Learn Music

Welcome to Simple Music Secrets. Here we will help you learn music.How to play music, be a better performer,deal with stage fright,learn how to memorize,learn to sing and many more tips and secrets to an enjoyable life of music.

Hi, my name is Bill and I have been a musician all of my life. Music is my true calling.My main instrument is guitar and voice.I love to write songs. I also play piano and I have played flute. I studied classical voice and guitar in college. I "cut my teeth" in the 60's which, as you know, was a fantastic time for music. Jimi Hendrix,Cream,The Beatles,Yardbirds,The Doors,on and on.You name them I have probably seen them in person or at least spent many hours listening and learning their music.What a great time it was! I have written hundreds of songs. I have been to Nashville where I recorded an album (country of course at the time) and  tried to break into the songwriting and performing business. I played all over Nashville while I was there and I met some very talented singers and songwriters,some of them famous as well. (They are very open and friendly there or maybe it is because I was born in Tennessee) Can you say "Hi, ya'll?"

 I spent a lot of time in blues and folk and rock and some years in classical as I mentioned. I played at many folk festivals when folk was my thing and I even taught yodeling! Maybe I can try that here? We will see if there is any interest in that. I read music and believe that is very important for growth.I want to share with you all I have learned so you can be a better musician.I have performed all over my hometown as a solo singer/songwriter and I still perform today. I am still a very active songwriter and singer. I want to get better and better as I know you do too.

My parents play flute, piano, organ and sing, my brother and his sons and daughters play also. I guess you could say it runs in the family.Some of my fondest memories are of my family sitting around the piano and singing. My dad (still with us thank God, and my mother) would play ragtime piano for hours. My mother would play the organ also and believe me that is hard with the foot pedals and all, watch an organist sometime! What a joy it was to grow up in a musical family that still plays today and enjoys it just as much. You can too.

Here I will be sharing all I know or can learn about reading music,singing,songwriting,performing,stage fright and just about everything musical. We will have articles on the music business also.Let us know what you are interested in.