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Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s Review: Worth it in 2026?
Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s Review. Is this the best affordable Les Paul you can buy? Before we get into it, let’s look at the Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s specs. The Les Paul™ Standard 60s models from Epiphone’s new Inspired by Gibson™ Collection recreate the sound of 1960s era Les Pauls. Featuring a classic…
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The Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade: 1987
Welcome back to 1987, with this year’s long list of classic arcade games being impossible to detail in a single article. Here are some of my favourites. 1987 was a turning point for me and my fascination with the video game arcade. It had been a place of comfort for a good chunk of my…
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BOSS Katana 50 Guitar Amplifier Review
The BOSS Katana 50 Guitar Amplifier IS the best guitar-related purchase I’ve ever made. Why? Let me explain. Is the BOSS Katana 50 loud enough to gig with? The question that everyone’s asking. Simple answer… ABSOLUTELY!. That’s on the 50W mode, clean channel, gain just less than half, volume the same, and master maxed. In…
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Goa : A Lesson In Life – Second Edition. Out NOW!
A BIG day! Originally realised back in 2017. My debut book, Goa : A Lesson in Life receives a long-overdue edit, professional cover, long-lost images, and an extra chapter, bringing my story to a close and up to date. So, what’s it all about? Back in August 2006, I visited Goa, India. A trip that…
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Fiverr : Design Made Easy
The Blogging Musician has recently benefitted from a lick of paint, so I just wanted to sing the praises of Fiverr for anyone wanting to add a more professional, personalised visual touch to their blog, book, music album, or whatever. Please do get over to Fiverr.com for more details, there is a wealth of talent available, to suit…
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Contributor Spotlight: Caleb J. Murphy
Caleb J. Murphy is a songwriter-producer based in Austin, Tx., and he runs the blog Musician With A Day Job. You can hear his music at www.calebjmurphy.com and check out his blog at www.musicianwithadayjob.com. Caleb @ The Blogging Musician : Quickly Learn Guitar With These 3 Tools
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New logo and Branding @ The Blogging Musician
It’s about time I focussed on including some decent branding to make The Blogging Musician a little more professional and add a touch more personality, so here’s our new logo! I wanted to give it a musical feel, and I really like the way the B and M blends into one, while sort of suggesting…
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Quickly Learn Guitar With These 3 Tools
Time is often the enemy of learning. Or at least it feels like it, right? You want to learn guitar on your own, but you don’t have much time. You might have a day job. You might be in school. Maybe you just have a lot of other responsibilities. Whatever the case, it’s easy to…
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Prague: The Musical City. Charles Bridge
A crisp, clear morning. And the perfect time to experience Karlův Most (Charles Bridge). Fittingly, I’d picked up from where I’d left off at Karlovy Lázně the night before. In all their splendour, the twin Catholic churches of St. Francis Of Assisi and St. Salvator effortlessly wiped away the cobwebs, a refreshing palate cleanser for what was to come, but…
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5 Lessons learned from my debut book publication
Back in January 2017, I released my debut self-published book. Goa: A Lesson In Life. Here are the 5 lessons I’ve learned in putting together my next publication. Prague: This Musical City Lesson 1. The Cover is VERY important Don’t just a book by its cover. That’s what I used to believe. With Goa: A Lesson…
