Rocksmith 2014
The original Rocksmith had a lot going for it, but was made frustrating by a number of bad design decisions and technical issues. This new version, if it lives up to the description, looks nearly perfect. Just the fact that you can jump directly into the riff repeater from the middle of a song to […]
Fixing A Common Problem When Using Multiple Mics to Record an Amp
You may have seen guitar amps recorded with more then one mic at a time. This usually involves two different types of mics, like a dynamic and a condenser. The reason for doing this, is each microphone works in a different way and emphasizes different frequencies and other sonic characteristics. If you’ve just started experimenting […]
REVIEW: 30 Days to Better Jazz Guitar Comping
Jamie Holroyd recently released an E-book entitled “30 Days to Better Jazz Comping”, which he asked me to review. First off, I want to say, I don’t consider myself a jazz guitarist. I’m primarily an alt rock guy. But I have been studying jazz guitar for about a year and a half now. Mostly […]
Add Tabs to any YouTube Video with SoundSlice
This is pretty cool. There’s a new website – SoundSlice.com, that has a really intuitive, yet powerful way to create guitar tabs for any video on youtube. All you need to do is sign up for a free account, search for a video on youtube, and then begin writing the tab, which is synched with […]
Review: Matt Warnock Guitar 251 Chords
If your into learning jazz guitar, and spend a lot of time looking for learning resources on the net, you’ve no doubt run into Matt Warnock’s teachings. A current lecturer at the Leeds College of Music in England, Matt has posted countless lessons, tips and tricks to his own site – mattwarnockguitar.com, as well as […]