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13 Great Country Acoustic Guitar Lessons on YouTube

13 Great Country Acoustic Guitar Lessons on YouTube

As we all know, YouTube has a wealth of lessons and "how to play" tutorials for guitar. If you want insights into playing a particular song, riff, technique, or for exploring a new genre, it's the perfect place to search. A quick disclaimer: I don'

Write Tab, Add Audio, and Share It From Your Phone. Simple.

Write Tab, Add Audio, and Share It From Your Phone. Simple.

Tell me if any of this sounds familiar: Example A: Perhaps you heard, a few months ago Kirk Hammett lost his phone and over 250 musical ideas that he had recorded in it. 250 ideas! That's a lot of Metallica songs sitting in an iPhone. Now, Kirk Hammett

5 Old School Dave Matthews Songs That Made You Buy an Acoustic

5 Old School Dave Matthews Songs That Made You Buy an Acoustic

Back in the ‘90s, while Saved By The Bell was wooing the hearts of 10 million junior high girls, and Back Street Boys were still in junior high, Dave Matthews Band was rocking the college music scene. A bartender in Charlottesville, Virginia, Dave Matthews formed up the band with a

Record Guitar to an iPhone with the Apogee JAM 96k

Record Guitar to an iPhone with the Apogee JAM 96k

I recently tried out the Apogee JAM 96k. The JAM bills itself as "the professional guitar interface for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Mac". As a bit of background, Apogee provides a wide range of audio electronics, covering entry-level to high end interfaces. The JAM 96k fits as

Calum Graham's Pedalboard

Calum Graham's Pedalboard

I got hooked on Calum Graham's tune, Tabula Rasa, as soon as I heard it on Spotify a few weeks ago. Spotify curates a series of "concentration" playlists. The idea is to play music to help you concentrate on work. So, of course, I played the

5 Easy Fixes to Improve Your Guitar

Acoustic Guitar

5 Easy Fixes to Improve Your Guitar

This is a guest post by Josh Summers. Josh has been playing guitar for over 25 years. He writes about what he has learned playing, fixing and buying guitars on his popular Guitar Adventures site. You can also follow him on Twitter and Facebook. I'm extremely proud of

The Ultimate Guide To Starting a Music Journal

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The Ultimate Guide To Starting a Music Journal

Journaling is proven to increase creativity, help us think clearly, and increase our learning. Start a music journal and make better music.

9 Best Guitar Tuners Guaranteed to Match Your Style

9 Best Guitar Tuners Guaranteed to Match Your Style

They come in different shapes, sizes, styles, and prices. But what's the best guitar tuner for you? As in many things in life, the answer is: "It depends." Guitar tuners tend to fall into 3 different camps: * Clip on - these clip on to your headstock

There's (At Least) 5 Reasons You Should Go See Damien Rice

Acoustic Guitar

There's (At Least) 5 Reasons You Should Go See Damien Rice

It was a dark and stormy night… seriously. Last Friday I attended Damien Rice’s show at the Greek Theater under an appropriately cloudy and sulky sky (uncommon here in LA). For those who don’t know, Damien Rice is an Irish singer-songwriter with some fairly big hits like 9