Set Up A Home Studio To Make Your Own Recordings
Nowadays affordable computers and great audio hardware make it feasible for anyone to make great recordings. The number of soundcards available for example, is enormous. It is impossible to tell in a few words what you need to start a home recording studio, but in this article I will give some valuable advice to get you started. Please Login or Register to view the rest of this content.
Interview: John Drummond, Banjo.com
JohnDrummond of banjo.com gives a 20-minute expert interview where he tells a few stories about meeting Earl Scruggs, the banjo icon. He gives some pointers to people who may be looking for a new banjo and a comparison of new and used. He explains the different woods that are used by different banjo companies. And, do you know the weight of a quality banjo? . . .
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How To Heal Vocal Cords Quickly & Efficiently After A Rough Weekend of Bluegrass Gigs
I hate taking drugs. I know that’s hard to hear coming from a full time working musician. But it is true. I hate taking anti-histamines or sprays. I prefer the holistic approach.
How to Play Slide Guitar
I was intimidated when I first put a slide on my little finger. It was awkward and the sound I made was horrible. I did not have anybody to show me how to dampen the strings, what scales sounded good in standard tuning, and not a clue as to all of the “open-tunings” that are available to both finger style and slide playing. . . Please Login or Register to view the rest of this content.
Guitar Lessons For Children
Guitar lessons for children are not as easy to devise as you might believe, because a child’s attention span can be very short, depending upon age. Scientific research has proven that learning a musical instrument from an early age, which involves manual dexterity, increases the rate of brain development and neuro/elasticity. This will be greatly beneficial in later years in helping to delay the onset of diseases such as alzheimers. Highly developed skills such as playing a musical instrument helps short term memory and contributes to a positive mental state.
When teaching children anything, guitar included, their interest in what they are doing must be maintained. So, in teaching children to play guitar you don’t want too much time to be spent on any one aspect of the lesson.
Although books are not the best medium for children, they can be used if they are interesting enough. A lot depends on the age of the child of course, and their reading ability, but too many pictures will tend to distract them, and too many diagrams of chords and scales will bore them. So what should you do if your child wants to learn guitar? Please Login or Register to view the rest of this content.