Music Student Buzz – SFSKids.org Launches Music And Game Play For The Next Generation

I am thrilled to see a couple of big institutions come together to enhance music learning among the digital native children of today. San Francisco in partnership with UC Irvine is launching their SFSKids.org website for children to get interested and appreciate classical music through game play and interactivity. “SFSKids is designed in alignment with […]

New raagabox App Launched On The Apple AppStore

Today we are excited to announce the release of a brand new raagabox app for the iOS platform. It addresses several shortcomings of the raagabox Bhajans app version 1.0. In addition, it incorporates many suggestions we received from you. Best of all the new app is currently available as a FREE download on the Apple […]

Google Music Arrives On iOS, Includes A Free Month Of “All Access” Radio

by Sarah Perez Google Play Music arrived on iOS today, following reports from earlier this week stating that a launch was “imminent.” The app, which will compete with Apple’s iTunes Radio and other streaming music options like Pandora, Spotify and Rdio, offers a standard service and All Access option, both of which allow you to store your music […]

Boston Government Crowdsourcing Local Music For Its On-hold Service

By Kwame Opam on November 8, 2013 02:52 pm Being stuck on hold is bad enough without that poor man’s Kenny G wailing in your ear. The City of Boston’s Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) agrees. From now until December 2nd, Boston is calling on local talent to submit tracks for its hold music […]

Question Of The Week: What Are The Best Apps For Making Music?

The answer to this week’s question depends on how much you know about playing music and what you want to make or record. With some apps you don’t need to know a single thing about reading music notation or playing an instrument. Other apps have a learning curve beyond comprehension. All Songs Considered co-host Bob Boilen […]

40 Great Games That Teach Straight Bowing (Violin)

Playing a string instrument is one of the most complicated skills known to mankind. Kids can easily get frustrated and discouraged when learning, especially when they find that they can’t make the lovely sound they expected. Learning good bow control is fundamental but tricky. From the start, the bow has a mind of its own. […]

YouTube Launches Royalty Free Music Service

YouTube includes a number of simple production tools to help filmmakers improve their projects, but today it’s launching one that could be huge for the low- or no-budget shooter: a library of completely free music that can be used in any video — even ones that don’t end up on YouTube. The YouTube Audio Library […]

How To Convert Web Video Into MP3

If you want to download a youtube video into an MP3 audio without going through all kinds of hassles here is a simple solution from hdtransform.com. You can convert and download a web video into an MP3 file using the http://www.hdtransform.com/ service. There is no software to install which is a blessing as most other […]

Star Spangled raagabox

raagabox.com reaches (almost) every state in the United States of America according to the stats by ClustrMaps. Thanks to all the raagsters for spreading the good word. Wonder which states are missing, the Dakotas and who else, let’s share the love with them too!

raagabox 2010 Reloaded

Since my fireside chat with Prince Rama Varma during the summer of 2010, I have listened to more Behag than ever before. His love for Behag definitely\ inspired me and I am certain that the simple and melodious compositions in this raaga will make you fall in love as well. Enjoy a few new uploads […]