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Vintage Guitar Gear - Do You Buy It?
Friday, February 23, 2007
Posted by: Source Audio | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
What guitar player has not looked at a picture of his or her musical Idol, with their guitar of choice in hand, and not sought out the same instrument?
If you grew up in the 70's, chances are pretty good that you lusted after a cherry sunburst Les Paul,…
Guitar Playing and the Brave New World
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Posted by: Source Audio | Posted in: Tips and Tricks
I remember reading an interview with Jeff Beck in a Guitar Player Magazine a number of decades ago - and the jubject of finding oneself in a musical "rut" came up. I think Jeff replied that you have to "just play yourself out of them", or something to that notion.…
Great New Guitar Pedals
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Posted by: Source Audio | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
Issac Newton apparently used the phrase "Standing on the shoulders of Giants" to create a metaphor that gives respect (I guess I should say "props" to sound hip) the the previous figureheads in one's field of choice.
In the world of electric guitars, amplifiers and effects, there are many…
Police to reunite for 2007 Grammys
Friday, February 09, 2007
Posted by: Source Audio | Posted in: Artist / Heroes, News
well, this has got to be good news:
http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah3955.shtml
How can this not be exciting to you? Born in the late 1970's, the Police came into their own in the 1980's. Their sparse and intoxicating blend of ryhthmic, harmonic and textural surprises sounds as unique now as…
Hot Hand with Pod XT Live
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Posted by: Source Audio | Posted in: Gear Reviews
"Can't We All Just Get Along?"
Perhaps easier for great sounding audio devices than for the Humans.
In fact, it's very easy for the Hot Hand and the Line 6 Pod XT Live to exist "hand in hand" (bad pun intended). In fact, once you try…
The Ease of Recording Software
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Posted by: Source Audio | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
How many of you use audio or midi recording software on your computers? If you do, and you didn’t 10 or even 20 years ago, you don’t know how lucky you are. Those decades-old software systems were the Model T’s of their day - yes, revolutionary - but, as I…
Music that Inspires us
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Posted by: Source Audio | Posted in: Tips and Tricks
What inspires you as a musician? Of course, we are inspired by listening to and watching great musicians (especially evident after the Namm show where great players are all over the place), as well as great events that happen in our life. But what about your equipment and guitar sounds?…
Electric Guitar is Alive and Well!
Monday, January 22, 2007
Posted by: Source Audio | Posted in:
All I can say after surviving NAMM 2007 is that the guitar is alive and well.
Almost everywhere I looked, I heard terriffic players, and outstanding equipment was never more than 50 feet away - some by well know companies with huge booths upstairs, some by new bare-bones…
Songwriting - How Do You Challenge Yourself?
Monday, January 15, 2007
Posted by: Source Audio | Posted in: Tips and Tricks
The other day I had listened to a recording that I had just made of an instrumental tune that I was quite happy about initially - and I could not get over the feeling of "sameness" it gave me upon completion of the listening. "How could that be?” I asked…
Guitar Tones - Equal to Your Music?
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Posted by: Source Audio | Posted in: Music Reviews
The other day I decided to listen to a number of recordings I have made within the past few years, which I have been pretty happy about.
I used 2 studios, including my home studio, and used high quality gear (guitars, amps, amp simulators. computer software and hardware),…