My guest post at Concert Katie's Blog: Classical Music 101

Go check out my guest post at Concert Katie's Blog!

Have you ever thought about attending a classical concert? Why not? Many people seem to have some apprehension about seeing a professional classical music concert, but there's a lot of reasons why you'll probably enjoy one a lot more than you may think. More



Katie writes about live concerts, scrapbooking, and other music-related topics. She's seen over 200 concerts, including 17 so far this year! She also runs occasional giveaways and posts about her experiences with developing her blog.

Another Flogging Molly song for you

It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth....

"It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift..."

~ lyrics from "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen



A great version of the song that immortalized the C, F, G, A minor, F chord progression.

Leonard Cohen first released the song back in 1984 and since then it has been recorded by many, many musicians. This version by Rufus Wainwright was featured on the Shrek movie album even though it was John Cale's cover used in the actual film.

Club Party Reviews - Rhapsody Music Service Free Trial

"Without music life would be a mistake."

~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche







This review is part of a series based on the nightclub-themed birthday party I held on 02/26/11. Over the next week or so I'll be posting several of the ideas and items that really helped make it a success!



What would a dance party be without great music? While planning out what we wanted to play for the night club party, we ran into a bit of a blockade: if we bought all of the songs we wanted, we'd have to pay a lot, which we'd rather not do. We didn't want to download them illegally. We also didn't want to use a dance radio service (even though I love Pandora) because of any commercials or songs we didn't want.

What to do? The answer: Rhapsody online music service. The cost? Zero (they offer a 14 day free trial), but we had such a good experience we might keep it if we throw more parties like this.

Rhapsody lets you create playlists and play music from their HUGE database. We were able to get every song we wanted, make multiple playlists, and even edit them on the spot or change songs.

We hooked up a computer to our sound system and Rhapsody worked like a dream. The songs buffered well and the music kept everyone dancing all night long!

Rhapsody is now on my must-have list for any party, and it should be on yours too!



I am not being compensated in any way for this; I simply want to let you all know about how great Rhapsody was for party music.

Happy Morning Music

"Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself."
~Elbert Hubbard







I love listening to classical music in the morning! I heard this Mozart concerto on my local classical station the other day and thought it'd make perfect morning music - it's calm, peaceful and lovely.

No more Guitar Hero

"Your mom doesn't count as a fan."
~ Guitar Hero 1









Activision Blizzard Inc. announced yesterday that they're through churning out Guitar Hero titles.

"Due to continued declines in the music genre, the company will disband Activision Publishing's 'Guitar Hero' business unit and discontinue development on its 'Guitar Hero' game for 2011"

$2 free Amazon.com music credit

"Without music, life would be a mistake."

~ Friedrich Nietzsche







You can now use the code VDAYMP3S to add $2.00 credit to your Amazon.com account good towards any mp3 or album download. You need to use it by the end of the day on the 14th.