GUITARHABITS Last Updated on April 13, 2022 by Klaus Crow It’s coffee time! This morning I was playing the blues on my guitar while drinking my oh so delicious dutch “Douwe Egbert” coffee and came up with this neat basic blues lick. The Coffee Blues Lick was born. The Pentatonic Coffee Blues Lick The coffee … Continue reading The Pentatonic Coffee Blues Lick
Drummer’s Review Drum Workshop, Inc. (DW) in conjunction with Latin Percussion (LP) are delighted to be gear support sponsors for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Jazz Fest) 2022. Jazz Fest takes place over two weekends, 29th April to 1st May and 5th to 8th May 2022, at the Fair Grounds Race Course in … Continue reading DW & LP Named New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Official Drums
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog Not so much a lesson in technique or style as tone chasing… As much as I love a cranked up vintage or modern amplifier, that’s not often practical and I’ve come to almost prefer just using a basic, clean tone, plus some pedals to get me where I want to be. … Continue reading Stacking Overdrives For Levels Of Gain
Drummer’s Review Mapex Drums has recently unveiled a host of new products for 2022 along with new finishes for their ever-popular Saturn Series drums. New Finishes For Saturn Series Aqua Fade Saturn Series has become synonymous with the Mapex brand, serving as a cornerstone of the lineup for decades. Known for producing rich, warm and punchy … Continue reading Mapex Drums Introduce New Saturn Finishes, New Venus Series & New Thrones For 2022
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Jazz is one of the most interesting, unique, and controversial musical inventions in recent memory. Much like rock and roll, funk, electronic, and hip-hop, jazz is part of the Black American music canon and is full of virtuoso musicians, iconoclastic characters, and a melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic … Continue reading Celebrate great pianists for Jazz Appreciation Month
Pro Audio and Studio – Music Instrument News Artiphon customers can now download a free, gesture-mappable synthesizer that allows for extensive customization of Orba sounds. Your favorite musical grapefruit just got a lot more customizable. Orba players now have access to the internal sound engine that creates Orba’s sonic palette. Orba’s synth was designed from … Continue reading Artiphon Releases Orbasynth: A Powerful Preset Creator for Orba’s Internal MPE Synth
GUITARHABITS Last Updated on April 11, 2022 by Klaus Crow Today I’m going to teach you one of my favorite songs “To Love Somebody” by The Bee Gees. This song is covered by lots of people including Janis Joplin, Michael Bolton and my favorite cover version by Damien Rice & Ray La Montagne. To Love … Continue reading To Love Somebody Guitar Lesson
Drummer’s Review Here’s our review of a pair of De Broize Custom Drums Koto Stave snare drums, featuring… 14″ x 7″ and 13″ x 7″ Models, Recycled Koto (African hardwood) stave construction (from an old workbench), 45˚ inner bearing edge with rounded outer to maximise shell-to-head contact, 20-strand snappy nare wire with classic-style throw off, … Continue reading De Broize Custom Drums Koto Stave Snare Drums – Drummer’s Review
Pianos – Keyboard and Synths – Music Instrument News KMA Machines released the original QUEEQUEG in 2016. The pedal was our take on how simple and effective an analog monophonic suboctave device could be. Time doesn’t stand still and so with QUEEQUEG 2, KMA’s aim was not only to update the device with a more … Continue reading KMA Machines Introduce QUEEQUEG 2 Sub Generator
Pro Audio and Studio – Music Instrument News Sample library developers Orchestral Tools have announced the release of Opaline, the newest addition to their ever-expanding series of Creative Soundpacks. Opaline is aimed at producers and composers looking to capture the flavor of the lo-fi beat making movement with three perfectly attuned elements – warm electric … Continue reading Orchestral Tools Evokes Relaxed Summer Moods With New Opaline Creative Soundpack
