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Is the ability to write songs a gift, or can it be learned? Lou Lombardi has the answer.
Most of the songs were the result of me sitting by myself in my living room and fiddling around with the bass guitar, completely directionless - which is the setting I find most conducive to songwriting.
Without stamina and strength, the fretting hand won`t respond and will let you down! Use Zammit`s trills workout to build your hand.
Classical Folk To Blues, Rock To Jazz
Instrumental Metal Mad Man
Jazz Group With A Twist
Real New Jersey Hard Rock
Guitar Nine Records December-January 2009 newsletter.
Canadian guitarist David Martone heads out to Eastern Europe and pieces together a mini-tour.
Explore some other (more advanced) variations of the same sequence, with Tommaso Zillio.
Ysrafel explodes a few myths about learning music theory.
Paul Tauterouff breaks things up a little bit to talk about some rockin` rhythm guitar ideas.
Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney helps you find the blind faith that was once there.
A mind game method for creating the right solo for the song.
Mike Campese helps you to increase your speed and technical facility.
All of the things you need to do, or practice, in order to reach you playing goals.
Music industry guru Christopher Knab tracks the shift from a "sales-to-a-customer" model to monetizing access to music.
Get the most you can out of the rehearsal time you have scheduled.
Inspired by Jeff Beck`s cover of "A Day In The Life"? Learn how you can play more melodically.
Ideas that make good melodic sense whether you play them fast or slow.
Zammit`s back with the first part of his challenging and beneficial chromatic exercises.
Where did they all go? Quality conscious, savvy collectors are grabbing up the last of `em.
Regardless of the economic slowdown, people tend to want to download a lot of their music for free, thus leaving artists without income that would be generated through royalties from CD sales.
Scott`s tackles the unteachable, and talks about adding bends, slides, and killer vibrato to your solo work
Acoustically Combining Ethnic Influences
Ambient Neo-Progressive Cyber-Rock
Fluid, Laid-Back Jazz
Guitar Nine Records February-March 2010 newsletter.
Music is a language, it comes from your soul and your body. I`m not hung up on technique or theory; that`s why I love Santana as much as Vai. What they play just comes from the heart.
When you hear generic music, you can bet the composer wasn`t inspired, rather they were stringing riffs together and trying to impress.
One I stopped procrastinating and making excuses and decided that I really wanted to make an album that I would be the first in line to buy - an album that really excited my heart.
A great solo works like a powerful and moving speech. Something that grabs your attention, keeps you interested, tells a story, and wraps up leaving you feeling like you got something from it.
Canadian guitarist David Martone has been busy lately, and has a full clinic schedule this summer.
Mike Campese gives you exercises and tios on how to pedal your way to musical nirvana.
Don`t let yourself get worse but not trying to get better.
Ysrafel covers vibrato technique in great detail in this informative lesson.
Tom Hess offers three reasons why you may not be getting big results from taking guitar lessons.
Music is a synthesis of technique and art; making sure you include both in equal measure.
Music industry guru Christopher Knab delivers the truth to a lot of musicians who may not be ready to hear it.
Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney wants to help you turn that situation around today.
Here are more exercises to develop and improve outside picking and alternate picking.