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During one of my classes at the Miami Guitar Festival, I was pleasantly surprised by the insight of some of the questions from the players on the subject of amplifying an instrument. One student observantly asked about the difference in recording in the studio versus amplification of the guitar during a live performance.

 Most musicians who tell me all about h

We understand, EVERYBODY would LOVE to open up for that SUPERSTAR (insert name here) CONCERT coming up! You & ‘what Army’!

You can record the electric guitar in many ways:

Last week in Film Music, Part I: The Challenge, I talked about what I thought to be the biggest newbie mistake for musicians interested in film and television music: believing that it’s easy

LR Baggs continues to be a strong member of the team with their consistent support. During the Miami International Guitar Festival they contributed one of their M1 sound hole magnetic pickups along with a staple in their product line, a Para DI pre-amp unit that comes with my favorite features of a 5 band eq, dual output, trim level adjustment and phantom power.

Another major contributor to the 2010 Miami International Guitar Festival was D’Addario Strings/Planet Waves, who batted 1000 when they supplied the students with a variety of strings (classical, steel and 12 string), t-shirts, peg winders, humidifiers, guitar polishes, and much more - filling up the players bags before they could even get trick or treat out of their mouths.

Since the economy has tanked, it’s kind of hysterical how many new get-rich quick schemes you hear about out there.

  Shubb Capos, one of my sponsors for many years, has proven time and again that they genuinely care about the up and coming players on the scene and in the classrooms, along with the abundance of weekend warriors who woodshed away in the privacy of their own homes while juggling families, free time and, as I always jokingly say, "real jobs".

Recording the Acoustic Guitar

by Bruce Bartlett     Copyright 2010

If you’re a working musician, then you know that you have to get used to uncertainty. It’s pretty much the job.

Along with the web designers, writers, and luthiers who make up my musical wheel, another group that simply cannot be left out are the people who help to create, archive, and provide airplay to the music the artists have created or interpreted.

Making up another spoke in the wheel that keeps the music machine alive are the creators of the string instruments. The luthier, as they are commonly called, are true artists who spend tireless hours designing and fine-tuning their instruments.

Here in the grape country of Upstate NY, wines are often described as pairing well with a particular dish—well, in this case, the dish was a full plate of classic rock n’ roll cooked to

When Rev. Bill first introduced us to Cerwin-Vega's hot new Active Series loudspeakers, little did we know that that was just the first round in what is shaping up as a powered loudspeaker shoot-out.