Open Your Ears to Latin Pop
Feast your ears on Latin Pop, the vibrant intersection at which traditional Latin music and contemporary pop and dance meet.
Sabrina Peña Young
An intermedia composer, percussionist, author, and obsessive sci-fi buff, Sabrina Peña Young creates mind-bending electroacoustic works that have been heard throughout Australia, Asia, North America, and Europe in media festivals, radio, film, dance clubs, random boom boxes in France - and as not-so-pleasant background music.
Critics have described her music as “daunting,” and “marvelously abstract,” and she has received a wide range of awards for her compositions, including New Genre Award from the International Alliance for Women in Music for her work "Creation" and the Cintas Foundation's Brandon Fradd Fellowship in Music Composition, as well as awards and nominations for her film-making work.
Sabrina has a passion for writing too, and recently published "The Feminine Musique: Multimedia and Women Today", available at Amazon.com. She has also written for the Kapralova Society Journal, Percussive Notes, Panpipes, the IAWM Music Journal, the SEAMUS Music Journal, and various fine arts websites.
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Posts by Sabrina Peña Young
Open Your Ears to Traditional Latin Music
From samba to salsa, Latin music is unbelievably energetic and diverse. Learn about the rhythm and instrumentals that give this music its distinct groove!
Open Your Ears to Electronic Dance Music (EDM)
Electronic dance music has found its home on the dancefloors and in the hearts of clubgoers worldwide; explore the history and hallmarks of this rich genre.
Open Your Ears to Jazz
Born the streets of New Orleans, jazz grew through dance, entertainment and pop to become high art, touching nearly every popular music style on the planet.
Open Your Ears to the Blues
While not currently a chart-topping genre in it’s own right, blues saturate the roots of rock, pop, hip-hop, R & B and nearly every popular music worldwide.
Open Your Ears to Pop
What makes pop pop? While drawing from several other genres, like rock, hip-hop, country, and R & B, pop music has its own musical and cultural qualities.
Open Your Ears to Rock Music
Spanning a half-century of musical mayhem, rock genres range from Surf to Heavy Metal to Punk, Grunge and beyond. Find out what makes rock, well, rock.
The 5 Fundamentals for Success in Music
Musical success is no mystery! Take these five simple steps and you’ll be miles ahead on your journey to becoming the musician you always dreamed of being.
7 Creepy Tricks and Treats for Writing Halloween Horror Music
Reach out and scare someone with your own creepy Halloween tracks. This composer shares her darkest musical secrets for guaranteed blood-curdling results!
7 Strange Musical Secrets for Your Own Scary Soundtrack
Time to creep out with some scary Halloween jams? Why not write your own? With these seven tips—inspired by the masters—your listeners will scream for more!
How to Transcribe Music Like a Pro: Song Choice Tips
Ready to upgrade your transcription skills? Expand your musical range, exercise with YouTube transcriptions, and choose the best songs to fit your goals.
How to Transcribe Music Like a Pro: Conquering Long Songs
Transcription can be intimidating, especially for longer pieces of music. Recognizing musical patterns, and technology make the job much faster and easier.
