Give Your Opinion On Guitar In 60 Seconds

Kenny Salter from Guitar-In-60-Seconds has provided us with a few video’s from his brand new guitar course Guitar in 60 Seconds 2.0 and would like your opinion on them.  We’ve seen these videos and think you’ll get a lot out of them. Kenny’s teaching style is relaxed, clear and easy to understand. He doesn’t just tell you how to play something, he also tells you the reason why you should do it a particular way.

Everyone who gives their opinion of the guitar lesson videos on Kenny’s Blog is automatically registered for a chance to win the Guitar in 60 Seconds 2.0 Course, completely free of charge.  There is also a complimentary ebook download as a thank you for helping out.

Over the next few days we’ll send you a few more videos from Kenny’s course. Today’s video is called “Bar Chords Who Needs Them Anyway”.

Here’s the link:  http://www.guitarojam.com/60secondguitar.htm

Music As A Business - Practical Tips On How To Get Heard

If you are a musician, it is natural that you want other people to hear your work. The general route would be to send demos to music labels in the hopes of getting signed. This, however, can be a long and tedious process and only a small percentage of musicians end up getting that sought after contract.

There are other considerations for not going down that track. Creative freedom is one of those. Whilst some labels allow you to make the music you want and give you room for experimentation, others do not like taking risks. You might end up being nudged in the direction of commercially safe projects.

DeQuervain’s Tendonitis - Symptoms and Treatment

DeQuervain’s tendonitis is also recognized as DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis, DeQuervains syndrome and DeQuervains disease.

De Quervain’s tendonitis is a unpleasant condition characterized by pain and swelling on the thumb side of the wrist. De Quervain’s tendonitis is a condition brought on by irritation or swelling of the tendons found along the thumb side of the wrist.

This is representative of RSI tendonitis at the wrist which is some cases can be brought on by even texting on a cell phone. De Quervain’s tendonitis, however, involves just the thumb tendon, which runs through a canal at the base of the thumb at the back of the hand. Tendons are ropes of fibrous tissue that unite muscles to bones.

A Step-By-Step Lesson On How To Change Your Guitar Strings

Changing your guitar strings might make you feel a litte uncomfortable if you have never done it before, but it’s really quite simple and should become a regular part of your guitar care routine. Before you do anything, first take time to make some personal observations such as:

1. Which way do you have to turn the tuning keys to tighten or loosen the strings?

2. How are the strings aligned from the nut to the bridge?

3. Which is the heaviest string (6)?

Taking mental notes will probably save you some frustration and make the job much easier.

Frank Zappa’s “We’re Only In It For The Money”

Cover Story for October 5, 2007 - Frank Zappa’s “We’re Only In It For The Money”, cover photo by Jerry Schatzberg by Mike Goldstein - RockPoP Gallery

Sticking with out “psychedelic” theme another week, this week’s Cover Story is on one of the best from the era - Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention’s fantastic spoof of everything and everyone involved in making (and promoting) that genre’s music titled We’re Only In It For The Money.Using an overall style of songwriting that would serve for many years as Zappa and The Mother’s trademark - sparing no subject, touching on all aspects of that subject that made it a joke in the songwriter’s mind, and then delivering this material via bound-to-be-censored lyrics, memorable melodies and with superb musicianship and studio craftsmanship - this record made more people laugh uncomfortably than any other I know of (until the Sex Pistols released Never Mind The Bullocks… 10 years later.

How To Write A Hit Song

Writing a hit song can be a daunting project for the new songwriter. Assuming that he has mastered the initial technique of composing a lyric, melody, or both, there are still a few points that he should be acquainted with before he is ready to present his song to the publishers. Among the questions that may be in his mind are: “When starting a song, shall I begin with the lyric or with the melody?” “If I can only write lyrics, or if I can only write the melody, where shall I find a collaborator?”

Very few songwriters, including the professionals, are capable of writing both lyrics and melody. As a general rule, the songwriter may either have a special talent for writing lyrics, or be a natural composer. It is only on rare occasions that one comes across a songwriter who combines both talents and is able to do both jobs equally well.

Learn To Play Spanish Guitar

Being diverse in your musical entourage will come easier once you have learned to play one or two instruments well. When it comes to playing the Spanish guitar, which is also called the classical guitar, it is always best to dedicate your time to learning it well, and then switching to other types of guitars you fancy. A classical guitar is a bit harder to play, but when learned, you’ll have the ability to easily play other acoustic or electric variations with ease.

Generally, a steel-stringed acoustic guitar is played using a plectrum, known also as a pick. The pick is held between the index finger and thumb and makes strumming easier. However, with a Spanish guitar, one uses the fingernails and the tips of the fingers so that different patterns of strumming are employed. In order that different digits are used, the Spanish guitar is made with greater gaps between strings and the fingerboard on the base of the head is wider.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome In Musicians

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is caused by compression of the median nerve that passes through the carpal tunnel in the wrist. Along with the diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome comes considerable pain and impairment along with numbness, paresthesia (pins and needles) and loss of hand strength, coordination, and pincer grasp. This impairment is problematic for almost any profession; however, it can be entirely disabling for musicians.

How To Play Lead Guitar

How do you learn to play lead guitar? There are so many ways available now but not all of them are good at teaching you how to play lead guitar. You can take private lessons, you can teach yourself, you can attempt to learn utilizing written, do-it-yourself courses or Internet based courses-or you can purchase instructional video’s offered for sale by the actual musician of the songs and leads you are trying to learn.

What Makes Rolling Stones Concerts An Absolute Sellout?

1962 was a revolutionary year for the music industry. Five people came together to take the music industry absolutely by storm - a storm which has not lowered in intensity to this day.

The combination of Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards with Ian Stewart on the piano, Charlie Watts on the drums and Bill Wayman formed a group known as Rolling Stones. To date, the Rolling Stones have released 55 albums with 200 million albums sold worldwide to their credit.