Getting started on your guitar learning adventure can be a costly endeavor, especially if you have absolutely no musical experience to lean on. Chances are, you may not have realized how expensive starting up and getting all of your guitar essentials was going to be. Not only do you have to invest in a guitar, […]
If you’re a person with small hands who has looked around at local guitar shops to purchase a guitar, you may have noticed that you have struggled to find the best guitars for small hands like yours. But its all good! Not all guitars are made for people who have smaller hands! That’s okay, though, […]
Welcome to this month's Home Recording Trade Secret, my fellow six-string mavens. I originally had a couple of different ideas to share with you. Instead, I received an urgent email that required my services. So, let me give some context before we get into the nitty-gritty. As some of you know, my home recording business […]
And, What I Learned Welcome to this month's Trade Secret. And my goal is to sound like David Gilmour using only the plugins available in Logic Pro and my Dean Zelinsky Tagliare S-style guitar. There are a few reasons why I chose this topic: It's the 50th Anniversary of the release of Pink Floyd's "Dark […]
I don't believe in resolutions because I've never been able to stick to them. I make them during the last week of the year, and on January 1st, I diligently begin my routine. After all, it's easy; I'm still on holiday break. But, in mid-January, the daily grind begins again, and my initial resolve is […]
Intro Online guitar lessons are great, and I watch them myself. But, too many choices plus an overwhelming amount of instructional content can lead to analysis paralysis. So, I watch them as entertainment. Or, as we used to say at the Guitar Workshop, edutainment. But what if you really want to get better? How do […]
Are you searching for a digital audio workstation? I know how time and energy-consuming that can be. To make it easier, I have summarized the most important things you need to know about two of the most popular DAWs on the market: FL Studio vs Studio One. Whether you're an enthusiastic amateur or you're setting up […]
One of the most exciting parts of learning to play the guitar is making your songs come to life by recording them. In order to do this, you’re going to need to use DAW software (Digital Audio Workstation), and there are a huge number of them available. Two of the most popular DAWs used for […]
Since the dawn of digital audio production, plenty of musicians have taken it upon themselves to h availado what they could witble technology to record their own music. There are plenty of benefits: You keep control of the audio recording process You don’t have to pay an engineer or producer for editing and production You […]
From 2004-2006, I was the Guitar Curriculum Manager for WorkshopLive. This was the online teaching platform for the National Guitar Workshop, and it was my job to design the curriculum structure for the site. But I needed help to do this job. So, we flew in guitar experts with teaching experience and sat in a […]