Music teaching could be left behind in an outdated acoustic age if it does not keep up with technology, an in-depth report says. Too much music education does not reflect the reality of how young … Read More
Which VST Drum Machines to consider for your back line
Softube’s “Heartbeat” Classic drum synthesis is back with a vengeance! Flexible and tweakable softube.com Native Instruments’s “Battery 4” BATTERY 4 adds powerful new features for accelerated workflow, more powerful sampling and sound manipulation, and a … Read More
GigRig G2 – Proclaimed a “Game Changer”
G2 takes true-bypass switching to an entirely new level using technology never seen before on a pedalboard switcher. The most important difference is the ‘Passive True Bypass Matrix’. This guarantees the most direct signal path … Read More
Useful guitar App’s 2018
What are the guitar App’s that have been popular in 2018? Here’s a look at some of the App’s worth noting. Metronome www.soundbrenner.com/themetronome Tuning www.fender.com/online-guitar-tuner Chords itunes.apple.com/us/app/chordbank Learning www.fender.com/play itunes.apple.com/us/app/anytune-slow-down-music-bpm itunes.apple.com/us/app/guitar-jam-tracks-scale-trainer Amps www.positivegrid.com/jamup itunes.apple.com/us/app/jamup-pro Check … Read More
A New Chapter for Gibson
Gibson officially exits bankruptcy Gibson is one of the oldest and most iconic guitar brands. It goes back to the origins of the electric guitar and has produced revered electric guitars such as the Les … Read More
Research shows learning to play helps us live better
An article published by Music Industries Association on iconic guitar brand Fender’s research on what impact playing the guitar has. Fender has revealed new research, conducted in the United States and United Kingdom, which sheds … Read More
Guitarist’s & guitar tunings
Tuning for sound – What some of the great guitarists have done. Albert King one the early great blues guitarists often used dropped open tunings and also tuned as much as a tone and a … Read More
Music composition – The building blocks!
Here’s a great post put together by Native Instruments… blog.native-instruments.com/getting-started-with-music-theory
DO MUSOPIA APPS – Keep beginners engaged?
Similarly to Fenders “Digital Campaign” to address the “drop out rate” other brands are also looking towards digital applications to enhance user experience to maintain engagement. Are digital campaigns going to produce results? It will … Read More
Inspirations in Guitar Tunings
Happily, stumbled on this on YouTube 😉 14 Awesome Songs in Alternate Tunings to play! And then there’s this interesting take on tuning… “We all have been tuning our guitars wrong” | Can you hear … Read More
Learning to Play Guitar
Options addressed The Internet has really opened up the doors to a lot of things not least how we can learn to play the guitar. Today there is large YouTube guitar community offering lots of … Read More
Is this the future of Rhythm?
An interesting new device that’s just come out that is worth noting. Can this really help with one of the cornerstones of musical discipline and develop rhythm ability? The Modern Metronome Soundbrenner Pulse Smart, wearable, … Read More