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Stay Connected
Monday, 3 Aug, 2009 – 13:08 | No Comment
Stay Connected

The great thing about Social Media is that you not only get to connect to your audience… but that you STAY connected with your audience.
I’ve been studying social media a lot lately, and the different …

Silence Is Golden
Sunday, 26 Jul, 2009 – 9:25 | 2 Comments
Silence Is Golden

Silence is the most powerful and important part in conversation, presentations, and even music. Too many times I see people walking down the street with their iPods or mp3 players. I feel its important that …

Easy Way To Learn Scales
Saturday, 25 Jul, 2009 – 11:35 | 6 Comments
Easy Way To Learn Scales

Learning scales can be difficult. There are a few tricks to going about and speeding up the process.
Understand that there are also Modes, too. You’ll be happy to learn that all the chords you know, …

Tapping Explained
Saturday, 25 Jul, 2009 – 11:27 | No Comment
Tapping Explained

Tapping is a lot of fun. This technique allows you to stretch and hit notes that would other wise not be possible to reach with only your fret hand. The idea is the grasp your …

Sibelius 6 Unboxing
Friday, 24 Jul, 2009 – 11:23 | One Comment
Sibelius 6 Unboxing

Sibelius 6 has a lot of cool updates. Unboxings are when you open up a product for the first time and video tape it for others to see.
Here we have a number of Sibelius Music …

Jimmy Goss And Walt Teach Guitar
Friday, 24 Jul, 2009 – 10:44 | No Comment
Jimmy Goss And Walt Teach Guitar

Jimmy Goss is hilarious. Here we discuss practicing, power chords, and have a good time. I can’t stop laughing watching this.
He was new to the whole online video idea! We discuss a few things, and …

Grace Notes Explained
Wednesday, 22 Jul, 2009 – 4:49 | 2 Comments
Grace Notes Explained

Grace Notes in music represent a note that is played so fast that it doesn’t get a beat. Think of it as a blur.
Some times they’re used in order to allow the sheet music to …

How To Practice
Monday, 20 Apr, 2009 – 9:12 | 2 Comments
How To Practice

Take breaks
Finish what you start
20 minutes a day is better than practicing for 2 hours one day a week
Be passionate
Be patient!

Modulation Explained!
Friday, 3 Apr, 2009 – 8:09 | 12 Comments
Modulation Explained!

Modulation is the idea of changing keys in a song. Learn more here!

Inversions Explained!
Monday, 30 Mar, 2009 – 15:47 | 2 Comments
Inversions Explained!

Inversions in music are the idea of ‘flipping’ two notes around. So in stead of the intervals from C to G (which is 5 notes away – C D E F G) you simply invert …

Difference Between Bass And Guitar
Monday, 16 Mar, 2009 – 7:42 | No Comment
Difference Between Bass And Guitar

What are the differences between Bass and Guitar?
Bass has 4 strings (E A D G), Guitar has 6 strings (E A D G B E)
Bass is tuned 2 Octaves lower than Guitar
Guitar usually plays chords, …

Class 16: Parts To The Guitar!
Tuesday, 10 Mar, 2009 – 15:41 | 11 Comments
Class 16: Parts To The Guitar!

This is from my week 16 of my Revision 3 show!

What are the Parts to the Guitar?
The guitar is broken into 3 sections -The head, the neck, and the body.
Head = AKA as the headstock. …

Top And Bottom! Put An End To It!
Monday, 28 Jul, 2008 – 11:50 | No Comment
Top And Bottom! Put An End To It!

The strings on the guitar are EADGBE. Notice how there are 2 E strings. One is thick and the other is thin.
But when someone refers to the top of the guitar they are referring to …

Advice – Everyday!
Thursday, 24 Jul, 2008 – 13:24 | No Comment
Advice – Everyday!

Advice – Everyday!
There is nothign more important than doing things every single day. This makes you look more professional to both your community, and sponsors. If I can do a daily video podcast which takes …

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