Have you ever done any of the following? 1. Made excuses for not practicing because you didnt have time?2. Practiced the same licks and exercises that you did last year?3. Felt like you had hit a brick wall in your progress?4. Felt unsure as to what to practice? Unless your name is Steve Vai, chances are youve done at least one of the above! They are all symptoms of having a lack of vision. What do...

A while back I was driving along the Jerusalem highway scanning the radio stations. On one frequency, a very intense dance beat was exploding out of the speakers. I was about to move the dial some more in search of a Jewish tune when the vocalist started in. Shock of shocks, he was a heavily Hassidic singer, complete with eastern European pronunciation. And what was he singing? “Kumee oy’ree...

You know your songs are great (and so does your girl/boyfriend, family, pets etc), and you finally decided to record an album in a real studio. Thats great! But what actually happens when you get there? When you finally do pick the perfect studio, one that you feel comfortable at, there is a certain routine that must be followed in order to get the best performance and the best recording for your budget. 1. Tune...

From the Telecaster to the Flying V to the Iceman to the Warlock, some guitar designs are forever branded on our consciousness, and now there’s a new one: the Minarik Inferno X-treme. The body shape erupts in furious fingers of flame. If ever there was a guitar design destined to ignite the imagination of young players, especially boys and girls who want to rawk, this is it. Not that the Inferno...

Members of LAMN (founded in 1988) and NARIP (founded in 1998), are able to more quickly gain the insight, knowledge, and contact information they need for career development and career enhancement. The success of both organizations extends well beyond their names both LAMN and NARIP have members across the country and around the globe. Offices have opened in Canada, New York, and London, with additional...

“The difference between success and failure is information,” notes Ritch Esra, and he should know. Along with his partner, Stephen Trumbull, Esra is a leading part of the number one most-reliable source of information on “who’s who” and “who does what” in the music business. Best of all, they can tell you where everybody is located. FIVE VOLUMES OF DATA. The...

Where music meets licensing, there’s money to be made. How much money? “I have synched quite a few thousand songs into productions over the years,” states Peter Jansson of Janssongs, Inc., “and have charged anywhere between US$1.00 and US$250,000 for each one.” That’s correct: he said a quarter of a million dollars. And there are a great many places to earn money...