When you start out creating music, as a guitar player, the drums are probably not the first thing on your mind. You’re thinking about writing a great riff, how to capture your guitar and get a great tone. So when you’re at this beginning stage, having drums that exist is usually good enough. Going to an Apple Loop, or Logic Pro’s Drummer is usually where most people … [Read more...] about Toontrack Superior Drummer 3 Review – When An Apple Loop Won’t Do It
The Major Scale on Guitar
The major scale is the most important scale in music theory, and today we will have a brief look at how to play it on guitar. What Is The Major scale? The major scale has seven notes, which we label 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. The first note, note 1 is the root note. This is the note that we start from. From 1-2 is a whole step. From 2-3 is a whole step. From 3-4 is a half … [Read more...] about The Major Scale on Guitar
50 Little Things You Can Do To Get More From Your Guitar Practice Time
Set Goals For Yourself and Guitar practice The first step to getting more form your guitar practice time isn’t doing practice, but thinking about who you want to be as a guitarist. Do you want to play rock guitar? Rhythm guitar? Lead guitar? Classical guitar? Do you want to be able to compose or improvise? Read music? Or play songs from tab? What genres do you want to … [Read more...] about 50 Little Things You Can Do To Get More From Your Guitar Practice Time
Getting Your Music onto Spotify, iTunes and Other Streaming Platforms
Comparison of Music Distributors (CD Baby, Tunecore, Distrokid, etc) If you're a musician wanting to put your music on iTunes, Spotify, Tidal and Deezer (and the myriad other options), then you need a music aggregator. Let's look at what they are, what your options are and which aggregator is suitable for you: What is a Music Aggregator? A music aggregator is a 3rd … [Read more...] about Getting Your Music onto Spotify, iTunes and Other Streaming Platforms
How to Perform Neoclassical Chord Progressions on Guitar
The music theory behind neoclassical guitar is the theory of what is known as “The Common Practice Period”, often abbreviated to CPP, of music. The CPP spans roughly from 1650 - 1900. In terms of music theory, this is what we know as “tonal music”. CPP gave us: a framework for the order in which chords can be played and exceptions for those rules, known as … [Read more...] about How to Perform Neoclassical Chord Progressions on Guitar
