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*We will be messaging you through Indaba to ask for your NARAS ID# if you answered “yes”. Your badge will only be added to your profile after your ID# has been verified by NARAS. 

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We’re Hiring!

Indaba Music is a small but passionate team that believes the music industry is more alive than ever. We are looking for people who are passionate about our mission to provide every musician in the world with an ongoing reason to create music and practice their art. Check out the great folks who recently joined our team:

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Iris
Music’s been a part of my life for a very long time. If there’s such a thing as a skill-hoarding disorder – I have it. I started playing piano when I was 4 and the violin when I was 9. I loved both and took lessons for years. I was concert mistress of several string ensembles and orchestras growing up (including a fiddle group where I wore a cowboy hat). I was in several of my school’s musicals (on stage and in pit). I’ve also taken classical singing lessons, learned to play snare for drum line, and taught myself to play a little bit of guitar and ukulele. On the flip side, I’m a bit of an audiophile. My dad and I used to build sound amplifiers and go to ham fests to check out vintage speakers and tubes. We spent a lot of nights in our basement listening to jazz records.

 

Some Fun Facts: I love knitting. My favorite non-musical sound: animals drinking water. I’m addicted to the Internet, like everyone else. I have a replica of the record player in the movie A Clockwork Orange. Continue reading

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Rhythmic Displacement Ear Training

 

As a companion to last weeks blog I’d like to share a few exercises that use melodic and rhythmic displacement to give your ears workout.

The main feature of these exercises is that they highlight ways in which our ear perceives strong melodic arrangement. Since music is something that we all absorb without effort, it makes sense that our brain makes decisions about the music we listen to without our conscience effort. Every time you hear a familiar song your brain registers everything about it. Instinctively you know when the drums, bass, keys, voice, ect. are supposed to line up. It’s all set up to have the biggest impact. The strength of the rhythm section will support the melody and vice versa. The purpose of the following exercises is to take strong melodies and displace the rhythm in order to change the way your mind perceives them. I’ve chosen a simple major scale melody because all of us have heard it a thousand times and it will illustrate the effect of the displacement very clearly. Continue reading

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Formal Fridays at Indaba Music

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Here’s our company photo from last week’s Formal Friday. Photo taken by Indaba Music co-Founder, Jesse Chan-Norris.

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Grammy Season with Indaba Music

Indaba Music works with musicians from all different skill levels and genres. Today we’d like to especially acknowledge and congratulate the following Grammy Nominated musicians! Be sure to tune in February 12th to see who wins at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.


Above: The official Helena Beat music video. Below: The winning Indaba Music remix from our Helena Beat Contest.

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Pumped Up Kicks
Foster The People
Track from: Torches
[Star Time Intl./Columbia]

Best Alternative Music Album
Torches
Foster The People
[Sar Time Intl./Columbia]

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Bird Songs
Joe Lovano/Us Five
[Blue Note]

Best Blues Album
Revelator
Tedeschi Trucks Band
[Masterworks]

Below: The winning Indaba Music remix from our Helena Beat Contest.

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