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| Equalizers And How To Use Them, rating: 8.5 |
| Probably the most underrated and under-appreciated pedals out there are EQ pedals, or really any equalizer set up in your chain. POSTED: 06/19/2009 - 10:12 am |
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| Traveling Airplane - Guitar, rating: 6.3 |
| So going to a vacation or planning to stay there for a long time? Going by airplane? And off course you want to take your guitar with you! That's what we all want... POSTED: 06/16/2009 - 08:28 am |
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| Becomming A Well-Rounded Guitarist, rating: 8.3 |
| Guitar is an instrument that handles every single form of musical genre out there. Many, many people say that they are a "rock guitarist" or a "blues guitarist", yet very, very few say that they play "everything" or play it well. POSTED: 06/16/2009 - 08:17 am |
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| Breaking Onto The Music Scene, rating: 9.3 |
| The music industry is like any other industry or business: political. There are a few ways to help get your name or your band on the music scene. POSTED: 06/12/2009 - 07:43 am |
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| A Minor Pentatonics, rating: 6 |
| The A minor pentatoinc scale. Also some licks that can be used with it. POSTED: 06/08/2009 - 07:02 am |
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| How To Choose An Electric Guitar Amplifier, rating: 8 |
| Finding the right amplifier to fit your playing style can seem like a daunting task when you consider all the possibilities. POSTED: 06/01/2009 - 06:58 am |
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| Guide To Buying An Electric Guitar, rating: 9.5 |
| A how to on trying out and buying a guitar. This and other great information found in the EG facts sticky. POSTED: 05/28/2009 - 08:23 am |
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| This Article May Save Your LIfe, rating: 9.6 |
| This short article gives a few simple and practical tips to avoid you being one of the musicians killed by electric shocks on stage. Without being too dramatic, you need to read it. POSTED: 05/15/2009 - 07:32 am |
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| How To Buy A Guitar Online, rating: 7.3 |
| Buying Guitars online is a major boon available to us in this day and age, however, there are a few things we need to keep in mind before splurging on our new baby. POSTED: 05/08/2009 - 07:11 am |
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| How To Start Playing, rating: 4.9 |
| Biginer's guide how to practice POSTED: 05/06/2009 - 06:59 am |
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| The Guide To PA. Part Two - Setting Up And Soundchecking, rating: 9.9 |
| This is the second part of my series on PA for bands just starting out. It should help you to get the best sound possible out of fairly simple equipment and help you with some practical tips. POSTED: 04/24/2009 - 06:08 am |
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| The Definitive Guide To Gigging. Part Two, rating: 8.5 |
| How to make every gig count. Part Two: The Crowd POSTED: 04/24/2009 - 05:58 am |
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| Sweeping People Off Of Their Feet, rating: 5.5 |
| Covers everything to do with Sweep-picking from 3 string arpeggios to Sweep Taaping. Become a master in no time, Even beginners can learn. POSTED: 04/21/2009 - 06:15 am |
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| The Definitive Guide To Gigging, rating: 9.3 |
| How to make every gig count. Part One: When Am I Ready To Start Gigging? POSTED: 04/20/2009 - 06:30 am |
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| A Month In The Life Of A Starving Musician. Pt 4, rating: 7.5 |
| During the fourth and final installment of my Tales of Christmas Present, I will review our final two weeks of the Christmas Coffeehouse Tour ’08, including a singer, bass player, smoker, shouter, an artist, two wheelchairs, and Santa Claus. POSTED: 04/10/2009 - 07:25 am |
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| A Month In The Life Of A Starving Musician. Pt 3, rating: 6 |
| I stand amazed after the most adventurous three-gig weekend in the history of my life. Philip and I went from technical tragedy to a terrible success as we climbed over each stone presented before us. POSTED: 04/10/2009 - 07:20 am |
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| A Month In The Life Of A Starving Musician. Pt 2, rating: 4.7 |
| This is Part 2 of the four part series. In the first article, I assembled my CDs, band, and booked gigs. This article is about actually playing the gigs and meeting the audience. POSTED: 04/09/2009 - 10:27 am |
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| A Month In The Life Of A Starving Musician. Pt 1, rating: 8.7 |
| My testimony of creating a CD, recuiting musicians, searching for gigs and getting my CDs into the hands of the audience. POSTED: 04/08/2009 - 08:14 am |
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| Building Guitar Tablature, rating: 7.4 |
| This article is a quick and easy way to learn how to make a guitar tablature line, and what guitar tablature is. POSTED: 04/08/2009 - 06:38 am |
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| Barre Chords, rating: 7.8 |
| The next set of good chords to learn after open chords. POSTED: 04/03/2009 - 10:30 am |
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| Passing Auditions: A Quick Guide, rating: 9.6 |
| So you've got the audition coming up, and have no clue what to do? Here's some tips. POSTED: 03/30/2009 - 08:56 am |
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| Writing Lyrics, rating: 7.3 |
| A guide from an emo boy, who reads a lot of Nietzche, on how to write songs with the most meaningfulness possible. POSTED: 03/30/2009 - 08:37 am |
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| Your Right Hand Has Fingers Too, rating: 7.7 |
| The guide to everything to do with your right hand! POSTED: 03/25/2009 - 09:53 am |
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| A Tourist's Guide To Metal, rating: 2.1 |
| I've noticed that there are many new fans of the metal genre and thought I would write a sort of "idiot's guide to metal." Of course people are going to find their styles of music and cling to them for dear life, but I just thought I would make clear some common misconceptions and genre mix-ups of my favorite style of music - Metal. POSTED: 03/24/2009 - 11:31 am |
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| Problems And Solutions When Playing Guitar, rating: 6.7 |
| Learn the so-called guitar secrets. POSTED: 03/20/2009 - 09:42 am |
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| Teeth Playing, rating: 4.2 |
| Inspired by Hendrix I have recently worked out one of the many ways of playing with your teeth, this is probably not the same as how Hendrix does it but it's still quite impressive. POSTED: 03/17/2009 - 07:50 am |
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| Stage Antics: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, rating: 7 |
| A small collection of the big scary world of stage tricks, stunts, and antics. Disclaimer: Stage stunts will not, I repeat, will not replace stage presence. POSTED: 03/17/2009 - 07:25 am |
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| The Ultimate Guide To Guitar. Chapter III: 5 Technique - Economy Picking, rating: 9.2 |
| In this last technique chapter of the Intermediate section, we study an alternative for the alternate picking technique, also known as "economy picking". Not only do we discuss how this technique works using examples and exercises, but we also look into the advantages and disadvantages compared to alternate picking! POSTED: 03/16/2009 - 05:53 am |
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| The Ultimate Guide To Guitar. Chapter III: 4 Technique - Harmonics, rating: 9.9 |
| A new technique chapter in the Ultimate Guide to Guitar, this time discussing another technique: harmonics! Learn what they are, how they work, and the different techniques that you can use to produce them - and make your solos scream with high-pitched squeals! POSTED: 03/09/2009 - 09:11 am |
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| Teach Yourself Guitar. Part Eight - Playing With Others, rating: 8 |
| The final part of TyG looks at playing your guitar as part of a band or jam session. POSTED: 03/06/2009 - 07:52 am |
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