Are you looking for an exciting way to improve your guitar skills this summer? Look no further than Grosse Pointe Music Academy’s Summer Guitar Camps 2023! Our beginner Guitar Camp is perfect for those who are just starting out on their guitar journey. Join us from June 19th to the 23rd and learn the basics […]
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Jazz Cafe Open Mic
Jazz Cafe Open Mic Want to share your musical talent and gain exposure? This event gives local musicians and performers an opportunity to perform in front of a live audience and band. DETEVENTS PRESENTS: SPOTLIGHT The Quarterly Series Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 Spotlight is a Quarterly open mic night event for all ages held at […]
High School Country Singer Paulina Jayne from Grosse Pointe Invited to Tryout for ‘The Voice’
by Edward Cardenas Patch.com A country singer from Grosse Pointe has been invited to tryout for ‘The Voice‘ in Nashville. Paulina Jayne Grosse Pointe resident Paulina Jayne has accepted an invitation from multi-Grammy Award winning producer, Toby Wright, to audition in Nashville next month for NBC’s show “The Voice.” “Paulina Jayne is an amazingly dynamic performer, who […]
Social Network for written music
Check out noteflight.com. Noteflight allows you to write music and share it easily on the internet. Noteflight is a free software that gives you high power music scoring tools on the internet for free. Score music for virtually any instrument and share it easily by emailing links or embedding into your web pages or blogs. […]
Learn Guitar Chords on just three strings
If you’re a beginning guitar player or a guitarist with experience, you will no doubt have fun playing the different inversions of chords on just 3 strings of the guitar. It is very common for guitar teachers to teach the chords using 6, 5, or 4 strings during beginner guitar lessons. This is a good […]
What are frets, and when should I have them replaced?
Frets are metal strips (usually nickel alloy) embedded along the fretboard (also called fingerboard) and located at exact points that divide the scale length in accordance with a specific mathematical formula. When a player presses a string against a fret it shortens the vibrating length of the string, thus […]
Register Now For Fall Music Lessons
Grosse Pointe Music Academy Sign up now for Private and Group Music Lessons You can register early to get the best available times starting in September Families can save valuable time each week by scheduling lessons for 2 or more children at the same time! Private Lessons Guitar (Electric, Acoustic, and Bass Guitar) Our […]
Rhythm Society Orchestra August 4th Music on the Plaza
Music on the Plaza in the Grosse Pointe Village proudly presents the Rhythm Society Orchestra. Thursday August 4 Music on the Plaza, Grosse Pointe Bring a chair and listen to some swingin’ big band sounds. Free. Band plays 7:00 to 8:30 The RHYTHM SOCIETY is a 15-piece dance band specializing in true vintage swing music. […]
Free Intro Guitar Class at the Harper Woods Library
Starting August 8th, the Grosse Pointe Music Academy will be sponsoring the non-profit organization Detroit Music Initiative in their efforts to bring music to those for whom it’s out of reach. The DMI will be providing four weekly hour-long classes that are open for enrollment to the public. The classes, which will be held every […]
It’s a real shame when folks be throwing away a perfectly good pink guitar like that
Shortly after I blogged about how inexpensive short-scale guitars are rare, I found this pink guitar in Harper Woods on trash day. It’s an inexpensive First Act child’s guitar, but after a thorough inspection I realized that the only thing wrong with […]
Get your child a full size guitar so they can grow into it…
Wait! The title to this post is all wrong. That is the absolute worst thing that you could do to a beginning guitarist! If you subscribe to this philosophy you may as well buy clothes that are too big for them so that they can grow into them. Don’t let an ignorant sales person at […]
If I buy an instrument, can I tell how much it will be worth if I decide to sell it later?
Not really. Well known brands and models will often have relatively predictable selling prices. Naturally there are no guarantees but if you buy a used instrument from a reputable dealer, chances are it will be a welcome return to that dealer as a trade-in or consignment. Used instruments by makers who are unknown or […]
Guitar Hero tourney rocks the house
Guitar Hero Tournament! It’s a rare occurrence when a librarian says, “Crank up the volume and rock on,” but that is essentially what happened at the Ewald branch library one afternoon. About 12 youthful gamers competed in the Grosse Pointe Public Library’s Guitar Hero tournament held Saturday, March 8. This is the second time the […]