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  • Your Personal Tone Generator  By : Michael Tafoya -
    A guide to getting a sound and trouble shooting

    A good sound starts from the fingers, through the pick-up to the guitar and out. If you don’t start there, you’re spinning in circles and end up with a transparent (fuzzy) sound without body and response. “Your fingers are your tone generators”. Not the amps or pedals. Those are tools to augment your expression. That’s what guitar lessons teach you, not teaching you a song without teaching you, and guiding you in technique.
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  • How to Look After Your Guitar  By : iwilliamson
    It is no big secret that proper care of your guitar will give you a more consistent quality of sound and an extended for the guitar . If you are at alls erious about playing guitar you will want to get some accessories that are essential for the care of the guitar. A guitar player is only as good as the sound and the quality of the guitar that they are playing.
  • Karaoke 101: Some Basic Facts Of Karaoke  By : Robert Thatcher -
    Have you ever wonder why this little music machine attracts so many people in the entertainment world? Have you ever tried singing a good song using a karaoke?

    Today, the utilization of karaoke is rapidly gaining a fair share in the market. In most entertainment places like bars, merry-making will not be complete without these remarkable music machine known as the karaoke.

    However, many people are wondering what this karaoke is all about. How come that this new technolo...
  • I Use Gibson Pick-Ups, Why?  By : Michael Tafoya -
    For years or decades I’ve played electric guitar in bands at bars, schools, concerts and recording sessions yet I couldn’t tell you what pick-ups (p/u’s) were about. I mean, I didn’t have a clue as to what a pick-up did what to my sound. I grew up in a Gibson family. I mean that my relatives, when they didn’t ridicule me for my participation as a rock and roll guitar player, said if I played a guitar, it had to be a Gibson. So, I only had a clue about humbucker type pick-up’s...
  • Buying concert tickets on the secondary market  By : Jacob S
    Buying concert tickets online isn't as intimidating as you think. Read about why ticket brokers all have the same inventory and how to get the best deal.
  • New iPod Accessories  By : Jason Hahn
    With the ever-increasing popularity of the iPod and all its various forms, it follows that more and more accessories will become both important and appealing to iPod owners. Here are three new accessories that iPod owners may want to consider purchasing.
  • A History Of Country Music  By : John Rivers -
    Musicians have long been playing fiddle music in the Appalachians for years, but it wasn’t until 1927 in Bristol, Tennessee that the first recording country music recording deal was signed. In this year, Victor Records signed Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family.

    Jimmie Rodgers was born in Meridian Mississippi, in 1897. Originally he worked on the railroads until his ill health got the better of him and it was only during this time that he followed his earlier love of ente...
  • Roger Waters New Washburn Signature Guitar  By : Yuri Nikitin -
    Washburn Guitars is a division of U.S. Music Corp., a world leader in the production and distribution of fretted instruments, amplification and sound reinforcement. The 125-year-old company began as a high-quality stringed instrument manufacturer in Chicago and has since acquired Oscar Schmidt (makers of the AutoHarp and student instruments), Sound Tech (sound reinforcement and pro audio gear), Randall Amplifiers and it’s most recent acquisition, Vinci Strings. U.S. Music Cor...
  • Creating The Perfect Structure For Your Song  By : Ian Waugh
    Elements of a song and ways in which you can combine them, covering the verse, chorus, intro, bridge, middle eight, instrumental, breakdown, outro and hook, plus break ups and break downs.
  • Music; An Enjoyable Necessity  By : Jackie Gee
    From when music was considered 'the sound of the gods' to the present day, humans have enjoyed the creation of harmonious tones and rhythm. Connecting our brains up in ways we have only yet to discover, music is a most wonderful thing.
  • Learn How To Play The Guitar - A Checklist For Online Lessons  By : Griff Hamlin
    Many adults are starting guitar or returning after having families and careers. This is a checklist of things to look for when evaluating online lesson packages.
  • How To Play Guitar - Discover 20 Tips To Play Like a Pro  By : Jason Pearson
    Most guitar players desire to become a better guitar player. Guitarist ask me quite often why they are not at the level that they desire and what can they do. In the past I have asked myself the very same question. Soon I began
    to understand the answers.
  • Guitar Lessons: Guitar Playing Must Be A Passion  By : Bill McRea -
    The first time I picked up a guitar my whole life changed. I think I slept with it the night I brought my first new guitar home. It’s a bit embarrassing to admit, but it is true. I remember the feel of the guitar in my hands and the shape, which reminded me of a girl I once dated. But seriously it was love, pure love.

