Guitars
Guitar Swinging Tips – Don’t be a loser
You’ve got a strap. You’ve got a sweet guitar. You’ve got a gig. Frankly, it’s only natural that while in the middle of a jam you might feel the urge to swing your guitar around […]
Live & Recording
Guitars
Guitar Lessons: Basics Open Chord Rhythm
Young, Dumb, and Full of Strum — Many of us were inspired to pick up a guitar and play because we were turned on by an advanced, experienced player we heard in our formative years. […]
Guitar Tabs
Starting off with Beginner Songs Help You Learn Guitar
Few dictionary entries are as subjective, or as relative, as the word “easy” (adj., not hard or difficult; requiring no great labor or effort). This is especially true when it comes to music, and for […]
Drums
How to Tune Drums
Understanding how to properly tune your drums is the foundation of an excellent sounding drum kit. In this guide we will begin with the tuning of the snare drum. But first we will go over […]
Music & Life
Garage Bands Volume Wars – Being The Loudest Musician In The Group
Music should be loud. That’s just a simple fact. Sure, it applies more to rock than, say, Mozart, but you need to be able to feel the music. Preferably in your fillings, as they shake […]
Features
How to Book a Show
How many concerts have you been to? You’ve probably been to at least one, and aside from booking the band and getting the security, a lot of other work can go into it. Being the […]
Live & Recording
STUDIO MONSTER – A Day At The Recording Studio
Last weekend, my band and I dropped in the studio to lay down some tracks for three songs. Recording is always a tedious process, and involves so much work from the band as well as […]
Guitars
eMedia Guitar Collection Pack Software Review
There are as many ways to learn to play the guitar as there are students who want to play. Some people enjoy and do very well on the more formal, traditional path of private lessons, […]
Gear
Auto-Tune and Gloom – Fad Finally Fading?
Have you ever listened to T-Pain? You know how his voice always sounds like a robot? Well, thanks to something in vocal technology called Auto-Tune, sensible style and effort to make music has been lost […]
Guitars
Break Strings Much? Ernie Ball Offers a Solution
For the longest time, I refused to play anything but DR’s on my electric guitar. Though, once I really began gigging out every other weekend, I began to encounter a really frustrating issue. Every two-three […]