Channel Title: Making Music magazine Channel Description: On this channel you'll find how to videos for virtually any musical instrument, from guitar to piano to trumpet. We explore music theory, practice and performance techniques. We also conduct artist interviews and product reviews, hosted by our resident professional musician of 30+ years, Chuck Schiele (www.ChuckSchieleMusic.com). HAVE A STORY TO TELL? Let us know what content YOU'D like to see by filling out this short survey http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07egyo9sx8k7m85pby/start Also be sure to subscribe to our weekly newsletter! If you enjoy our helpful tips, gear descriptions, resource reviews and interviews with inspiring recreational musicians, join our e-list: https://makingmusicmag.com/newsletter/ Not only that, but you’ll be able to stay up to date on all our latest articles, videos, special deals and exclusive contests! <video> Avery Head Music Tip Description: Avery Head makes the suggestion that you play with players who are further along in their development than you are. </video> <video> Sandra Wong: The Wonders of Nyckellharpa Description: Classical violinist, Sandra Wong is also a premiere Nyckellharpist. Here, she visits with Chuck Schiele at Making Music Magazine to share with us all the auspices of this somewhat unusual instrument — the Nickellharpa. She shares it, shows us how it works, shares some of the history regarding the instrument..... and she plays it for us. Enjoy the privilege of this music. Find us online at: www.makingmusicmag.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/makingmusicmag Twitter: @makingmusicmag Instagram: @makingmusicmm About the Author Making Music Magazine Content & Creative Director, Chuck Schiele is an award-winning musician, producer, consulting editorialist for the San Diego Troubadour and music writer for Table Hopping Magazine (Syracuse, NY), visual artist, designer, activist and music fan. He still plays every day. www.ChuckSchieleMusic.com | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCibqJbALKUG5OvgTUGF6Dww </video> <video> "It's all about the story" — An Interview with Alto Key, Community Video People's Choice winner Description: Alto Key, an independent London-based artist who makes indie/alt-pop music, is a musician whose music has the power to uplift the spirits, punch you in the gut, and squeeze a tear from your heart. He is also delightfully and hilariously funny on his various social media channels, and boasts over 6.7 million likes and 375,000 followers on his TikTok channel. "It's all about the story you're trying to tell and are you connecting with your audience," he says of his approach to his music. His video for his single "Burning Up" is the People's Choice winner for Making Music's spring 2021 Community Video contest, and we were able to sit and chat with Alto (aka Keian Barton) about his music, his songwriting, how he created "Burning Up" (both song and video - https://youtu.be/Qj84xL1mXzE) as well as his single "Colourless" (https://youtu.be/YTvbz42SUTA), what his advice is to up-and-coming artists looking to make their mark on the world, and what are his future career plans. The song “Burning Up" -- the video for which is an animated set of incidents showing personified animals breaking free of the oppressing aspects of their lives -- is about following your dreams. “We get caught up in this rat race, and we get caught up in maybe doing stuff we don’t always want to do, especially from a job point of view but life decisions as well," Alto says of how and why he wrote the song. "You should just follow what you really want to do and don’t let other people or other circumstances take that away from you because you’ve only got one life to live, so let’s make it count, and let’s not burn up doing the things that we don’t want to do.” Since starting in 2018, Alto Key has released a number of EPs and singles, been played on various radio stations and podcasts in the UK, and won multiple awards. For 2021, he plans to focus his music-making on "more low-fi, bedroom pop" style music, making tunes more "intimate and personal" that tells his stories while also connecting with his audience. “At the end of the day, the main thing I’m trying to make, when I’m making a good song, is something that people want to listen to again and again," he says. Alto Key's Links: Website: https://altokey.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBLBgwJQ3UY3_aQ7r5z3PSw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/altokeymusic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/altokeymusic TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@altokeymusic? </video> <video> Bagpipe Boss Avery Head Description: Bagpipe boss, Avery Head visits with Chuck Schiele from Making Music Magazine to share the ins-and outs of the bagpipe. Find us online at: www.makingmusicmag.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/makingmusicmag Twitter: @makingmusicmag Instagram: @makingmusicmm About the Author Making Music Magazine Content & Creative Director, Chuck Schiele is an award-winning musician, producer, consulting editorialist for the San Diego Troubadour and music writer for Table Hopping Magazine (Syracuse, NY), visual artist, designer, activist and music fan. He still plays every day. www.ChuckSchieleMusic.com | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCibqJbALKUG5OvgTUGF6Dww </video> <video> A liLifefe in the Wind with Pedro Eustache Description: Pedro Eustache plays literally hundreds of wind instruments..... flutes, reeds.... traditional, indigenous.... instruments you cannot pronounce. He talks about spiritual awareness in music, studying with Ravi Shankar, turning disadvantages into positive, usable assets — and why he needs no hobbies. Pedro met with Chuck Schiele from Making Music Magazine for this compelling chat about his robust life in music. Find us online at: www.makingmusicmag.