Would you like your guitar instrumentals to be placed in TV and Film? Nah, I didn’t think so.  Sorry to bother you guys. Music placement is the new radio.  With major radio stations being somewhat monopolized and somewhat dominated by horrendous Nickelback and Kelly Clarkson clone music, where can artists turn to for new revenue [...]

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Looking to spice up your palette of sounds with some MIDI action?  Why the hell not!   With software instruments becoming more powerful and sonically appealing each day, why not tap into the unharnessed power of midi to get those far out tones you have only been dreaming about? Check out this great demo video from [...]

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Maryland guitarist, Tobias Hurwitz has invented The Shred-o-Meter, the world’s first musical note speedometer. It is now possible to measure exactly how fast you can burn up the fretboard! The Shred-o-Meter is the first and only musical note speedometer in existence. It works on electric guitar or keyboard, and measures NPS (notes per second) in real time on a round [...]

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Wonderfully melodic, expertly layered, masterfully interwoven, lusicious yet rootsy. -Guitar Player Magazine, describing Fernwood’s album, Almeria You guys all probably know by now that at Guitar Player Zen, we really like to emphasize finding your own voice, developing into an artist with your own sound and uniqueness, finding creative and subtle ways to set yourself [...]

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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 [...]

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