Friday, March 12th, 2010

Frontman, guitarist, producer, songwriter, businessman these are some of the many hats that musician Tom DeLonge has worn throughout his dozen-plus years in the music scene, whether as the on-stage co-lead to bassist Mark Hoppus in platinum pop-punk powerhouse Blink-182 or as the sole frontman of the more experimental, alternative rock act Angels and Airwaves. [...]

Knowing guitar impresses people and you can become the centre of attention if you know how to play it. As a beginner every one wishes to learn it quickly and as fast as possible. Once you start playing your favourite songs it motivates and encourages you all the more.

Muscle memory is a term we use to describe the process our body uses to learn new skills. So as guitar players we can improve the learning process by taking a special kind of care when we practice with our guitars.

Most people seem to start learning the guitar with an acoustic. One reason is because they are generally less expensive than electric guitars. Another reason is that some people just believe that you should start with an acoustic.

If you are interested in learning how to make hip hop beats, I have some valuable tips you can start with. With making rap beats, the drums are the first major component you start with. Many people use MIDI, but if you don’t know how to use it, you can easily get drum samples online that are royalty free (royalty free means that you don’t need the original artist’s permission to use their work)

Have you always wanted to break into the music industry and be a music producer? You can make that dream a reality even if you do not have the training or the connections, and make your own beats, thanks to the many music production options on the market.

You know what a mentor is.

Everybody I meet seems to either play Guitar, have played when they were younger or want to play.

It seems that some guitar players are so focused on what they should be doing when playing guitar, that sometimes bad habits can creep in without them even knowing! Could you be one of these players?

I use to find myself, like many, sitting in my practice room with my guitar for endless hours and finding that no matter what I did, I could never get my guitar playing to the level I wanted it. Without even realizing it, I was doing everything wrong that I could imagine! After I learnt about these mistakes I was making, I set out to find solutions for them all