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There are a few things you don't want to do when choosing your first guitar. You don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on your first guitar. Not only will you not have the ability to truly utilize your nice new guitar, but you will not know how to take good care of the guitar, such as tuning properly, changing strings when needed, and just keeping it in nice shape.
 

Every single day I talk to someone who's learning to play guitar. Some are practicing machines, and others just can't get motivated to pick their guitar up. If you are in the latter group, don't give up. There's ways to get it going for you.
 

The passing tone is a melodic stepping stone that's very useful for sculpting the shape of a line and filling in rythmic space within a beat while avoiding melodic redundancy.
 

One sure way of spicing up a solo is to use arpeggios. Let's look at how to build arpeggios off of basic chord positions by simply using your fourth finger.
 

The bass player's most important function in a band is to lock in with the drums and maintain a solid groove. Although this seems like an obvious statement, it's amazing how often players overlook this concept.
 

Every musician plays by ear. Those who say they don't are probably deaf. Let's see how you can improve that.
 

So you are looking for your first recording microphone or perhaps you want a better one? This dynamic microphone is great choice for both vocal and instruments. While most of the time, recording engineer would use a large-diaphragm mics to record vocals, this one can do a real decent job.
 

Creating harmonies on guitar is not always easy. This lesson will show you how to create a simple guitar harmony solo.
 

Recording a guitar might seem really simple but getting a good guitar tone starts with mic'ing your amp correctly.
 

While VST is a technology initially designed by Steinberg, it is still possible to use those plugins in most DAW softwares. Let's see how Sonar makes use of VST plugins.