Posted in Recommendations on December 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Here’s a great Christmas idea for you!
‘Guitar Made Simple’ is an extremely well thought out beginners program, with a very thorough and personal approach to help you easily learn how to play the guitar… correctly! So much more than trying to learn alone with just a book, this brilliant system connects with you as if [...]
Posted in Artists, tagged Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells on December 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Mike Oldfield has, you could say, been around the block a few times. The British-born, sometimes Spaniard artist seems to have done it all in his life and career. The now 54 year old Mike Oldfield not only did it, but lived to tell about it; from his earliest of musical ventures, to his inter-continental [...]
Posted in Performing/Gigs, tagged book your band, get more gigs, getting gigs on December 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Knowing how to get your band on at venues is vital if you’re going to get your band heard and seriously market your music. But how do you go about getting someone to book your band when you don’t know where to start?
Here are 5 key tips that will show you how to get [...]
Posted in Songwriting, tagged digital songwriting, home studio equipment, writing lyrics on December 14, 2007 | No Comments »
A whole new style of composing music and writing lyrics has arrived in the form of digital songwriting. By using hi tech home studio equipment and software, you can now record your music and lyrics at the same time as you actually write your songs.
In the Sixties and Seventies, the most any young songwriter could [...]
Posted in Recording, tagged professional sound specialists, reel to reel tape recorders, reel-to-reel machines on December 8, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The larger reel-to-reel recorders are still employed by professional sound specialists, although the basic cassette recorder is probably the cheapest form of analogue recorder which is readily available. The quality of these reel to reel machines can seldom be duplicated by the smaller recorders and their cassette tapes.
A multitude of different media’s still utilise [...]
Posted in Musicians Health, tagged , repetitive injury strain, repetitive strain injury, RSI on December 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Repetitive Strain Injury - RSI Repetitive strain injury is a condition where pain and other symptoms occur in an area of the body which has done repetitive tasks (often arms or hands). Treatment includes stopping the task (if possible), and other measures such as painkillers and physiotherapy.
NB. Repetitive strain injury is very common amongst musicians.
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Posted in Lessons & Learning, tagged , finger picking, flat picking, playing guitar left handed, strumming on December 1, 2007 | No Comments »
Now that we feel relatively comfortable playing left handed and holding the guitar and we can make the major chords, A, B, C, D, E, F and G with the right hand, what about the left hand? How do I hold the pick? What type of strumming method do I use?
There is no particular technique [...]
