Posted in Guitars, Music, guitar, guitarists, jam track, musicians, recording, songs, songwriting on July 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Just finished the complete song structure for what’s tentatively known as “Mr. Chunky” for the chunky twang rhythm part in the song. I’m looking for drums and bass for the song as I kind of “faked” it with audio loops for the drums and input the bass with MIDI. I posted a Jam Track earlier [...]
Posted in Guitars, Music, guitar, guitarists, jam track, musicians, recording on July 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was working on a blues-rock song this morning, and came up with this riff that I cut out and thought I’d share because instead of working on the rest of the song, I found myself jammin’ to it. Thought I’d share it with the rest of the folks here.
I’m looking to collaborate on this [...]
Posted in Guitars, Music, Tone, guitar, guitarists, musicians, rock star on July 2, 2008 | 5 Comments »
A couple of issues ago, Guitar Player mag published an interesting article entitled, “The Homogenization of Rock Guitar Tone” in which they interviewed a few top rock producers, and posed the question (paraphrased): Have we reached the point in guitar tone, where there’s nothing new to be heard?
Interesting question that… and if we were to [...]
Posted in Guitars, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians on June 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday, I received the following comment on my rating system page:
Hey , I just purchased a SAINT GUITAR COMPANY “bechmark” model From MESA/Boogie Hollywood. It is by far the nicest custom instument I’ve ever Played . Y’all should check them out. The only reveiws I’ve seen for these is on harmony central.Any who . . [...]
Posted in Guitars, Music, buying gear, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians on June 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Lots of people ask me if there’s a process I go through when I want some gear, if I have any tips for buying gear, so I thought I’d share some ideas. Before I dive into details, let me advise that you should first evaluate your need. I came up with a great way to [...]
Posted in Guitars, guitar, guitarists, musicians on June 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My blog buddy IG, wrote this article today about the power of short practice sessions. I totally agree that short, daily practice sessions are a great way to keep your chops up. My only problem is that while I normally set a time limit of about 30 minutes to practice each day, my practice session [...]
Posted in Guitars, Music, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians on June 11, 2008 | No Comments »
In my previous post today, I wrote about the value of using and evaluating gear in the place you’d normally use it before buying because you never really know how something will perform until you use it outside of a controlled environment. I got the chance to do that this past weekend, and in [...]
Posted in Guitars, Music, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians on June 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In my humble (or not so humble ) opinion, there’s no better way to evaluate gear than to gig with it. It’s one thing to play with a piece of gear in a controlled environment; it’s an entirely different matter when you use it to perform your music. Gigs can be a chaotic affair, [...]
Posted in Guitars, Music, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians on May 30, 2008 | 15 Comments »
After a minor scare last week with my heart and circulation and worrying about how long I’ll be able to play guitar, I went to the doctor and was relieved to find out that I didn’t have a heart attack - just a strong arrhythmia. It was enough to scare me, and I’m now back [...]
Posted in Guitars, guitar, guitarists, musicians on May 20, 2008 | 9 Comments »
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve acquired this weird tingly sensation in my hands - like they fall asleep - when I have my arms bent. On top of that, the joints in my fingers hurt. It’s uncomfortable and a little scary; and worst of all, it won’t go away. So I’ve made an [...]
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