Creating your home studio
The Kid´s dream! I think that 80% or more of my musician friends have always dreamed of having their own home studio. Have you? I dream about it everyday. Imagine walking in from your backyard, into a nice, comfy room, shutting the door and setting up some microphones, turning on your amp and pressing the […]
iRig STOMP by IK Multimedia
We’ve talked about IK Multimedia’s iRig Amplitube in the past and this time IK Multimedia has stepped it up with its newest iRig STOMP – the first stompbox guitar interface for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Integrate your iOS with your pedalboard! For the first time, guitar and bass players can integrate their favorite iOS […]
How to have fun with your guitar practice?
The other day while having a chat with a good drummer friend of mine, he asked me “What are you practicing at the moment on the drum kit? And I said, “Well, first of all, I am not practicing on my drum kit; just using my practice pad, sticks and a metronome working on stick […]
Marshall Hanwell speakers
It has been almost two years since the lovely Marshall amplification company made a dive into consumer audio with their cool Marshall Headphones. Now, they have gone into the deep blue and are working on the Marshall Hanwell speaker which is an iconic piece of audio equipment designed in remembrance of the amplification division’s 50th […]
Edgar Cruz’s Bohemian Rhapsody
For some reason I have been very attracted lately to classical guitar. I think it simply sounds beautiful. The other day while doing some work at home, I put my iTunes on shuffle and suddenly a beautiful acoustic guitar started playing through the speakers with a very aggressive yet lovely melody and pattern. At first […]
Esoterik Guitars
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about PRS guitars and their Artist Package where you can fully customize your guitar. I really like that idea, customizing your own guitar which is basically what a Luthier could do for you, build your very own, unique and personalized guitar according to your needs and desires or […]
20 tips to improve your playing II
So we have started a series of tips to help you improve your playing within the last few weeks. Here is the second part of the series: 20 MORE tips to improve your playing! Learn to play with a pick as well as your fingers. Watch guitar players you know are good and the ones […]
Rush´s Alex Lifeson
More than 30 years of progressive Rock and still going! Alex Lifeson is one of those guitarists that were, are and will be a very important part of music history and especially Rock and Progressive Rock. Who doesn’t know the Canadian band called RUSH? If you don’t, well, boy you are missing something very important, […]
Getting ready for recording
The time has come! You have a band, you have been practicing hard for the last few months and have all your songs sounding perfect, what’s next? Besides getting gigs, a recording would be ideal. Recording either a demo, an EP or going for a LP! The recording process is really cool. Well, for first […]
Guitar tuners
I think we all know what a guitar tuner is and how important it is to have our guitar always in tune. There is no more important accessory than a tuner, period. To start with, we often learn to tune the guitar to itself. Thankfully though, tuning your guitar to itself is no longer necessary […]