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Giving Yourself the Tools of a Singer

Of course, if you're a great singer, you have an exemplary singing voice. However, you also need other things in order to be successful in your profession. These tools might not be immediately apparent, but you still need them in order to have a successful career.

The night time is the right time for a muxtape

The theme is songs about the night. Listen here and read the notes over the fold. BB King - Night Life Taken from BB’s great live disc Blues is King. Written by the red haired stranger himself, Willie Nelson. A great soulful blues ballad with BB and Lucille in fine form in 1966. Van Halen [...]

How to Recruit Church Musicians

Many churches have difficulty finding quality musicians to play for their church services. "We've put up notices" they tell me. And no one responds!

How Can I Learn to Understand Music & Piano Playing?

The graceful flourishes of a well-played piano masterpiece are sounds that many people would love to create. From trained professionals to child prodigies, a brilliantly played piano can steal the show. But great lessons are costly and involve scheduling time away from your busy life. So how do you learn how to play the piano or deepen your knowledge of the instrument?

Alternate Guitar Picking Tips

Alternate Guitar Picking Tips How do guitarists like Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Paul Gilbert play so fast? There speed comes from a simple often over looked technique called alternate picking. Alternate picking is a technique that involves playing with strictly alternating downward and upward motions in a continuous run.

Simple Guitar Chords For Easy Rock Guitar That's Hard to Stop

If you've decided you'd like to learn to play rock guitar, but you're not sure if it'll be easy to start, I'd like to give you some simple beginner rock guitar lessons that will at least make your enjoyment of electric guitar almost immediate. I'm not saying that you'll instantly become a virtuoso, but at least you'll be able to make music a lot faster than if you didn't know this.

So You Want to Learn Bass Guitar

So you want to learn bass guitar? Many people do, but find it difficult to get a book on bass guitar, especially one with an accompanying CD. A lot depends on the style you want to play, and whether you want to be a new Duane Eddy or just to play in a cover band.

A Short Biography of Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain: 25 years apart and from the same part of the world. Different deaths, but related nonetheless. There must be something about the North East of the USA, but at least it gave us two brilliant performers, although there is no doubt in most people's mind who was the true genius of the two.

The Best Way to Learn Solo Guitar Techniques

There is no real best way to learn guitar solo techniques, and the best guitarists in the world learned their trade in a number of different ways. Some, like Jimi Hendrix, learned by watching and listening to others play, and tried to copy them using their own cheap guitars. Other purchased books to teach them, while others followed video courses.

How to Learn How to Play Guitar Using Guitar Teaching Books

Guitar teaching books can go only so far in teaching you how to play guitar, after which some form of audio or video tuition becomes essential. A guitar membership is a good option to a video course.

How to Become a Good Solo Guitarist - 7 Tips to Learn Lead Guitar

Although a solo guitarist looks glamorous, it involves a lot of hard work, and knowledge of your instrument. These seven tips will help you in your desire to learn lead guitar and become a good solo guitarist.

Choosing a Career in the Music Industry

Do you like the idea of having a job that surrounds you with creative and inspiring challenges? Have you ever wanted to take your love for music, video games or the movies to the next level? Do you see yourself behind the scenes making music, games or working in film?

How Can I Become a Famous Singer? - Practice Vocal Warm Ups

Is it just a pipe dream or can you make it a reality? If you honestly believe that you possess a quality singers voice and talent then the first step you need to take is to enroll the services of a top music coach. They will then work with you to improve on your already wonderful skills.

Piano Lessons Step by Step - The 4 Vital Pillars to Success

If you're looking for piano lessons step by step then this article could possibly save you years of unnecessary wasted time and frustration when trying to learn the piano. I will also point you in the right direction of finding a step by step piano course that will eliminate the years of extra learning and expenses, whilst keeping the joy of learning the piano at the forefront of your lessons.

Fado - The Sad, Melancholic Song

The fado is undoubtedly Portugal's most famous music. Discover its sad, melancolic songs.

John Paul Jones Led Zeppelin - Two Names Forever Synonymous

When talking about John Paul Jones Led Zeppelin may be the highest profile work he has done in his career, but it certainly does not represent the majority of his musical life. Jones was the bassist and keyboard player for the group, a role he almost missed due to the intervention of Cliff Richards, who had him on the shortlist for his own band The Shadows in the late 1960's. A session player like Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, it was while recording work for one of The Yardbirds albums that Page and Jones first got the chance to sit down ...

Country Guitar - Playing the Lead

We've covered country guitar chords and the other basic techniques. However, this is just very basic. Let's take it to the next level! We'll learn how to make up our own riffs.

Guitar Techniques - Bending

There are many techniques to guitar playing, but none as useful as string bending. Bending is often used to add "character" to the guitarist's playing.It's a technique used by most lead guitar players, but sometimes, even country musicians (such as myself) use it for our own country solos!

New Guitar Summit - Shivers

Superb musicians, extraordinary attention to the detail that is the vintage Jazz and Blues sound, and you have the New Guitar Summit of Jay Geils, Gerry Beaudoin, and Duke Robillard, on their release Shivers. If this exceptional guitar trio is not enough, they welcome the legendary rocker and Blues devotee Randy Bachman of Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive fame to share a few chords with them.