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Gear Review: Sennheiser e609 Silver Instrument Microphone

Posted in accessories, buying gear, GarageBand, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar accessories, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar tone, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, tagged amp mics, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar accessories, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar mics, guitarists, Guitars, instrument microphones, microphone, microphones, Music, musicians on January 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Sennheiser e609 Silver Instrument Microphone Summary: Need a great mic to close-mic your amp? Look no further! The e609 delivers on all fronts, able to withstand high SPL’s, and still accurately reproduce your tone. Pros: Flat-face design makes placing the mic a breeze, but more importantly, placed correctly (as you should with any mic), it’ll [...]

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New Song: Lovin’ You Again

Posted in AmpliTube, amplitube fender, GarageBand, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, IK Multimedia, Music, musicians, new song, recording, tagged AmpliTube, amplitube fender, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, IK Multimedia, Music, musicians, new song on July 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I wrote this song a few years back, and had the hardest time trying to record it. Unfortunately, the stock drum tracks in GarageBand just don’t cover the blues very well, so I finally found some decent audio drum loops that I could use. Ostensibly, this is a song about everlasting love, and how in [...]

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Adventures in Groovin’ on my Strat

Posted in amplifiers, aracom amps, booster, Creation Audio Labs, GarageBand, GAS, gear, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Hardwire, inspiration, Mk.4.23, Music, musicians, new song, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, effect pedals, Effects, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song, pedals, Red Bear Picks, V-Picks on July 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I’m normally very methodical in my approach to writing music. But sometimes, I just get carried away with playing that I’ll just create a riff, and jam over it again and again until my fingertips are numb. Writing my latest instrumental was exactly that experience. I came up with a riff, added some bass and [...]

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Gear Review: Peterson VS-R StroboRack

Posted in buying gear, DigiTech, distortion, effect pedals, fender, GarageBand, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Miscellaneous, modes, Music, music theory, musicians, new gear, tagged GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar tuners, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Peterson Tuners, StroboRack on June 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Peterson VS-R StroboRack Summary: Super-accurate, super-sophisticated, yet super-easy-to-use. With point-one cent accuracy and built-in temperament and sweeteners, plus a huge display, accurate tuning is a breeze with this unit! Pros: The big display makes tuning extremely easy, and the built-in sweeteners (I’ll get into that in a bit) ensure that once you’re tuned you sound [...]

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New Song: Running from the Future

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, aracom amps, fender, GarageBand, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, prestige guitars, songs, songwriting, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, Aracom VRX22, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, hot, hot rod, Hot Rod Deluxe, Music, musicians, new song, prestige, prestige heritage elite, song, songs, VRX, VRX22 on April 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Ever been in one of those situations where you have to face up to something you’d said or done, but avoid it all costs because it gives you this feeling of impending doom? I was recently in a situation like this, and it wasn’t at all comfortable going through the emotional and psychic turmoil leading [...]

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Gear Review: IK Multimedia Amplitube Fender

Posted in AmpliTube, amplitube fender, buying gear, Effects, GarageBand, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Home Studio, IK Multimedia, Music, musicians, recording, tagged AmpliTube, amplitube fender, Effects, GarageBand, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar recording, guitar software, guitarists, IK Multimedia, Music, musicians, recording on March 17, 2009 | 9 Comments »

IK Multimedia Amplitube Fender Edition Summary: Modeling 12 of the most famous Fender Amps, Amplitube Fender is pretty amazing. It’s scary how close to the real thing this software gets! Pros: Super-easy to install, and super-convenient to use in your DAW software. The package comes with TONS of presets that require very little tweaking. Cons: [...]

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Jam Track: Funky 12-bar Blues in Bm

Posted in amps, aracom amps, GarageBand, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, jam, jam track, Music, musicians, Saint Guitar Company, tagged aracom, aracom amps, guitar, guitar gear, guitar jam, guitarists, jam, jam track, Music, musicians, saint, Saint Guitar Company, saint guitars on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I just dig it when I find a great guitar and amp combo! Featured in this Jam Track are the Saint Guitar Company Messenger Baritone and the Aracom Amps Custom 45R, both of which I’ve reviewed previously. (Messenger Review | Custom 45R Review). The Custom 45 has a really beefy low-end and a slight scooped [...]

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Gear for the Home Studio

Posted in amplifiers, amps, buying gear, GarageBand, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, Guitars, Home Studio, inspiration, instruction, mac, Music, musicians, recording, songwriting, tagged amplifiers, amps, GarageBand, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Home Studio, mac, Music, musicians, recording, recording gear on December 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »

There are different schools of thought around this subject, but I thought I’d throw in some of my own thoughts, since I’ve been at it awhile. Note that I won’t be talking about techniques necessarily, though I will include some tips and tricks… So without further ado… First, let’s establish something here: You don’t need [...]

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New Song: Lookin’ for the Good Life

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, GarageBand, gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, reason amps, recording, Saint Guitar Company, SM25, tagged guitar, guitarists, Music, musicians, new song, reason amps, recording, saint guitars on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I love getting those intense spurts of creativity when I’m using awesome equipment. I just happened to have a couple of review pieces on hand: A Saint Guitars Benchmark and a Reason SM25 combo amp. This song started out as a simple riff this morning, and grew from there. It’s called Lookin’ for the Good [...]

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New Song: RESOLUTION

Posted in GarageBand, guitar, guitarists, inspiration, Music, songs on May 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »

This is an instrumental that evolved out of an acoustic guitar groove I came up with years ago. Recently, a friend of mine shared what he was going through with me, and how he came to resolution with what he was facing. It inspired me to put this instrumental-only song together called, RESOLUTION. Give it [...]

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