Studio-recorded drum tracks await you anytime you want. Played by industry masters (not Larry who works at the video store.) Quite often the drum tracks start off with a count off, or drumstick clicks. Close your eyes and you can imagine Carmine Appice is there in your garage.
All is Right with the World. A seldom-used black cherry Schecter C-1 Plus is on its way to me, and I am just a-twitter to take this baby out and open 'er up on the highway!
It doesn’t need to be complicated to kick fucking ass.
A few weeks ago, I saw “It Might Get Loud”, the guitarists’ documentary of The Edge, Jack White, and … thanks to Jack White I forgot the name of the legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist… John Bonham… no he played drums. Shit. It’ll come to me.
All kidding [...]
They’re shipped from the other side of the planet, alright, but there’s actually quite a lot to like in Planet of Rock’s Rock and Metal Guitar Styles backing tracks 2 CD set.
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Watch & Learn just released a new instructional five buck title: Rock 101 - Combining Licks and Chords. I’ve purchased many products from Watch and Learn. Their FreeGuitarVideos page has a lot of very helpful free videos. And their pay material is stellar, at a very low cost.
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Perhaps you’ve heard of GuitarRising? Boing! Disney, very quietly, is releasing their own real-guitar-game, tentatively titled Star Guitarist. Instead of red, blue, and orange plastic buttons that are half the size of a credit card, you have to learn how to play real (colored) strings.
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Studio-recorded drum tracks await you anytime you want. Played by industry masters (not Larry who works at the video store.) Quite often the drum tracks start off with a count off, or drumstick clicks. Close your eyes and you can imagine Carmine Appice is there in your garage.
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Shop Victoriously. A seldom-used black cherry Schecter C-1 Plus is on its way to me, and I am just a-twitter to take this baby out and open ‘er up on the highway!
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Again, I must repeat: I’m not an accomplished guitarist, nor am I an accomplished Line6 JM4 user either. Yet. I was having fun with my guitar and the JM4, and I created another very brief recording. It’s in Am scale, and I performed the rhythm chords and the solo on top of it. Each one was recorded using two different guitar effects.
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The tone of the minor scale is nice and moody. If you want bright, happy tones, go talk to the Major scale. The minor scale has personality for days.
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I have had the best damn time playing with my Line6 JM4. It makes practicing a total joy. It makes my hundred-dollar-special guitar sound fine. Everyone should have a Line6 JM4 box.
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Okay, I am not very good. My brain knows the minor pentatonic scale, but my fingers aren’t intimately familiar with it. But I’m proud of my first recording. Have a listen.
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