I was 17 at the time (the Beatles era), and it was considered cool to play the guitar. I had a little training in music in elementary school where I had learned how to play the trumpet. I remember that the only reason I started the trumpet was because my daddy had run across an old beat up horn that a woman was selling for $10. So, in my junior year of high school I set about to teach myself how to...

The MP3 movement started out with a huge audience of music enthusiasts on the internet. The MP3 digital music format has had, and will continue to have, a huge impart on how people, gather, listen to and share music. The MP3 format is a compression system for digital music that helps reduce the size of a digitized song without disturbing the sound quality. Digital music is converted to MP3 format...

Most new guitar players and even some experienced ones have trouble staying and playing in tune. I’ll try listing here some of the common mistakes and there solutions. When putting new strings on your guitar you must always make sure you stretch them as you tune them to pitch. I always hold them down on the neck around the 24th fret with my left hand while pulling them away from the guitar body...

The harp that once through Tara’s halls the soul of music shed,now hangs as mute on Tara’s walls, as if that soul were fled.So sleeps the pride of former days, so glory’s thrill is o’er,and hearts that once beat high for praise,now feel that pulse no more To tell the history of the Irish harp is to tell the history of the Irish people. This ancient folk instrument with its beautiful,...

Youve got your recording (or songwriting) contract in hand and everythings coming up roses, right? You get your check, finally, but its not quite what you expected. If you sign not knowing whats owed you then you might be shorted some well-deserved income. So make sure that anything you sign contains a statement to the following areas (preferably in your favor): Performing Rights this means you get...

Do you have a wide variety of things that you practice. Or do you like to binge? (You know…the type of player whopractices sweep picking for a kazillion hours a day but only know three chords)!Having a balanced practice routine is essential if you want to become a versatile guitarist. If you just practice one ortwo things, sure you’ll get great at those things…but you’ll be...

You have to find radio airplay time if youre going to be heard and were not just talking the local college campus. The trick is called promotion. Now that doesnt mean you just put your press kit in an envelope with a demo and hope they take pity on you. Perhaps you call a station and they give you the standard pitch of, Send it and if we like it well put you in rotation. After a few months of never...