Not really. There are software packages out there that can help you figure out a particular tone, but even that stuff is shaky at best and not really ...
I'll personally pay less and beat on the guitar with a bike chain myself if that's the look I'm going for. Either that or just play it till it looks l...
And no, thinking that classical composers are pompus in most cases is not a personal thing, it's a pretty well known fact that 90% of them think they ...
I'd do a few technical studies. Sight read a short piece or two. Play though some chord changes. And play scales (one key per month -- there's 12 mon...
I tend to run through the most important scales in whatever key I'm working on that month. Then I'll play a few licks in that key. Lastly I'll run thr...
To me that says two ways to Sunday "I'm better than you because I read music." Has nothing to do with being insecure, or feeling inadequate. The who...
I understand the hang-up on my use of the term 'musician.' And I think Noteboat's suggestion that 'dilettante' is perhaps the better term.But for me i...
And, as it always is in the case of something like this, it really depends on what your definition of "musician" happens to be. Or what you personally...
I know plenty of people who can crush me when it comes to theory and why things work and how they work, but can't read a bit of music. I don't think ...
While I'm really just floating in and out of the forum these days, I thought I'd tackle this question a bit.Like Note, my approach depends on the stud...
The arguments against standard notation are almost entirely specious, and typically come from a position of ignorance as to all of the things that sta...
But the other problem is that I've never really heard a 15W amp that really had good tone and what might sound good by yourself in your basement doesn...
I play jazz, so my setup is very minimalist. But it goes:Guitar -> eq -> tube screamer -> chorus -> eq -> ampI've just added the tube s...
One of the first chords I teach a new student is F (G and C are very easy, and so many songs use C-F-G that it just makes sense). But I start out with...
Yea I don't think a 15w amp would be loud enough for anything more than solo practice. It would be good enough for very small venues, and anything l...