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Adam Harkus Music Music Production Songwriting

Check out my Album of Original Songs

The Blogging Musician hasn’t always been about Blogging about Music. In the beginning, I focussed more on the music itself. Back when I started blogging around 8 years ago, one of my main motivators was to have a home for my original music, that could easily be shared with the wider public. Since then, the…Continue readingCheck out my Album of Original Songs

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Guitar Guitar Tips

Guitar nut height adjustment – 7 easy steps

One of the main causes of guitar playability issues is the guitar nut height. Find out how to solve this problem quickly, easily and cheaply. The guitar nut height on my Yamaha Pacifica 112J needed serious attention. The three wound string were fine, but as you can see from the pic below, the nut height…Continue readingGuitar nut height adjustment – 7 easy steps

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Yamaha FG850 Acoustic Guitar Review: 18 months on.

It’s been 18 months since I acquired my Yamaha FG850 Acoustic Guitar and put together a video review. In this in-depth review, I’ll look at the guitar in much greater detail. Now that I’ve got a good bit of experience with the guitar, a few notable good and bad points have emerged, which I’ll use…Continue readingYamaha FG850 Acoustic Guitar Review: 18 months on.

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Adam Harkus Music Music Songwriting

Songwriting Diary #1 : From nothing to something.

I’ve finally put to be bed all the ideas and thoughts I had flying about for years, and released my first ‘proper’ album This is Who I am. With the slate now clean. I thought I’d put together a diary of the songwriting process from beginning idea to final cut, so here it is….. The…Continue readingSongwriting Diary #1 : From nothing to something.

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Music Business Songwriting

Vlogging Tips for Aspiring Singer Songwriters

Every day, we are being bombarded with news of another artist being ‘found’ on YouTube. Sometimes the videos they post are barely within the ranks of being amateur and other times their videos are phenomenal. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to what it is that drew the attention of someone who…Continue readingVlogging Tips for Aspiring Singer Songwriters