Eventide is widely known for its professional-level studio gear, most of which comes in the large format of heavy-duty rackmountable units designed to sit in studio control rooms or big stage rigs. A veritable Who’s […]
Randy Rhoads fans, here’s some unseen video footage that recently surfaced. As a huge Randy Rhoads’ fan, whenever some unseen audio or video is discovered, it’s like finding the Holy Grail. And so it is, […]
A guitar used by Jimi Hendrix to compose several of his classic songs is expected to fetch $225,000 at auction next month. The Epiphone acoustic cost the rock legend just $22.50 when he bought it […]
The history of Ibanez guitars is one of the most interesting ones in the guitar world. It all began in 1929 when Hoshino Gakki, a Japanese Musical Instruments company began importing and further-on, bought out […]
As many know, Jackson Guitars started when the heavy metal wave was on its peak. Grover Jackson first in-scripted his name on a guitar that was designed by the late Randy Rhoads in 1980, when […]
While you are at the absolute beginner stage of learning electric guitar, it is very important to learn full songs. Besides the obvious – that you can play the songs you learn for your friends – playing actual songs instead of scales or chord changes is mandatory, because it will make you a better player. You can’t learn timing and foot-tapping by drilling scales; you can’t learn strumming patterns by changing chords all the time. Things like these come only from playing songs—and playing them a lot. This article will show and explain how to play easy guitar songs […]
Today the music world mourns the loss of Tom “T-Bone” Wolk, longtime bassist for Hall & Oates and the Saturday Night Live Band. Often seen working in the company of guitarist G.E. Smith, Wolk died […]
There is no doubt that personal computers have changed the way we record music. Gone are the days of big and bulky tape machines, expensive reels of two-inch tape, and all the maintenance that goes […]
Far too often I’m told buy a band leader or record producer, to play something “kinda funky”. Funky is, of course, defined in many different ways depending on who you talk to. If you’re talking […]
I must admit, I was kind of happy to discover that fellow music scribe Sarssipius, who writes for muzicosphere.com, took enough gentlemanly issue with my “Why Won’t The Blues Evolve” piece that ran here on […]
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