Welcome to Steve Thornburg's Music page 
 
This page is dedicated to Andy Dooley, a young Rhode Island musician.  Listen, practice and learn, and keep the faith, Andy.

The purpose of this page is simply to provide references to established sources of information regarding music and music-related products. My primary focus is on computer related materials, but includes other information as well.  When time permits, I will try to keep this page updated, as well as to verify existing links.  Most of this information is not "mine" (not authored by me).  In fact, most of it is at or from various established web sites.  The links lead to information that I have found useful either directly for myself, or in the process of helping others.  Please buckle up, and browse safely.
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My site map can be found  here , if you want to see some of my other pages.


Music Software

 
n-Track Studio:  Audio & MIDI Digital Multitrack Recorder
   http://www.ntrack.com/ 
 
Band-in-a-Box is awesome!
   http://www.pgmusic.com/ 
 
IntelliScore:  Convert CD-ROMs to MIDI
   http://www.intelliscore.net/ 
 
Propellerhead Reason:  Software Synthesizer
   http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason/index.cfm?fuseaction=mainframe 
   http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/soft-reason.html 
 
Cakewalk
   http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/default.asp 
 
My ASAT


Some Cool Music Accessories

 
Behringer
   http://www.behringer.com/ 
 
Line 6
   http://www.line6.com/ 
 
Eighth Street Music
   http://www.8thstreet.com/ 
 
The American Music Center
   http://www.amc.net/ 
 
American Musical Supply
   http://www.americanmusical.com/ 
 
Brevard Music Center (school)
   http://www.brevardmusic.org/ 
 
Electronic Music Foundation
   http://www.emf.org/ 
 
Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music
   http://www.di.fm/edmguide/edmguide.html 
   http://www.ishkur.com/features/music/ 
 
The Synth Zone
   http://www.synthzone.com/ 
 
Creative Labs
   http://www.creative.com/ 
 
Ensoniq
   http://www.emu.com/ 
 
Fender
   http://www.fender.com/ 
 
Guitars by Leo
   http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/ 
 
→  Search for s/n G021168
 
Korg
   http://www.korg.com/ 
 
Roland
   http://www.rolandus.com/ 
 


Online Education and Courseware

 
Introduction to Music Theory (MSU)
   http://www.murraystate.edu/qacd/cfac/music/mus109entry.htm 
 
Michael Furstner's Online Music Education
   http://www.jazclass.aust.com/courses.htm 
 
Rein Menke's Online Songwriting Course
   http://www.euronet.nl/users/menke/songs.html 
 


MIDI Tutorials

 
[various links to tutorials, no titles - and you can see more under "For the Percussionist", below]
  Read about the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) in the Wikipedia first.
   http://www.harmony-central.com/MIDI/Doc/tutorial.html 
   http://www.midi.org/about-midi/tutorial/tutor.shtml 
   http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tutr/miditutr.htm 
   http://www.classicalarchives.com/tutorial/ 
   http://www.homerecording.com/midi.html 
   http://www.freeloops.co.uk/midi.htm 
   http://www.guitartricks.com/trick.php?trick_id=1796 
   http://www.jjonline.com/microSites/digital/midiTutorial.php 
 


Personal

 
Steve Thornburg's Music
  [please check back - not live at this time]
 


For the Percussionist, and the Electronic Percussionist

 
Wikipedia, Drums
   http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Drums 
 
Wikipedia, Percussion Instruments
   http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussion_instrument 
 
Wikipedia, Electronic Drums
   http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_drum 
 
Wikipedia, Drum Machines
   http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_machine 
 
Percussive Arts Society
   http://www.pas.org/ 
 
Wikipedia, Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
   http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Midi 
 
More about MIDI
   http://arts.ucsc.edu/EMS/Music/tech_background/MIDI/MIDI.html 
 
The Art of MIDI
   http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/studio/midi.html 
 
Electric Blues Club - Free Drum Tab
   http://www.electricbluesclub.co.uk/drum_tab.html 
 
Pete Lockett Percussion
   http://www.petelockett.com/lessons/detailedtablatutorials.html 
 
Killer Drum Grooves
   http://psbg.emusician.com/ar/emusic_killer_drum_grooves/index.htm 
 
Making it Real - Percussion Tutorial
   http://www.computermusic.co.uk/tutorial/real/3.asp 
 
Tutorial: Latin Percussion P1   (PDF file, 3418696 bytes)
   http://www.computermusic.co.uk/pdf/tutorials/latinpt1.pdf 
 
A guide to the mallet instruments
   http://homepage.mac.com/matthewlspringer/mallets/mallets.html 
 
Drums & Percussion:  Buying Guide
   http://www.sweetwater.com/shop/drums-percussion/drums_buying-guide.php 
 
TigerBill's Drum Beat
   http://www.tigerbill.com/subjects/webdrumlessons.htm 
 
Drumbum Drum Lessons
   http://www.drumbum.com/lessons/ 
 
An Introduction to MIDI
   http://www.harmony-central.com/Drums/EDW/Articles/MIDI-Introduction.html 
 
MIDI Tutorial, includes Drum Machine
   http://www.harmony-central.com/MIDI/Doc/tutorial.html 
 
Examples of MIDI Drum Machine software
   http://www.programurl.com/actiondrums-drum-tab-midi-drum-machine-controller.htm 
   http://www.topshareware.com/The-Incredible-Drum-Machine-download-14848.htm 
   http://www.songwriting-software.com/drums-software.html 
   http://www.guitar.sk/drums/drums_main.htm 
   http://www.synthzone.com/drums.htm 
 

 
 

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