Category: Musicians Arena
Whenever you feel like cribbing over the dead music scene in India. Or whenever you feel that the real sense of spirituality that India is known for doesn’t exist. Consider this. One of your favourite ...
1. Be prepared when you enter the studio. Do not assume that the studio has better amps and effects than you do. It is not their responsibility to supply you with the equipment that you ...
Instrument Care and Maintenance by the Player Temperature & Humidity In most parts of North America, temperature and humidity levels vary dramatically from summer to winter. Stringed instruments are made principally of wood, which expands ...
When you’re recording — especially if you’re recording alone — it can be tempting to stop as soon as you’ve made a mistake, undo the record pass or delete the offending performance, and start again. ...
Propellerhead Software has a cool video series going on how to make beats using Reason; the tutorial series is called “Super Neat Beat Cheat Sheet” and currently consists of three videos covering different styles: Electro ...
Sometimes you just have to let it all out. Whether on stage, on reality shows or sitting opposite Piers Morgan (the latter a state of affairs that would make the hardiest of us blubber), here ...
Eitan’s Bartel absolute love for the instrument he makes, the perfect measurements needed to craft one of his guitars, the unbelievable skill and precision required in each step, the shots of woodworking, the imagination ...
How to build your band using social media and more There was a time when all bands had to do was make music and the suits would take care of the rest. Now, thanks to ...
Learn how to use multiple compressors in series and capitalise on their combined strengths. Serial compression means using multiple compressors in series (ie, one after the other), and it’s a great way to combine the ...
In this lesson I want to talk about the I VI II V turnaround and what you can play over it and how you can practice it. The lesson will give you some exercises and ...
“Modern” and “Rhythmic” Music of the 20th Century One of the most distinctive features of “modern,” “popular” music styles that have emerged with the 20th century (including, but not limited to everything that is usually ...
Hey, guys! In my last article, we discussed how to handle a type of criticism that is not in any way constructive, offered not with the intent of improving your music, but purely to tear ...
What Are the Blues? The twelve bar blues is a very common chord progression found in a lot of songs. The progression, whilst less popular now, is very common in early blues music around the ...
Hey, guys! So, some of you UG-ers might know that my recent series of lessons, Musician Psychology, deals primarily with motivation and ways to boost your creativity to levels that are typically only experienced by professional ...
Would you like to be able to touch the hearts of the people that hear you playing? When most blues players train improvising, they just arbitrarily keep playing lick after lick and think that the ...
Examples of each topic are given below. All of the examples are meant to inspire you to learn more. There is not really an order or one of more importance. Your goals are up to ...