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/makingmusicmag Twitter: @makingmusicmag Instagram: @makingmusicmm About the Author Making Music Magazine Content & Creative Director, Chuck Schiele is an award-winning musician, producer, consulting editorialist for the San Diego Troubadour and music writer for Table Hopping Magazine (Syracuse, NY), visual artist, designer, activist and music fan. He still plays every day. www.ChuckSchieleMusic.com | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCibqJbALKUG5OvgTUGF6Dww </video> <video> Cait Devin: Tip for Practicing Scales Description: Cait Devin shows you her method for developing speed and accuracy for playing guitar scales. </video> <video> Joe Rathburn: The Evolution of Fingerstyle Guitar Description: Joe Rathburn is a consummate fingerstyle guitarist noted for his mindfully unique and beautiful arrangements of classic tunes right along with his own original work. In this interview with Making Music Magazine's Chuck Schiele, Joe shares a lifetime's wealth of experience, insight — and a few capo tricks — as it applies to the universe of acoustic guitar. Find us online at: www.makingmusicmag.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/makingmusicmag Twitter: @makingmusicmag Instagram: @makingmusicmm About the Author Making Music Magazine Content & Creative Director, Chuck Schiele is an award-winning musician, producer, consulting editorialist for the San Diego Troubadour and music writer for Table Hopping Magazine (Syracuse, NY), visual artist, designer, activist and music fan. He still plays every day. www.ChuckSchieleMusic.com | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCibqJbALKUG5OvgTUGF6Dww </video> <video> Pedro Eustache Shares a Few Special Wind Instruments Description: Pedro Eustache plays literally hundreds of wind instruments..... flutes, reeds.... traditional, indigenous.... instruments you cannot pronounce. In this video, Pedro met with Chuck Schiele from Making Music Magazine to share a few of the special instruments —both exotic and/or invented. Find us online at: www.makingmusicmag.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/makingmusicmag Twitter: @makingmusicmag Instagram: @makingmusicmm About the Author Making Music Magazine Content & Creative Director, Chuck Schiele is an award-winning musician, producer, consulting editorialist for the San Diego Troubadour and music writer for Table Hopping Magazine (Syracuse, NY), visual artist, designer, activist and music fan. He still plays every day. www.ChuckSchieleMusic.com | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCibqJbALKUG5OvgTUGF6Dww </video> <video> Talking Harmonica with Mike Petroff Description: Michael Petroff has been playing the harmonica for most of his life. Here he visits with Chuck Schiele from Making Music Magazine to talk about living and breathing harmonica. Find us online at: www.makingmusicmag.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/makingmusicmag Twitter: @makingmusicmag Instagram: @makingmusicmm About the Author Making Music Magazine Content & Creative Director, Chuck Schiele is an award-winning musician, producer, consulting editorialist for the San Diego Troubadour and music writer for Table Hopping Magazine (Syracuse, NY), visual artist, designer, activist and music fan. He still plays every day. www.ChuckSchieleMusic.com | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCibqJbALKUG5OvgTUGF6Dww </video> <video> Joe Rathburn Explains Basic Theory for Guitar Description: Acoustic Guitar guru Joe Rathburn discusses and demonstrates a few practical theoretical concepts in this Making Music Tip video. </video> <video> Cait Devin Takes the Lead in the Future of Guitar Description: Chuck Schiele from Making Music Magazine chats with 19-year old guitar prodigy Cait Devin. She talks about her path, guitar itself, and her charity efforts involving celebrity guitarist jams. Find us online at: www.makingmusicmag.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/makingmusicmag Twitter: @makingmusicmag Instagram: @makingmusicmm About the Author Making Music Magazine Content & Creative Director, Chuck Schiele is an award-winning musician, producer, consulting editorialist for the San Diego Troubadour and music writer for Table Hopping Magazine (Syracuse, NY), visual artist, designer, activist and music fan. He still plays every day. www.ChuckSchieleMusic.com | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCibqJbALKUG5OvgTUGF6Dww </video> <video> Mike Petroff Quick Tip Description: Blues harmonica player, Mike Petroff shares a tip on harmonica playing. </video> <video> Skanson & Hansen on Nylon and Steel Description: Chuck Schiele meets with Gregg Skanson and Darren Hansen. Together the two have created a unique style of duo guitars called "Double Finger Style".... With Darren on nylon string classical/Spanish style guitar and Gregg on steel stringed Celtic/folk style, they have developed a unique sound along with inventive arrangements of popular songs from Bach to the Beatles. See how they do this, here. Find us online at: www.makingmusicmag.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/makingmusicmag Twitter: @makingmusicmag Instagram: @makingmusicmm About the Author Making Music Magazine Content & Creative Director, Chuck Schiele is an award-winning musician, producer, consulting editorialist for the San Diego Troubadour and music writer for Table Hopping Magazine (Syracuse, NY), visual artist, designer, activist and music fan. He still plays every day. www.ChuckSchieleMusic.com | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCibqJbALKUG5OvgTUGF6Dww </video> <video> Changing Acoustic Guitar Strings With Randy Tennant Description: Custom guitar maker Randy Tennant from R/T Customs offers the correct technique in changing your acoustic guitar strings. </video> <video> Fun with Octave Pedals by Michael Head Description: Guitarist Michael Head shares a few ideas and shows you how to increase your fun with octave pedals. </video>

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On this channel you'll find how to videos for virtually any musical instrument, from guitar to piano to trumpet. We explore music theory, practice and performance techniques. We also conduct artist interviews and product reviews, hosted by our resident professional musician of 30+ years, Chuck Schiele (www.ChuckSchieleMusic.com).

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