING A MISTAKE WHILE SOLOING
If you're playing improvised music and flub a note or phrase in a scale, repeat the mistake and there is none.
John Hornor Jacobs, Creative Director, Musician, Little Rock, Ar, 72205
(1) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-09)
Current Rating: 7.2 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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MUSIC AT A PARTY
At a party with a large range in ages, the self-described oldies station will be the most well-received, followed by a well-known acoustic CD of a popular singer/songwriter, followed the Greatest Hits album of any band from the 60s.
Mignon, baggage handler, Missoula
(2) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-03-29)
Current Rating: 6.6 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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