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| Want To Become A Professional Musician?, rating: 7.8 |
| Why so many good musicians struggle to begin their music career. POSTED: 04/29/2008 - 09:21 am |
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| 3 Ways To Get Out Of A Songwriting Rut, rating: 8.3 |
| Every Songwriter and Composer, no matter the experience level, has at one time been stuck in a musical rut. POSTED: 04/03/2008 - 09:21 am |
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| The Crusade. Part 11: How To Practice Theory, rating: 9.7 |
| Brave soldiers! We're near the end of our quest. POSTED: 03/26/2008 - 11:20 am |
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| A Not-So-Obvious Progression, rating: 8.8 |
| I originally was going to name this article: "An Obvious Progression," quite sarcastically. POSTED: 03/13/2008 - 11:00 am |
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| Presentation And Playing Live. Part 1, rating: 8.1 |
| Putting on a good show isn’t a natural thing for some bands that are just getting started. POSTED: 03/05/2008 - 09:42 am |
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| The Crusade. Part 10: Loose Ends And Pesky Chords, rating: 8.8 |
| Yo! I see you guys have been studying hard. You've been learning. You've built a machine of theory, which crushes and destroys musical confusion and ignorance. POSTED: 02/22/2008 - 10:45 am |
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| Improving Your Improvising And Soloing Skills, rating: 9.2 |
| I am often asked about what one can do to develop and improve their skills as a lead guitar soloist or improviser. POSTED: 02/14/2008 - 10:41 am |
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| On Memorizing. Part One, rating: 7.7 |
| Playing from memory is a skill that I believe is not only possible for every player, but is indeed essential for every player. POSTED: 02/09/2008 - 05:37 am |
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| The Crusade. Part 9: Secondary Dominants And Tritone Substitution, rating: 9 |
| Crusaders! Here's the part you've been waiting for. POSTED: 02/05/2008 - 02:59 am |
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| The Crusade. Part 8: Key Signatures And The Circle Of Fifths, rating: 10 |
| Crusaders! We're almost at the end of our quest. Keep on keepin' on, and dig the info. POSTED: 01/26/2008 - 07:50 am |
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| The Crusade. Part 7: Analyzing A Chord Progression, rating: 9.7 |
| Today we'll be mounting an assault on the formidable enemy called Ignorance, to be sure. POSTED: 01/16/2008 - 11:19 am |
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| The Importance Of Practicing Improvisation, rating: 8.5 |
| The ability to improvise is a useful skill that is sometimes not given enough attention by aspiring guitarists. POSTED: 01/12/2008 - 06:35 am |
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| The Crusade. Part 6: Diatonic Seventh Chords, rating: 9.4 |
| Oh wow. This sounds scintillating. Almost as fun as a day at the roller coasters with sea sick in-laws. POSTED: 12/20/2007 - 10:53 am |
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| The Crusade. Part 5: Harmonizing The Major Scale, rating: 10 |
| Rockers! Welcome to Part V! Congratulations for hanging in there, and making the decision to educate yourself on matters theoretical. POSTED: 12/13/2007 - 10:02 am |
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| The Crusade. Part 4: Scales, rating: 9.8 |
| What do Julie Andrews and shredders have in common? POSTED: 12/08/2007 - 07:41 am |
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| Should You Learn Music Theory?, rating: 9.5 |
| Must every musician learn music theory? POSTED: 12/08/2007 - 07:27 am |
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| The Crusade. Part 3: Applying Them Intervals, rating: 9.6 |
| What's happenin', disciples of discipline? (Hey, you are on part III, so give yourself some credit.) POSTED: 11/03/2007 - 07:50 am |
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| Mindless Exercises, rating: 9 |
| Mindless exercises... to practice or not to practice? That is not the question. POSTED: 10/26/2007 - 10:28 am |
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| The Crusade. Part 2: Intervals, rating: 9.4 |
| In this article, we'll examine the basic building block of music, the interval. What is an interval? Read on. POSTED: 10/26/2007 - 09:37 am |
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| Musical Snobbery, rating: 9.5 |
| Flattering musical snobs is a great way to sound conventional. In other words unoriginal and boring. POSTED: 10/24/2007 - 11:00 am |
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| The Crusade. Part I, rating: 9 |
| Bringing theory to the rock world. POSTED: 10/19/2007 - 09:57 am |
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| Eishredfest... Is It Necessary?, rating: 6.7 |
| Three years ago, I first heard Steve Vai. And, like most players, my jaw dropped and hit the floor. POSTED: 10/10/2007 - 09:45 am |
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| Picking Hand Dexterity, rating: 8.2 |
| Guitarists have three elements of technique to focus on. Right hand, Left hand, and the coordination between both. POSTED: 10/06/2007 - 06:13 am |
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| Fender Vs. Gibson, rating: 5.4 |
| The ever-raging question, Fender or Gibson? Who is the king of guitars? Which company (or their design) is better? POSTED: 10/06/2007 - 05:34 am |
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| Blues Scales, rating: 6.4 |
| The origins of the blues go back to the early field cries of the Deep South of the United States. POSTED: 09/22/2007 - 05:49 am |
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| The Front Porch Jamming Concept, rating: 8.2 |
| Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, The Orioles, the Yankees...Everyone breaks things up into teams, compartments, and sections. POSTED: 09/22/2007 - 05:36 am |
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| Effective Practice Technique. Part 1, rating: 8.6 |
| A few suggestions for improving your practice technique to maximize your potential. POSTED: 09/19/2007 - 11:48 am |
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| Working Smart Not Hard: Your Band As A Business, rating: 9.4 |
| Every band works hard to get out there but we're often not working smart. Here's 7 tips that might help. POSTED: 09/19/2007 - 11:35 am |
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| Basic Dissonance, rating: 6.4 |
| Ever wondered about Dissonance, or how to use it in your playing? Here it is. POSTED: 09/15/2007 - 05:37 am |
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| Playing Live: What To Do With The Little Voices In Your Head, rating: 9.3 |
| We all have experienced some level of nervousness when playing live at some time or another. Here are things to think about before your next gig. POSTED: 09/08/2007 - 07:41 am |
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