Cultivating Discipline and Patience When Learning the Guitar

Learning guitar requires lots of patience and discipline. These are qualities that you should cultivate within yourself. Don’t let the feeling of slow progress get to you. Provided you are putting in consecutive practice days, the big improvement is definitely there. Even if you can only squeeze in only twenty practice minutes a day, do that and don’t stop to be pessimistic. You see learning guitar is like learning a language. The difference between the fluent French speaking person and the incoherent one is the fact that one speaks the language more often that the other. Needless to say, the same applies for guitar, those who play great guitar practice daily while the average guitarist is inconsistent and erratic when it comes to practice.

Top 20 Carpenters Hits

Although they had a squeaky-clean image, Karen and Richard Carpenter had their share of personal problems. Here’s a look at the Carpenters career and their twenty biggest hits. How many do you remember?

Top Five Best Southern Rappers of All Time

New York City as we know it is known to be the mother & father of hip hop. But if you take a deep look into the eyes of the South, it is undisputable that some of the best rappers that is alive & ever lived came from the South.

Those Who Have Made The Guitar Famous

The guitar has sat somewhat quietly in the background for over a thousand years. You can see it when you look through history in many different forms. From the lute, to the Egyptian “Lan” and then up to the more recent ways we recognize it, acoustic guitar and electric guitar.

How To String A Guitar

Hey Everyone, in this article we will be going over the best practices of how to string a guitar. Sure you might be thinking why do I need instructions on changing strings?

Jazz Influenced Rock Music Of the Late 1960’s and 1970’s

A look at how some rock artists looked towards jazz for ideas and inspiration during the Golden Age of Rock, late 1960’s and 1970’s. Jazz musicians featured on rock recordings. Jazz-influenced rock albums.

Giving You A Nice Brief History of Country Music

Elvis Presley’s early career was certainly country hillbilly music and he happened to become one of the defining figures in the birth of Rock n Roll. Garth Brooks is the second bestselling solo artist in United States history and has a very well liked show in Las Vegas.

Introduction to Digital Music Recording: Part 2 – Basic Home Studio Equipment Set Up

Have you ever wanted to record digital music at home on your computer? This article will talk you through the most basic equipment required to create a home studio for recording music. There are plenty of desirable extras you could add, but the top five essentials to get you started will be discussed here, including your recording space, computer requirements, microphone, music recording software, and personal attributes that will help you to succeed in creating a vibrant and productive home studio for digital music recording.

Mother’s Day Songs

Mother’s Day songs are a great way to show your mom how much you care. Here are some examples of such songs.

Beatles Used Rockabilly To Become The Successors To The King’s Throne

No one argues that Elvis remains the King of Rock and Roll. But there should also be no argument that sometime around the mid 1960s the King stepped down from actively presiding over the throne. As Elvis got bogged down in a series of increasingly meaningless movies and their often meaningless soundtracks, other acts were banging on the castle gates demanding their shot at rock and roll royalty. Of course, it was the Beatles who ascended and ruled the rock and roll kingdom for the remainder of the 1960s. But the Beatles didn’t make it to their lofty heights without help from rockabilly music and a great debt owed to the King!

How to Use Reverb

The purpose of reverb is mainly to create an effect or scene for the vocal so that it has this almost magical depth to your sound. Reverb can be used on percussion, drums, vocals and other elements. Even instrumental beats can benefit greatly with the proper use of reverb.

How to EQ Vocals

1. Kill the excess low end During mixing, the excess low end of everything except for the bass and the kick should be rolled off. This is because too much low end makes vocals sound “thick” and muffled.

How to Distribute Your Music Online

If you are a music artist and you are looking forward to breaking into the music scene with a bang, then you would need to have a demo and a way to distribute your music to as many people as possible. The crucial thing is to have your demo ready. Before you can look for distribution, you need to have some songs ready.

An Overview Of The Most Celebrated Act In Rock, The Beatles

The Beatles are well-documented; little is left to note about them. Mention of their name recalls specific imagery and memories for many, and it is very possible that they were the most important group to emerge from the rock and roll movement. In the 1960’s, Beatlemania swept multiple nations and captured the attention and consciousness of an entire generation.

Make Your Own Music Video Online

Being an up and coming artist means you need to take advantage of all the tools you have at your disposal to help market your musical talent. This includes having your own music video. Having your own video does not mean you need bags of money, there are many ways you use your ingenuity and achieve your dream while on a budget.