Posted in amps, gear, gear reviews, guitar gear, performing, recording on March 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
You really don’t get a taste for how well gear actually performs until you use it in a performance or recording situation. After all, doing tests is one thing; mixing it up in a band or recording a track with it are entirely different animals. This past weekend, I had the chance to put my [...]
Posted in Guitars, guitar, guitarists, performing, songwriting on February 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A couple of months ago, I was having a drink with an old-school, elderly jazz guitarist named Patrick before my weekly gig at the restaurant I play at. To this day, I still don’t know Patrick’s last name, but he’s played with great Black jazz greats like Ellis Marsalis, and that whole “N’ah-lens scene, bruh,” [...]
Posted in Guitars, Live Performance, guitar, guitarists, performing on January 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I mentioned in a previous post that I played for an audience of 750+ folks. What a rush! Anyway, there was a great photographer flitting about the place, and he happened to get some shots of the The Dawg playing, so I thought I’d share them to put a face to the name. Based upon [...]
Posted in Live Performance, guitar, performing, playing live on January 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On Monday night, I performed solo in front of 700+ people; just me and my guitar. It was probably the largest crowd that I’ve ever played for as a solo act, and it was a totally cool experience. I did a lot of covers in my set ranging from James Taylor to the Beatles - [...]
Posted in Effects, Guitars, Tone, Worship Music, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, pedals, performing, playing live on September 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I was at a casino last weekend, sitting in a bar with a couple of friends and listening to this great duo play classic rock hits. During one of their breaks between sets, I went to the stage to talk to the guitarist (he had a cool name: Buford) and checked out his gear. He [...]
Posted in Guitars, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, performing, playing live on September 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
My blog buddy, IG over at igblog always compels me to really think about playing. It’s uncanny. Thanks, IG. Anyway, in one of his latest installments entitled “You gotta fight your guitar a little…” he talked about how different guitarists actually “fight” with their guitar; overcoming bad setups or dead spots to really push [...]
Posted in Amps/Amplification, Effects, Tone, amps, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, performing, playing live on September 5, 2007 | No Comments »
About six months ago, I wrote a little ditty about the Dr. Z Air Brake, but I thought I’d revisit this essential piece of equipment once again. The Air Brake is a power attenuator; in other words, it reduces the amount of signal from your amp that reaches the speaker, thus reducing your audible output. [...]
Posted in Studio/Recording, Worship Music, catholic music, christian music, christian worship, church, performing, playing live, songs on September 4, 2007 | No Comments »
Song Title: We Sing with Joy!
Description:
This is a pure praise song, very simple to play and sing, and VERY easy to play. The main riff has only three chords and the bridge only adds another two chords. The trick to this was not to make it monotonous.
Posted in GarageBand, Guitars, Music, Worship Music, christian music, guitar, guitar gear, iMac, musicians, performing, recording on August 18, 2007 | No Comments »
All I can say is WOW! GarageBand is absolutely OFF THE HOOK!
As I mentioned in a previous post, I was going to be using GarageBand to create song foundations for performing live. But to get myself more familiarized with the application, I decided to lay down a groove for a worship song that I wrote [...]
Posted in GarageBand, Guitars, Live Performance, Music, guitar, iMac, mac, musicians, performing, recording on August 17, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been a gigging musician for several years, playing in all sorts of venues. 90% of my gigs are just me singing and accompanying myself with a single guitar and keyboard, which has worked for me for a long time. But as of late, the artist in me has yearned to stretch his wings and [...]
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