One of the big breakout groups in the past few years is The Chainsmokers, a duo made up of two East Coast guys – Alex Pall and Andrew Taggart (from New York and Maine, respectively) who met in New York and shared similar interests in EDM, DJing and indie rock.   After getting together, they

The 2017 Bon Jovi tour started this week – catch up on all the dates at the band’s website – https://www.bonjovi.com/. And if you’re in a local band, there’s still time to submit your band’s video to get a shot at opening up a Bon Jovi show in the city in which you play most

Many musicians starting in their career will play a dive bar or two at some point. The experience is twofold – the musician gets used to playing with people right in front of them at eye level, and the audience gets a close, intimate look and feel of an up-and-coming player. Lady Gaga, star of

It’s nearly time for that big musical event of the year when musicians of all kinds are recognized by their peers and fans. That’s right, we’re talking about the 2017 Grammy Awards, which will air live on February 12, a week after the Super Bowl, at 8pm EST on CBS. Among the performers scheduled to

Learn and Play Music at Scottsdale Music Academy in 2018! It’s a new year, and time for a new you! Now’s the time for you to revisit your musical passions and get going on guitar, piano, bass or vocal lessons. And the place to learn is at Scottsdale Music Academy! We’re the hottest music school

More musicians are finding that using music apps via their smartphones is helping them increase their constant musical knowledge, practice, and learning. There are hundreds of cool music apps. Need a drum machine beat to play on your phone while you strum chords? It’s there. Want to check out guitar chart apps for increased learning?

It’s the end of another year, and we here at Scottsdale Music Academy are very grateful for another successful year of teaching music in Scottsdale and Phoenix. We loved all the opportunities in 2016 to teach music to our students, and to see all our students get better throughout the year, from all the hard

The holidays are here, and Christmas Day is a week away! Are you excited? Or are you asking in disbelief “Where has the year gone?” 🙂 We hope it’s been a good year for you and yours! Now it’s time to stock up on holiday gifts for friends and family. If you’re still scrambling for

Whether you dream of singing at local venues in Phoenix and Scottsdale or showcasing your talents at famous music halls around the globe, the steps you’ll take to get there will be the same. Every aspiring vocalist wants to learn to sing as best they can, and that starts by mastering the basics.  While vocal

Many of you know that Scottsdale Music Academy is the leading local resource for guitar lessons in Scottsdale, AZ. In fact, our hundreds of satisfied students over the years can attest to the success of our teaching styles, our playing methods, our class sessions and individual lessons. But what also sets our company apart from

Becoming a better musician doesn’t mean sitting around listening to recorded music, reading music blogs and swapping concert stories over a round of beers. Rather, the path to becoming a better musician is one of focus, determination, and practice. It’s easy to think and talk about music, but in reality, the musician who takes professional

At Scottsdale Music Academy, we lead students on their musical journey to learn all forms of guitar, including jazz music guitar. We believe that studying with our jazz guitar instructors is probably the fastest and most efficient way to pick up jazz guitar playing. There may be other jazz guitar sites out there that can