Entries from October 2008

Hear Beyond Your Instrument

October 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments

By Previously Featured Artist, Dave Isaacs
 
I often hear songwriters say that their goal on the guitar or piano is to play “just well enough to write songs”. I think what they mean is that they don’t want to learn to play things that aren’t going to impact their songwriting, but I think it misses a [...]

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Tags: Guitar Lessons · Guitar Player Zen · Mental & Creative Lessons

Featured Guitar Player of the Week: Patrick Woods

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

And ever since, that’s what I’ve tried to do - to create a visual effect with my playing. It’s important to take the listener somewhere.
Patrick Woods
Patrick Woods, an Indiana native, has done more than his share of paying his dues as a musician. Ever since the age of 16, he has been playing just about [...]

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Tags: Artist Reviews · Featured Artist of the Week

If A Guitar Player Plays in a Forest….

October 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

But no one is in the forest to hear him, does he make a sound?
If You plan on recording a CD, but there is no one that knows where or when to buy it, does that CD even exist?
If a tree falls on your head in the forest, but there is no one around to [...]

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Tags: Music Business

Guitar Player Zen: Accept Life For What It Is

October 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

“Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, [...]

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Tags: Developing Your Own Guitar Style · Guitar Player Zen · Mental & Creative Lessons · Music Business · Spiritual Lessons

What & Who Do You Want Featured?

October 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Ok guys, I’ll admit it.  I didn’t have time to get the Feature together for this week.   I apologize.  It was my birthday weekend and needless to say, I had a little too much fun!
But, the good news is that I found a tool that could be very useful if implemented into your own music [...]

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Tags: Featured Artist of the Week · Guitar News · Music Business