Gerry Magee begins his multi-part series on expanding your mind, as well as your fretboard, with the benefits of thinking like a composer.
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Gerry Magee begins his multi-part series on expanding your mind, as well as your fretboard, with the benefits of thinking like a composer.
Don't make the mistake of thinking this is someone else's job. As an independent artist, the ball is in your court.
For Europe my music is not aggressive enough and in the US I didn`t have anybody to present it to. So rather than making so-called industry contacts and "wait until it happens" I decided to do it myself, which turned out to be much faster and got me and my music much more respect. I highly recommend a musical statement such as this to all musicians who intend to be a part of this complex industry.
I hope my music, although there are no words, communicates and reaches people on an emotional, spiritual and entertaining level. I try to incorporate various instrumentation, and contemporary compositional influences.
We have tried to record as much of our playing as we possibly can, both in practice and "jamming" sessions, and when we perform live, to give ourselves some feedback. When playing it`s very difficult to listen to yourself because you`re too busy thinking about what`s going to happen next, while in critical listening you concentrate on the blend of what has just happened. By listening to recordings of ourselves we can pick out the improvisational parts that work well, sound great, or have promise, then try to concentrate on developing them.
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Part two of our e-mailbag dump, answering some of the most commonly asked questions about releasing and promoting records.
Paul Abbott discusses the phenomenon of sound.
Highlighting the ways that other instruments and their players can profoundly effect us.
Putting yourself in the shoes and sticks of the drummer.
As far as instrumental goes, when you can`t sing yourself, you tend to write without a vocal part in mind. If you could add vocals to it, that would be one thing, but I decided that I would like the guitar to shine through on what I was doing. So I decided to make the project instrumental.
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The odds of doing anything significant in the music business are long from the start, but artists who can't think beyond the short term have it thousands of times harder.
A few words of practical advice from Tonya`s new book "Hidden Secrets To Making And Promoting Your Music Revealed".
Gerry Magee continues his multi-part series on expanding your mind, as well as your fretboard, with an article on focusing your mental energy.
Peter Neri on how to get those fingers (and thumbs) flying.
Don Lappin discusses the endless possibilities of the 5-tone tapping technique.
The talented artists associated with Guitar Nine relate stories of their best, worst or most memorable live dates.
Surf Meets Jazz -- South Of The Border
Hi-Fidelity Six String Blast
Striving For The Big Time
Stoner Rock EP From England
Squeezing Vitamin "G" From Boundless Intensity
The second installment of practical advice from Tonya`s new book "Hidden Secrets To Making And Promoting Your Music Revealed".
Systematically deaiing with our musical need to improvise.
If you thought playing gigs was the only source for good `story material`, wait until you visit Mr. Bochar`s personal lake of fire. Don`t get burned.
Sweep those old sweeping techniques under the rug! Marshall Harrison`s got some great ideas in store for you.
Music industry consultant Christopher Knab contributes his knowledgeable views on the current state of affairs.
The past few years have seen the rise of several new ways to get your music promoted and selling, leveraging the strengths of the Internet.
I was never a fan of direct guitar sounds but for some reason this album ("Zone") is full of direct guitar. All of the rhythm tracks, clean and dirty, were recorded direct. I find that this gives the punchiest sound out there. The Sans-Amp rack really helped also. It is one of those `plug and play` pieces of gear which tone just oozes out of.
The only recording I do at home is for demo purposes. My engineer and I have actually built a commercial studio in San Luis Obispo, CA. The studio is a 3,000 sq..ft., 24 track, digital facility. It was a huge project, spanning two years. The great thing is I don`t have to worry about the clock anymore. There is a tremendous feeling of freedom when I can spend the time needed to record my songs, the way I feel they should be.