Making Music is a magazine dedicated to amateur musicians. (The tag line: “Better Living Through Recreational Music Making.”) The web site has almost as much useful information as the magazine, and is definitely worth a browse. Some of the current stories:
- Creating Community the Classical Way, about the Chicago Classical Guitar Ensemble – 10 amateur guitarists of varying skill levels rehearse once a week and perform in public twice a year.
- Do You Have Tender Tendons? “Musicians, like athletes, should know how to treat tendonitis, so an acute case doesn’t become chronic, impacting your ability to play.”
- Give Me Just a Little More Time ..., about facilitating a group of Weekend Warriors from across the generations trying to play rock ‘n’ roll together.
Making Music is a long, long way from the guitar-hero-driven mags most of us a familiar with. (You’ll never see Slash on the cover.) The focus is on amateurs, regardless of instrument. I’ve come across the occasional error (“Learning the classical guitar, a centuries-old variant that uses nylon strings and is tuned an octave lower than steel-string guitars, might seem daunting to some…”), but that may be a small budget/big topic problem. Anyway, I like to see my fellow duffers get the spotlight every now and then.
[TJH]
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