Amateur Musicians

Music Theory and Practice – Common Practice Voice Leading

Mar 6, 20235 min read

Music Theory and Practice – Common Practice Voice Leading

Voice Leading or Chorale Writing What Is Voice Leading? Voice Leading, also called Part Writing or Chorale Style Writing, is...

Music Theory and Practice – Figured Bass

Janae Jean

Mar 5, 20233 min read

Music Theory and Practice – Figured Bass

Exploring Harmony Through Real Music Beginnings in The Baroque Era The Baroque era was a historical artistic period in Europe that...

Music Theory and Practice – So What's Bach Ever Done for us?

Janae Jean

Dec 27, 20225 min read

Music Theory and Practice – So What's Bach Ever Done for us?

Or, how studying music history makes you a better musician–no matter what genre you work in. Studying the history of music is beneficial...

One Picture Is Worth One Thousand Notes – An Interview with Composer John Dante Prevedini

Janae Jean

Dec 20, 202214 min read

One Picture Is Worth One Thousand Notes – An Interview with Composer John Dante Prevedini

Our First Featured Interview! For our first interview on the Perennial blog, I spoke with composer and educator John Dante Prevedini. ...

The Musical Bridge – Celebrating Cherry Blossom Season with Japanese Arts – Creating A Haiku Song

Janae Jean

May 12, 20224 min read

The Musical Bridge – Celebrating Cherry Blossom Season with Japanese Arts – Creating A Haiku Song

The Musical Bridge – Celebrating Cherry Blossom Season with Japanese Arts – Part 2 – Hanami and Haiku In our previous post, we were...

How To Be A PRO – Performing Rights Organizations

Janae Jean

Mar 29, 20225 min read

How To Be A PRO – Performing Rights Organizations

What are a performing rights organizations they and what do they do for music creators? You’ve been creating music for a while now, and...

The Musical Bridge – 4 Traditional Irish Musical Instruments

Janae Jean

Mar 16, 20226 min read

The Musical Bridge – 4 Traditional Irish Musical Instruments

Music of the Emerald Isle On the Perennial Blog, I have several different ongoing article series, many of which that have been recurring...

Music & Arts at the Movies – 5 Composer Biopics for Movie Night

Janae Jean

Jul 12, 202112 min read

Music & Arts at the Movies – 5 Composer Biopics for Movie Night

5 Baroque and Classical Composer Biopics Music and movies have gone together since the earliest days of cinema. Silent films were...

Musical Innovations – Harry Partch Instruments

Janae Jean

Nov 30, 202010 min read

Musical Innovations – Harry Partch Instruments

Inventor and Composer In previous posts, we've focused on the instruments played in the conventional Western orchestra, some instruments...

Orchestration Basics – Understanding the Voice

Janae Jean

Oct 20, 20208 min read

Orchestration Basics – Understanding the Voice

More Than "Just A Singer" – Voices As Instruments In the last post, I introduced the four main voice types, as well as additional...

Janae Jean

Feb 8, 20206 min read

Sample This! Part 3

A Brief Introduction to Sampling in Music: Part Three Breakbeats, Turntables, Early Hip Hop In the previous installments, we continued...

What is Music Production? – Part 4 – Microphone Basics

Janae Jean

Jun 28, 20197 min read

What is Music Production? – Part 4 – Microphone Basics

Meet your new friend, Mike So far, on our study of "What Is Music Production?" We have discussed the various professionals roles that...

What is Music Production? – Part 3: Introducing The Studio Instrument

Janae Jean

Jun 24, 20197 min read

What is Music Production? – Part 3: Introducing The Studio Instrument

What do you think of what you hear someone is going "in the studio?" Do you think of the famed recording studios of the past—the hallowed mu

The Musical Bridge - Scandinavian Folk Music

Janae Jean

Jun 19, 201910 min read

The Musical Bridge - Scandinavian Folk Music

Here in Geneva, Illinois, mid-June means Swedish Days, the festival has 200,000 yearly attendees who come from across Illinois and beyond to

What Is Music Production? Part 1 – Roles & Goals

Janae Jean

Jun 16, 20197 min read

What Is Music Production? Part 1 – Roles & Goals

In today's musical world, there are more options open to musicians than ever before. We have access to DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) whe

Janae Jean

Jun 1, 20197 min read

Performance 101 – Stage Fright

When you imagine a musical performance, a variety of places such as coffee houses, recital halls, college campuses, bars and restaurants, o

Janae Jean

Feb 13, 20196 min read

Mindfulness for Musicians

"Mindfulness" has become a buzzword in the last few years. It is often associated with calm and peace of mind. It is a concept that is...

PERENNIAL MUSIC AND ARTS

(630) 454-7980‬