Acoustic Guitar Deals :.admin | January 27, 2010
I’ll just start with this:
My first Rush album was 2112 and I played it until the vinyl basically wore off. What terrific songs, and I found it hard to believe that there were only three band members. They rocked and still are. I think that, while I’ve always respected Neil’s drumming, I have a greater [...]
admin | January 26, 2010
I’ve been on a couple of gigs, where it was too late to get a drum set to the site. But one time our drummer showed up with a box. A box? What did he intend on doing with that? That’s when I was introduced to the Cajon and the ultra portable drummer. I had [...]
admin | January 22, 2010
Drums have a unique way of pushing sound from the stage to the audience. Your other instruments sound richer, and more vibrant as they are carried by the percussive sound waves of the different, well tuned, drums in your set. Tones will match, rhythms will be clearer and the sound sharper. Making sure that they [...]
admin | January 21, 2010
There are 5 basic types of cymbals, the crash, the ride, hi-hats, the splash and the china cymbal (also called a china boy, Chinese, trash.) Then there are effects cymbals, orchestral cymbals, marching band cymbals and gongs. There are also specialty ones, like cymbals with large holes in them for that extra trashy sound like [...]
admin | January 20, 2010
Ever wonder how your drums are made. I ran across this today, it’s a great excuse for a couple of minutes of video time. Ian Paice, the drummer for the rock band Deep Purple (he’s the only founding member of the band still performing with the band), takes you behind the scene at the Pearl [...]
admin | January 19, 2010
Been thinking a lot about drums today. Don’t know why, except I remember looking for a drum set for one of my nephews. I didn’t really know what to look for, so I decided to browse the web. Here are some of the sites that I’ve found useful.
Choosing the proper drumset for a specific [...]
admin | January 18, 2010
In today’s post I hope to help you uncover the mysteries of Pro Tools v.8. Pro Tools is a great software package that allows you to make recordings of the music that you create. For all it delivers it is a fairly easy program to use and once you’ve mastered some of its capabilities you’ll [...]
admin | January 16, 2010
I’m in a piano mood today, so I did some poking around the net and found some great information and probably one of the most comprehensive video series out there for not only tuning, but also fixing and working on your piano. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
First of all, I [...]
admin | January 15, 2010
A co-worker of mine has been busy working on a classical rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody. He mentioned to me that he was learning it from a DVD by Edgar Cruz. I’ve never heard of him before, so where did I go first – Yup! – Youtube. Here is the video I found:
Edgar Cruz is an [...]
admin | January 14, 2010
During the 1967/68 break in the Rolling Stones’ touring, Keith Richards began experimenting with open tunings, and these experiments also affected how he approached standard tuning, which he has always continued with. Open tunings were most commonly used for slide guitar, but Richards explored their use in rhythm playing, developing an innovative and distinctive style [...]
