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April 16, 2013 - 7:20pm
INVERSIONS
Chord inversions are an extremely valuable asset in any guitarist’s tool box. In ensembles (which is mostly what you do) you can add height, color and distinction to the songs you are playing. If someone is playing a first position...
April 11, 2013 - 5:25pm
CLAY STILES' TIP OF THE WEEK ENCORE Ok guys, if you checked out my last post about bass effects then you know that it was essentially urging you to experiment and explore new sounds for your instrument. With that being said, I can't stress enough...
April 8, 2013 - 7:54pm
Hey Everyone! Clay here...I'm really pumped to put up a tip of the week for this FB page. For those of you that don't know, I teach Electric Bass and Vocals at SOR. While I generally stick with teaching how to sight read, right hand/left...
April 4, 2013 - 5:53pm
CHARLIE STROUP'S TIP OF THE WEEK ENCORE If you've been following along this week, you should by now have practiced about 8 hours. Ideally, about 6 of those hours were spent grinding away at a new mode or getting the feel of an odd time signature....
April 3, 2013 - 2:21pm
CHARLIE STROUP'S TIP OF THE WEEK
Have you ever driven anyone in your house to the brink of tears repeating the same lick over and over and over? No? Then you aren't practicing enough. You may have heard some variation on the theory that anyone can...
March 29, 2013 - 2:36pm
While expanding into different genres is important, there are other expansions you can make to broaden your musical horizons as well. For one thing, don't get stuck on your own instrument. Young musicians, especially, tend to get hyper-focused...
March 25, 2013 - 4:22pm
A Message from Mike Reisman
I've always been a big advocate of expanding outside your musical comfort-zone. Despite the fact that I've been a fan of many different genres for as long as I can remember, it wasn't until I started actively playing them...
March 21, 2013 - 12:24pm
I imagine that many aspiring musicians (of any age) have dreamed of having their own recording studio; I know that I did. And so here it is, 2013, and I am now living the dream....I am part-owner of a studio, located at the School of Rock in...
December 30, 2011 - 10:54am
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