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Music When You are Mobile
Musicians love their studios or private practice areas. It’s a great place to just be on your own (or with your band) and just play your instrument and have the creative muse set upon you. Outside of the studio or practice space, we each have our favorite spots of where we enjoy listening to our music. Increasingly, in this accelerating fast-paced word, we are listening to music on personal devices while we’re walking down the street, exercising at the gym, or working while we’re on public transportation. So, we’re grateful that technology has met our needs with bringing us not just ever more portable and convenient devices, but also new applications and ways to enjoy our music.
What is a wonderful things to have, but also something that is progressively becoming less common to invest in and really establish is a home audio system. By that, I mean a carefully designed and put together system of electronic source equipment, amplifiers, and speakers. This is less common because the living room has become an overall entertainment center with streaming movies and entertainment of other sorts, like gaming. So, the focus on just sitting down listening to two channel audio just has become a small segment of the population. It’s also a hobby or endeavor that is not inexpensive, either. Especially, when one acquires high quality digital audio converters (DACs), amplifiers, and capable speaker systems, you’re now talking about many thousands of dollars.
But, we have seen a resurgence of interest and investment in this area by consumers in the past 5-10 years, surprisingly. Some of this is coming from the fact that younger audiences are rediscovering vinyl records and the obvious need to play such analog sources on home audio systems and not focus on digital music and iPod type of material. Music recording companies have nurtured this renewed love affair with higher fidelity audio with vinyl options and many special releases. This is really exciting to see and it bodes well for the industry and the overall music ecosystem.
One other area of being able to enjoy your music in a mobile way when you’re on the go is car audio. Of course, there’s no chance of enjoying an analog source like a record player while driving. But, that would be a fun idea, although silly considering how you’re in a car and bumps can make the needle bounce on the vinyl record! That said, there are tons of opportunities to create compelling car audio systems that deliver amazing performance and beautiful sound for you to enjoy. Just as with anything, it’s going to get expensive with the higher quality components, but for big music lovers it’s just an acceptable price of admission. For a great resource for advising you on components to consider for your musical enjoyment, you can check out Car Audio Logic reviews on their website.
How to Select a Musical Instrument
You love music, and you want to play a musical instrument since you want to play music for yourself. Many people can easily decide which musical instrument to choose since they already have an interest in it. However, there are others that have difficulty choosing one since they have a lot of preferences. Maybe you like piano, yet you also like to play the violin, harmonica, harp and an acoustic guitar. So how do you determine which musical instrument you should play to create music? This is a guide for you so that you will arrive at an instrument that you truly love to play.
The kind of music you love
This is the very first factor that will help determine what kind of instrument you should play. Most people have a wide range of preferences when it comes to music genres, but you should focus on a genre that you love to listen to most of the time. For example, if you love listening to folk music, like the acoustic ones, drums may not be the right musical instrument. However, you don’t stop there. You need to dig deeper since buying a musical instrument is a huge investment of money and time. Make sure that the music style that you want to play fits the bill. Some musical instruments are far more versatile than the others.
What kind of situations do you imagine yourself playing?
Does it sound good when you play an acoustic stringed instrument in a jam session? Maybe getting a mandolin might be a good choice for you. If you are the less social type, you might want to go with piano as it sounds really good as a solo. The piano can also be a great piece of furniture when it is not being played.
The limits of your budget.
Of course, this plays a huge role in your choice, too. Most musical instruments are available in different price ranges, but you will find some that are very cheap or very expensive. For example, when you choose a tin whistle, it can cost you around 12 bucks if you are to go for a good and playable instrument. If you are going for the highest quality, they don’t go over the $300 line. The flip side of this is that you will have a difficult time looking for a decent quality with a loud performance for less than a couple of hundred bucks. Maybe you will get more of it, as they are less common and very complex to manufacture the right way.
Consider your practice space
Are you living in a thin-walled room? If you are going for bagpipes, they are not a very good option in such a situation as this instrument can be very disturbing to the neighborhood. If you are living on a farm, you might have more freedom doing your practice.
Convenience of finding a teacher
Don’t expect that you can learn the musical instrument by yourself, although there are others that can easily pick up on the notes. However, it is important to have a teacher or at least a tutor that will help you pick up and play the instrument of your choice. The availability of a teacher will entirely depend on the kind of instrument that you are going to play. If you are going for the diatonic accordion with the Cajun style, your options will grow thinner. It doesn’t mean that you will never learn without a teacher. They just have something that you will never learn on your own, and they will be able to help you. Keep in mind that they also charge for their lessons.