The parents of Beethoven and Mozart were musicians, while Chopin, Schubert, and Tchaikovsky had music-lovers, though not musicians, as their parents.
Music journalist John Robb, said the PRS system of collecting money for musicians is quite complicated as not all musicians are members of the system, whilst others feel they are not being treated fairly.
We're not professional musicians by a long shot, but when we do get a chance to break away from the relentless torrent of cellphones and tablets, nothing quite hits the spot like a little music appreciation.
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How can musicians not in the thick of stardom make money in an age of streaming music and rampant piracy?
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Some "control" parts of the prefrontal cortex shut down, deactivated, during improvisation but not when the musicians played a memorized score.
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The misplaced respect is not limited to musicians and movie actors.
They say it's not fair that session musicians and others who play or sing on records played on the radio should be denied compensation.
It's not uncommon for orchestra musicians to be picky when it comes to their music director, says Henry Fogel, the president of the American Symphony Orchestra League.
Musicians should not be total purists in this regard.
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He questions whether it would be fair to celebrate artists only for their album sales when other musicians may not gain the same recognition for having 500, 000 downloads from a Web site.
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"The idea that we should listen to people like Bono and Geldof on Africa is in a part a product of the thought that musicians were not merely crafters of nice tunes but were actually serious commentators on our world, " says Street.
Religious chants and traditional Cuban rhythms were not what socialist authorities wanted musicians to be playing.
This is how all artists evolve, not just rock and pop musicians.
It's not an issue among professional musicians, he says, and men occupy first flute roles in leading orchestras like the New York Philharmonic.
The registered charity seeks to offer support and resources, such as performance and rehearsal spaces, to musicians who would not normally have such access.
With the increasing entanglement between politics, music and musical expression, Ryan is not alone in listening to musicians that don't line up with their politics.
Los Van Van is not the first group of musicians from Cuba to perform in Miami: in the past 18 months a dozen bands have played on different occasions.
He is special, the musicians explain, not merely because of his clarity of vision, authoritative analysis or the mysterious energy of his gestures, but rather because of the way he listens.
The Casa de la Memoria de Al-Andalus (the House of Al-Andalus Memories) encased in a former Sephardic Jewish mansion in the higgledy-piggledy Santa Cruz quarter, has garnered an excellent reputation in recent years for its heavy Baroque atmosphere and skilful musicians who are not afraid to improvise.
However for Lloyd Webber, who has worked with a range of top musicians from Yehudi Menuhin to Elton John, the purpose of the UK project is not to create a new batch of professional musicians.
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Paid for their time, the musicians left dejected but not discouraged.
Listening devices like Apple's iPod and downloading sites like Napster and now iTunes have dramatically changed the way consumers get their music, not to mention the way that musicians and record labels make money.
The festival runs for 21 days and, although not performing himself, Wyatt has invited musicians that reflect his own avant-garde tastes.
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Yet the show does not peak until shadows fall and Gnawa musicians start playing their metal qarqaba (castanets), duff (hand drums) and twanging three-stringed ginbri (bass).
At once a seasoned gospel prodigy and a newcomer to secular music, it's no surprise that Randolph has ended up working with producer T-Bone Burnett, the musical polymath who likes to pair musicians with songs that might not otherwise occur to the artists.
The first conductor, it seems, could impose his will on the musicians, where the second could not.
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