Where do I start with this review? Guitar Tricks is the oldest video guitar lessons website on the net, online since 1998, when it took over an hour to download anything of size. Long-time guitarist Jon Broderick started the site struggling to find accurate tabs and good information about playing guitar.Today Guitar Tricks is the mecca of guitar lesson sites with over 3,000 video lessons for $10.95 a month. The lessons are taught by...more
How do you move a piano? Very carefully. Okay, I'm being a little sarcastic, but moving a piano is a serious endeavor. I'm a big advocate of hiring a professional mover to move a piano. Pianos are heavy and it's easy to damage a piano while moving it. I'm speaking from experience. I own a Kimball piano my parents bought brand new for me when I was a child. That piano was a big deal to me after having played on an old "clunker" of a...more
Mobile phones have become an essential gadget for all class of people in almost every region in today's world. Now, mobile phones not only serve communication purpose, they also take care of entertainment features. Download Fun makes it possible for mobile phone users and other mobile devices to download ring tones, screensavers, and wallpapers over the net.People want their favourite music on cell phones. So the latest and fastest growing feature available today is downloadable ring tones. There are other downloadable items available on the Internet like Java Games, wallpapers and screen savers but the most popular feature requested is downloadable ring tones. Downloadable ring tones were simply an Engineering student's good idea.Ring tone is the sound that a cell phone makes when it's rings. There are many types of Ring tones available like Polyphonic ring tone, Monophonic ring tones, and the most popular MP3 format. However the new technologies like 3G also bring the music on your mobile cell phone.Monophonic ring tones are basically one note ringer format which is not so popular these days. Initially cell phones were only capable of playing monophonic ring tones....more
This is a new line of electric guitar string from the Gibson Guitar co. called Gibson Gear, Elgin, Illinois U.S.A. It's new to me...I've written articles calling the Gibson electric guitar string "the best" actually; they're my favorite electric guitar strings. Like I've said before, "I've used most of the major string brands and I...more
learn guitar, guitar lesson, how to play guitar, learn to play guitarAt some point, all guitarists need to learn how to change the strings on their guitar. Sometimes you'll be forced to change one when a string snaps. But usually, you'll simply want to change them, as strings lose their brightness and wear out.The amount of time you...more
This article is about how to avoid guitar practice burnout - something that happens to all of us from time to time! Yep it's true. Many of us at one time or another has experienced those "blah" days where the last thing we want to do is pick up our guitar and practice. But don't fret! Here you'll discover valuable little tidbits to help keep you motivated with learning and practicing guitar, so let's get started...How to Avoid Guitar Practice Burnout:1) Enjoy the process of learning guitar.This sounds basic, but often beginner guitarist's will focus on negative aspects about their guitar playing skill level. Instead of "beating yourself up" remember that all professional guitarists started off just like you. The truth is that learning guitar takes time, patience and practice.As a beginner, you should not try to learn to play guitar too quickly. Why? In trying to learn guitar too quickly you'll risk increased muscle tension which can actually reduce your guitar playing ability.So slow and steady guitar lessons will benefit you best for long-term success.2) Use the quality guitar learning methods.Many people find that learning to play guitar using traditional...more
You already know how to hold the instrument and read notes, but you are still not that good. This is the reason why you are looking for advanced guitar lessons, but most of the courses that you encounter online only cater to novices and...more
There is something about pawn shops. In fact, some people recorded whole albums about them. As a man, I think it's the smell. Seriously. Next time you walk past a pawn shop, walk in and take a big huge sniff. It's the smell of a...more
Just when you thought that it is not possible to teach yourself to play guitar, you have learned about the websites that offer the right resources for this venture. This is very much possible these days because you can either avail of...more
Even if you are willing to pay or even if you only want to learn to play guitar free, you must do things right. You can do it on your own and rely on an expert to instruct you from beginning to end. The first thing that you need to...more
Even though you aren't really after the spotlight, you still would like to get some rock guitar lessons. No matter what genre you choose to play on this popular stringed instrument, you have to follow the essential steps to be...more
You've always had passion for music and it has been a childhood dream to learn play guitar in time. The problem is that as you got older, you got very busy with other things in life that you couldn't set aside time to give in to that...more