Flow, Part 2
Finding your FLOW could change everything about playing.Thank you for all your emails, I really...
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Writing Everyday
Can a daily routine change your writing life? How many years have we spent explaining ourselves to our family, lovers, occasionally friends, compelled to justify our financial situation or to apologize for our marginalized life...
Read MoreGigging Right: Playing with Tracks
So your drummer quit, your bass player has taken up yoga and…won’t learn the songs, and you can’t find a keyboard player willing to drive to your gigs? Never fear. No musician likes to admit defeat. I think in...
Read MoreTommy Emmanuel – Experimental Percussion
OKAY – WOW! Tommy Emmanuel creates his version of a drumkit onstage with just his guitar and a mic! Via our friends at Heil. The fun happens around 1:05…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wj7lluiKV8 Originally...
Read MoreFlow, Part 1
What it is…, examples, and the challenge.There’s no better way to start my first blog than to talk about one of the major reasons that brought us and keeps us here: Flow – a psychological state termed by acclaimed...
Read MoreBEHRINGER's New Mixers Interface With iPad
The new XENYX iX Series, which include the XENYX iX3242USB, iX2442USB and iX1642USB, feature a built-in iPad docking station designed to send signal to and from the iPad with a wide range of routing options. The innovative...
Read MoreWhat To Write: People Like To Feel Good.
Not that there aren’t exceptions, but people like to feel good. If they are going out to dinner, generally they like to order food that will make them feel good. When they get the check for said dinner, they like...
Read MoreStage Collapses – A Musician's Perspective
Recent stage collapses have consumed most of our head space around here lately—The videos are absolutely soul crushing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRkdwrmzYXg Yesterday, Sugarland and Sara Bareillas, the two artists who...
Read MoreWin A Presonus 16.0.2!
SUMMER NAMM: PresSonus performance and ease of use for a great priceThe same audio quality, performance, and seamlessly integrated software (including remote control) of the larger 24.4.2 is available in a smaller, even more...
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When Crickets Attack
Connecting to your audience is one of the most important things you do onstage. Do you have the...
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Acoustic Guitar Pickup Primer: Part 9 – Conclusion
Amplifying your acoustic guitar to get a usable sound doesn’t have to be a compromise (other than...
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Chaos Ensemble – Chapter 2
I often recall my days while attending Grissom High School in Huntsville, Alabama and the...
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