Kentaro Mashimo is a professional musician and producer specializing in bass guitar performance and production. He’s currently based in the Boston area, a city renowned for its varied music culture and music institutions.  Mashimo previously studied at the city’s leading music school: Berklee College of Music, and he has gone on to record bass for […]

This article will discuss names of different drum beats. Since there are different types of drum beats such as snare, tom, snares, floor, cymbals, and a whole lot of others, it is important to understand the differences in each one so that one can associate and practice accordingly. This will enable the drummer to play […]

This article will discuss what are the different genres of alternative music. There are a lot of different genres of music and sometimes, it can be confusing to figure out what genre an artist falls into. However, this list will help you identify and distinguish between the different alternative music genres. Folk Folk music is […]

Everyone knows the term “indie pop”. You know the name, the fans love the name and it has proven itself to be a versatile term. I will discuss what the term means, but I want to take it further than simply covering the idea of “pop” and the “indie” label. Let’s go deeper, into the […]

A good DJ can make the biggest of differences with the music they are playing at a show. Everyone comes in with their own ideas about what kind of music they want to hear and how they want it to sound. Although this is great, you should also know how to get the crowd going. […]

This article will discuss how does indie music sound. It is something that many artists do not look at when they compose their music. They like their music the way it is and will accept anything. Most people do not listen to music as a science. If you do, you will notice that different sounds […]