THE IMPORTANCE OF METRONOME

July 28, 2010

Most guitar players focus so much on their speed and other factors to the point that the forget to enhance their ability to keep their tempo.  That’s the problem for most guitar players.  They can’t keep your tempo.  Especially when they are doing their guitar solo, they tend to be off tempo.  Now if you [...]

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PULL OFF

July 27, 2010

The world of guitar playing is like a war, you have to acquire weapons in your arsenal and whoever’s got the big gun wins. The same with guitars. Whoever masters the techniques, are considered great. So if you want to be good in guitar playing, the best way to do it is to learn and [...]

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BILLY CORGAN COLLAPSES ON STAGE

July 26, 2010

While performing on a show on Florida last Thursday evening, Smashing Pumpkins vocalist and front man Billy Corgan collapsed while performing the bands hit song, “Bullet with Butterfly Wings.” He says that he has no memory of falling down and woke up with a bruise and he was moving slow. That has got to hurt. [...]

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TIPS ON PERFORMING LIVE

July 23, 2010

Live performances are the most critical moments in your musical career. This is where you would be judged according to your performance. Recording can be cheated, if you know what I am talking about. That is the reason why most synthetic acts (Bieber, Britney) don’t do it live, they lip sync their performances because they [...]

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ACCURACY

July 22, 2010

It is important when you play the guitar that you hit the exact notes that you are intending to hit or you need to hit. This is what we call, accuracy, in guitar playing. Inaccurate guitar playing is the reason for dirty sounding performance and that is not good, and some guitar players make this [...]

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ACOUSTIC VERSIONS

July 20, 2010

Well, there’s nothing much in this topic but I am just wondering why artists do acoustic versions of their song. I have my guesses and hypothesis but I want to listen to yours. Anyway, I have just noticed artists, rock bands doing acoustic versions of their songs. A watered – down, melodramatic and raw version [...]

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BACKING TRACKS

July 16, 2010

Don’t you know that the best way to improve your improvisation is to improvise your improvisation skills while jamming along; doing improvisation on backing tracks that could improve your improvisation skills? That’s way too much improvisation. Anyway, guitar backing tracks are simply instrumentals that lack the guitar parts in it. Why does it lack guitar [...]

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BASS TROUBLES

July 14, 2010

We are currently having a slight bit of a trouble within our band. I don’t know and I’m not sure why but I am currently unimpressed with the way our bass guitar is playing. Weak, lifeless and monotonic bass playing is what I always get when he’s around. I was the one who recorded the [...]

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AMPLIFIER FX OR MULTI FX

July 13, 2010

This is a question actually, whether it is better to use the effects on an amplifier or your very own multi effects processor. Well, let’s settle down the difference. Not all amplifiers have effects, and not all of them have stomp boxes but if they do, they sound really good like the LINE 6 amps [...]

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BEATLES SUPPORTERS VERSUS LADY GAGA

July 12, 2010

Fans of the legendary rock group, the Beatles has recently been enraged by no other than John Lennon’s son, Sean Lennon by allowing Lady Gaga to use the iconic legendary piano of the late front man. Sean had recently invited over the Poker Face singer into their home and allowed her to play the Piano [...]

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OASIS LAST ALBUM

July 8, 2010

The Phenomenal rock band from Manchester, England, has recently disbanded due to the usual argument of brothers, Liam and Noel Gallagher. Oasis had released a greatest hits album before that incident and that marked the end of the career of the rock band. But not the members. Oasis may be gone but their members have [...]

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TOP 10 GUITARISTS THAT SHOULD INFLUENCE YOU

July 7, 2010

The title sounds kinda funny. But this is the whole point of this post. I want to share to you, just in case you don’t know about it, the 10 guitar players that you should really look up to. Regardless of your preferred genre, I suggest you try and listen to the style and the [...]

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Fathers be good to your Daughters

June 30, 2010

No, don’t worry; I will not give you advice on good parenting. It’s just that I am currently listening to John Mayer Trio on my player and this track played. I could really relate to the message of this song, even if for example I wasn’t a John Mayer fan, I would still love the [...]

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HOW TO APPROACH BASIC GUITAR PROBLEMS

June 29, 2010

Are you trying to find a solution to your basic guitar problems? If so, this is exactly what you are looking for. We have everything you need to know about how to approach different guitar problems and know how to solve it. This article includes the common guitar problems that we guitarists face and how [...]

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Spares

June 28, 2010

The last thing that you want on your first gig is to have broken strings or malfunctioning cables, and the worst thing is: you didn’t bring with you spares! This is probably the worst that could ever happen to new guitar players. Why did I emphasize new guitar players? Because professional guitar players have their [...]

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Taylor Jason Mraz signature Acoustic

June 25, 2010

Jason Mraz, who hails from san Diego, California, is a hard working person. Started out small, performing almost everywhere from local cafes to football stadiums and has done this with his ever loyal and ever faithful Taylor Acoustic Guitar. while working hard performing on venues, he is also working hard making hits that made way [...]

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How to Hold Your Pick

June 24, 2010

There is no fixed rule in holding your pick, just like with drumsticks. The most important thing is you are comfortable with how you hold it and it is efficient enough for you. But there are ways of hodling the pick that is guaranteed most efficient and would allow you to play in full potential. [...]

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Songwriting Using a Guitar

June 23, 2010

My first try at songwriting was when I was 14 years old. I barely know how to play the guitar and I don’t have piano. The result is my song is made up of G and C chords and it was mediocre. The lyrics were lame and I want to kill any stray cat that [...]

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Starting from Scratch

June 22, 2010

Ok, so now you have just acquired a weird wooden device with steel strings, six of them in fact and you are wondering what to do with it. You have several options available for you. Use it to sweep the floor. Chop it down for firewood. Learn how to play it. If you picked numbers [...]

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The Metronome Advantage

June 21, 2010

Thesis not new, I know but it is worth discussing. Almost every guitar lesson in the world stresses out the importance of metronome in practicing guitar. it is a great way of improving your timing and maintaining the consistency of your tempo when playing the guitar. this is very much true but there are also [...]

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