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Thursday, March 01, 2007
Guitar players - how do we find listeners?
I am sure that all of our fathers (or grandfathers) have asked us "what are the three most important aspects of real estate?" Then, they would knowingly chant the words "Location, Location and Location", look us in the eye and nod their head until we "get it".
Well, what…
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Well...it seems that 4 days in beautiful Downtown Anaheim actually paid off - here's what Harmony Central (http://www.harmonycentral.com) had to say about Hot Hand: "Introduced by Source Audio at Winter NAMM 2006, Hot Hand™, a unique guitar effects "motion controller" combining micro-machined motion sensing technology with a proprietary audio processing…
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here's what AudioMidi (http://www.audiomidi.com) had to say about the HotHand on thier website:
"Guitarists -Wave Your Hands In The Air
It's great to see all this new technology bringing guitars into the world of tools that traditionally have been found in keyboards and and other electronic devices…
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Friday, February 23, 2007
Vintage Guitar Gear - Do You Buy It?
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,…
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Saturday, February 17, 2007
Guitar Playing and the Brave New World
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.…
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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…
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Friday, February 09, 2007
Police to reunite for 2007 Grammys
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…
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007
"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…
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
The Ease of Recording Software
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…
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Thursday, January 25, 2007
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?…
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