If I were to come down with a disease, accident, latent birth defect or whatever that either rendered me totally blind or totally deaf, which would be...
Maybe when I am out of work in a couple months and if I don't find a job right away I will attempt to start the process but by the time I'd be any goo...
I've never really tried always using the excuse that I'd never get it all correct anyway so why bother. Man, you have to try! Get the key of the son...
For several years I thought I couldn't play by ear. Then I actually TRIED to play by ear. Started playing along with whatever the radio offered. It...
If I ever catch the mad scientist that transferred my 18 year old mind into this 55 year old body, he's gonna be dog food ;) Heh. As the guitar play...
If all other things were equal (and the rarely, if ever are ... +1...and I had two people auditioning for a spot in my band, and one could read music...
He's talking about songs that are written in a lowered tuning, not playing songs written in standard in dropped tuning to make it easier. Which begs ...
Nice rant. :twisted: I adjust tunings 1) for my own vocal range, and 2) to allow open strings to play their most effective role. Mostly I adjust tu...
My general rule of thumb is if you're going more than a minor third up or a whole step down, change strings. I use .012s on all my guitars but one, a...
I think NoteBoat's on target: It's age-related. Glad I learned to read in grade school....I was so rabid to play when I was a kid, none of it seemed ...
My pedal is pre-input jack. All there is is the nine-volt clip.I'll try it with an adapter at next band practice, on an outlet I know to be grounded ...
To clarify my previous point about "niche" music fans: Every classical music lover I have known, with the possible exception of my piano professor at ...
Well , if it's popular that means a lot of people like it . Well, duh. Niche music lovers always hate anything that becomes popular . " I used to lik...
...the guitar was always treated like the redheaded stepchild when it came to classical composition . Let's face it , it wasn't loud enough to play in...