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Have fun AND learn with musical games, play-along recordings, and great tunes.

Whether you're a student or professional, the fun you have with music is at the heart of your sound. Your enjoyment is the key to your appeal, growth, and success as a musician.

Enjoy learning with activities designed to be entertaining AND challenging. Having fun is part of the plan with these:

Games that draw on your musical skills and test your limits
Music with top quality performances and new creative ideas
Education resources including:

• Podcasts interviews with top professional musicians and their formulas for success
• Play-along recordings that help you find your voice among the pros, and see the music business from their eyes
• Tutorials to take you step-by-step through creative projects at your own pace

Best of all, MAG4U makes games downloadable wherever possible, so you can start playing right away. You can start playing your music and games as soon as your download is complete.

Who Created Music and Games 4U?

I'm Wes Crawford, a teacher, performer and professional drummer near Washington, D.C. I created these activities to add more fun to the lessons, classes, and summer camps where I've been teaching. So often, the presentation on practice tapes can be clinical, dull, and unmotivating. Sometimes you can get stuck in a routine, or get frustrated with new concepts that sound great for professionals in a studio, but give you trouble when you try them with your band friends.

These play-alongs, recordings and games are designed to put the fun back into practice routines and music lessons. By adding a story line, colorful characters, or scenes from real-life situations, frustration suddenly takes a back seat. You're more confident with more styles, and you've had a chance to think through a few wacky situations that may not be so far-fetched when you're out in the real world. Developing your skills like rhythm, improvisation (with rhyme), or close listening are great ends in themselves. You'll enjoy them even more when they're part of a game.

Visit Wes on The DrumNetwork: This is a fun and educationl MySpace type site for drummers, run by Poogie Bell

Enjoy!

-Wes Crawford

Photo credit: Fotos by Folletts