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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 operations with…
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?
Thursday, January 11, 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), which like…
Guitar wah wah - past and present
Monday, January 08, 2007
Posted by: Source Audio | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
What comes to mind when you think of the "wah wah"? Could it be: George Harrison's song of the same name? Eric Clapton's solo on "White Room"? The "Theme From Shaft"? the great riff on UFO's "Rock Bottom"? When I think of the common uses of the "wah", of course…
Guitar Effects - What are your Favorites?
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Posted by: Source Audio | Posted in: Tips and Tricks
Do you remember the first time you heard "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi? Or "Walking on the Moon" by the Police? Or "New Year's Day" by U2? How could a guitarist ever forget those unmistakable, yet otherworldly sounds. Most people who are not guitar players would think "wow, that's…