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Homemade Instrument Cables
Apr 24 We all know that guitars, amps and all the other gear doesn’t come cheap - but there are some things that you can do to save a bit of money. Making your own instrument cables is a simple task given you have the right tools.
For tabs see below. Fingerpicking style is a technique that is used in many famous and legendary songs over the years. The 16 examples in this post are a good source to learn the most common fingerpicking patterns you will ever come across. The fingerpicking patterns can be applied to almost every folk, pop, country or rock song. Try and figure out which pattern suits your favorite song. Maybe you’ll already recognize some of these patterns from songs you heard before.
16 Legendary Fingerpicking Patterns
August 23rd, 2011 10 lessons DIY musicians can learn from Radiohead Being an innovator in the music industry is never easy, but Radiohead have managed it both musically and in terms of their engagement with fans and labels. When the band started in the mid 80′s there was no Youtube, no Live Unsigned to post gigs on and no Twitter. Now you can do most of the things that Radiohead did much more easily and cheaply. Here are some things you can learn from Radiohead’s innovative approach:
10 lessons DIY musicians can learn from Radiohead « Live Unsigned Blog
Guitar Lessons, Interviews, News, Reviews, & More | Guitar Messenger – Auditioning For Lady Gaga
June 21st, 2011 by Ben Levin Dear Fellow Musicians, In January 2010 I had the opportunity to audition for the guitarist position on Lady Gaga’s international arena tour.
song written. finish the songs you start Gears: An Index of Songwriting Techniques
Gears: An Index of Songwriting Techniques
Random Rhythm Motif Generator | Learn How to Write Songs
Some ways you can use these rhythm patterns. 1) You can play around with these patterns by going to the online drum sequencer and enter the pattern into the app to sample the pattern. 2) Combine both patterns to make a new single pattern. 3) Augment the Values. Take these pattern and increase the note or rest value.
MUSIC LISTENING
All this sheet music is for classical guitar. If it is in PDF format you must have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to be able to open the documents. For any of the image files (GIF, JPG, BMP etc.), you can right click the picture of the music to save or print. (When saving or printing the file will not be as small as it is viewed in your browser.)
Classical Guitar Sheet Music
Times are hard for everyone at the moment, especially musicians. Unfortunately you can spend a lot of time signing up for free promotional sites online that will do nothing to raise their profile. Your time is limited, as are your funds so you need to focus on the free and low cost promotional opportunities that will really deliver.