By Shawn Leonhardt for Guitar Tricks and 30 Day Singer There are a variety of guitar accessories on the market, some items are essential for playing while others may be more suited to personal taste and style. While it is up to you to buy the extras, there are some guitar tools and materials that
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The guitar is a chordophone instrument, which means we will often be plucking multiple strings at once. If one of those strings is slightly off-tune the chord, riff, or even solo you are playing will sound terrible. From the first time you pick up a guitar, and even before your first beginner guitar lessons, it
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Attention all friends, readers, partners, and contributors. The Blogging Musician needs YOU! What’s this all about then? Well, I’ve set an early goal for 2023 to build up my YouTube channel and gain entry into the YouTube Partner programme… … and to do that, I need: 1000 subscribers 4000 watch hours per year YouTube channel?
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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
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If you are just starting on the guitar with some beginner guitar lessons, the strumming process can seem like a daunting hill to overcome. Besides learning how to move your wrist in a particular up-and-down movement, you will also have to study modern rhythms. These basic syncopated patterns and techniques will be the key to
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Advice and tips for the Gigging Guitarist. Less is more Keep it simple! There’s a wealth of very complicated equipment available on the market today. Multi-channel amps, multi-effects units with their own effects loops using the four cable method (4CM). But ask yourself, are the thousands of sounds available any good? would you use them?
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An In-depth, hands-on review of the Zoom G3 Guitar Effects & Amp Simulator Pedal. A loveable box of tricks I really miss my Zoom G3. From the moment I pawed over the box, gawping at it’s many functions, to the moment it went on ebay for a highly respectable £70. It just did the job,
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My Top 10 Home Music Production Tips for Singer-Songwriters. #1: Get Set Up Before you start, you’ll need a decent hardware and software setup with a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) at the heart of it. Please visit my post How to set up a simple Home Recording Studio for all the info. #2 : Decide on
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In-depth review of the Fender Blues Junior III guitar amplifier. Comparisons…… I’ve owned a fair few amps in my time, a Vox AC30, Marshall DSL401, Orange Rocker 30 and Cornford Roadhouse 30 to name but a few. All amazing amps in their own right, but they all had to go for various reasons. The Vox AC30 was
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