Recording Metal Guitars in Reaper – Tutorial
Learn what equipment and software you need to get started recording guitars, how to battle latency, how to stay in tempo and how to double track.
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Impressive JamUp Showoff
The JamUp iOS amp sim is recognized as one of the best, if not the best. Here’s a video where Jeff Loomis and Keith Merrow show what it’s really capable of!
Read moreNew Years Resolution: Play More Guitar
With a hectic life as a parent of two and a demanding job, it’s often easy for me to sit down with the computer rather than play guitar when I have a moment of spare time. But this year is going to be different!
Read moreA Site With a New Take on Tabs
A web site called YouTab has just been launched. It has an interesting way of enhancing guitar tabs – it scrolls them in realtime with the song (has been done before) and syncs them with a video of the song. This is potentially a great tool for learning new songs. There are a few obstacles to […]
Read moreOla Englund Demos Evertune and True Temperament
The guitar as an instrument is flawed by design. It’s difficult to keep in tune, and a traditional guitar neck actually cannot be intonated to completely play the correct tone on each fret. Ola Englund demos two inventions that were made to overcome these flaws – the Evertune bridge and the True Temperament neck.
Read moreMore Chord Theory: Power Chord Variations
Power chords are three-string chords which use can use to play almost any rock or heavy metal song you can think of. You usually write them down as fives, like E5 that you play like this: E — B — G — D -2- A -2- E -0- The template for a power chord is […]
Read moreSongs That Sound Like Other Songs
When I come up with an amazing riff, I pull out my phone and record it immediately using SoundCloud (I hum or sing or something) and then I map them out on the fretboard when I have more time. Frighteningly often I realize it’s a Metallica riff I’ve hummed :-/ At least I’m not alone:
Read moreProgression – a Tab Authoring App for the iPad
Progression is a competitor of Guitar Pro for authoring guitar tabs for MacOS and Windows. And now an iPad version has been released! Having tried it out I have to say it is a much simpler alternative than working with tab notation i Guitar Pro on a computer (especially Guitar Pro 6 which is a bloated […]
Read moreMusic Academy Covers of My Curse
The Aaron O’Keefe Music Academy strikes again. I’ve blogged previously about them before, when they covered Cowboys From Hell. Looking back I can say I would have seriously considered going to a school with triple rectos as their standard gear :-).
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