    Then I plugged it in and hit those first magic notes….. Wow did it sound awful, maybe the worst noise I ever heard in my life. So started my journey in the w...
  • Starting a Mobile Disco  By : Diggity
    The pros (and woes) of starting a Mobile Disco
  • Learn To Dance The Salsa  By : Gray Rollins -
    The word “salsa” in Spanish means sauce. Salsa dancing is also known as slot dancing because couples don’t move around a large area of the dance floor; instead they stay in a more fixed or smaller area of the floor. So are you ready to learn Salsa dancing?

    The salsa has an eight beat pattern that is made up of two bars of four beats. The Salsa music is usually complicated and fast with around 180 beats per minute. The salsa pattern is generally one of three steps and then ...
  • ABC's of the Music Industry  By : The General
    Music is an art, however, when it comes to the music industry Music is about money! If anyone or any company feels that your music will not make them money, there will be absolutely no interest in your music. That’s it in the nut shell. Remember, to always remember this. The Music Industry is about Money!
  • How to Restring an Electric Guitar  By : tschuck1
    step by step guidline for the new (or experienced) guitar player to use in learning how to change the strings on an electric guitar
  • Memorizing your piano lessons  By : Dave Carter
    People have been debating the pros and cons of the memory technique used in taking piano learning lessons. Some of the champions of this technique line up a long list of benefits those can be accrued from this technique.
  • 7 Tips for Effective Musical Practice  By : Kevin Sinclair
    The quality of your practice is much more important than the quantity. The old saying "practice makes perfect" is only true if the practice itself is perfect. Here are 7 tips to help make your practice more effective and efficient.
  • Carrie Underwood Vs. Kellie Pickler  By : Kemal Faruquee
    The popular view in the media is that Kellie Pickler is so similar (even copying) Carrie Underwood. This is a misconception. Kellie is clearly superior.
  • Guitars – The Fender Stratocaster Is A Thing Of Dreams  By : Bill McRea -
    The very first guitar I ever played was a Candy Apple Red Fender Stratocaster. It was love at first touch. I wanted that guitar SO bad. I grew up listening to Eric Clapton, David Gilmore and Jimmy Hendrix, and during my college years I was a huge fan of Stevie Ray Vaughn. The Fender Stratocaster was the guitar of choice for these incredible guitar players and many more.

    My tasted in guitars evolved as I learned, and I discovered that every guitar had their own personality ...
  • Where do you find lyrics online?  By : AMH
    Many people download lyrics off from the internet today. Having done that they many times wish that they did buy the disc as even the legal downloads do not come with any lyrics to the songs that they have. Finding lyrics online is easy with the growth of the internet but intergrating them with your mp3 software might not be as easy as what many think.
  • MP3 Downloads Bringing Benefits to Everyone  By : Dave Carter
    With the availability of broadband Internet reaching all time heights, it has never been easier to access the wealth of free MP3 music that is on tap and online
  • MP3 Downloads How It All Came About  By : Dave Carter
    When MP3s first appeared in the music marketplace, the majority of people had little use for them
  • Tools For Learning Guitar  By : Jon Broderick -
    Guitarists are insatiable learners and the world is full of great guitar learning material. First of all, there are countless tablature books which show you in the easy-to-learn guitar tablature format how to play all your favorite songs even if you can’t read sheet music. If you can read sheet music, then there is sheet music available for every popular artist and thousands of classical and lesser-known composers. There are also “method books” that teach how to play a partic...
  • Piano Lesson On Arpeggios Lets Beginners Show Off  By : Jon Broderick -
    Learning piano for beginners is not easy. Not just pianists, but for any musician learning a new instrument the beginning is the hardest time. Piano lessons can help big-time, but still the fingers just won’t do what the mind tells them. It takes a while for real dexterity to come along.

    I should know, I have been playing guitar for over thirty years, but have just recently started working on playing piano. I haven’t taken piano lessons (who has the time?), but I hope I c...
  • Madonna Confesses Dance Floor Tour May Be Coming  By : Rita R. Powers
    The secret to being prepared and equipped is having with you everything you may need in any given situation. This can be challenging when you have to carry all of your gear.
  • Learning Piano Without Years of Lessons!  By : Edward Weiss
    So, you want to learn the piano. But you don't want to spend years learning how to read music. Read this article and discover a whole new way to play piano!
  • Piano Right From the Start: "Learning to Play What You Feel!"  By : Edward Weiss
    Imagine being able to sit down at your piano, place your hands on the keyboard, and just play! Many piano students think the ability to do this requires years of study. They couldn't be more wrong!
  • Easy Piano Improvisation: Learn to Express Yourself!  By : Edward Weiss
    Have you ever wanted to just sit down at the piano and play what you feel? Without worrying if it's good enough or if you have enough "talent?" You can when you learn how to play piano using the amazing open position piano chord!

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