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Do you hate reverb?

Wed 2013 Jan 30

There are more than a few guitar players out there who absolutely hate reverb. And I mean hate it with a passion. They want absolutely nothing to do with it whatsoever.

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Studio Rats vs. Guitar Players

Wed 2013 Jan 30

I got a lot of flak because of my last post, mainly because something happened that I totally didn't expect - I actually caught the ear (pun intended) of the audio engineering community and unintentionally hit them right where they live.

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Is the DAW doomed?

Tue 2013 Jan 29

"DAW" is an abbreviation for digital audio workstation; it's basically defined as any computer that can record audio digitally and has features to edit that audio, such as cutting/pasting, EQ, nominalization and so on. And yes, this technically means any PC or laptop can be a DAW as long as it has the right software such as Audacity.

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death race 2000

Thu 2013 Jan 17

Death Race 2000 is something I watched for two reasons. First, the title of the movie is just plain cool, and second, it was made in 1975. I have a thing about movies from the '70s. For some reason, there's a lot of movies from that era that I really like.

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Guitar Tremolo Picking 101

Tue 2013 Jan 15

Tremolo picking, sometimes called "up and down" picking, is someting that's a little difficult to start with only because many beginner players aren't instructed what not to do, which the video covers. Things like what not to do for palm position, what not to do for strength of picking and how not to use your whole arm to pick when your wrist can do 99% of the work.

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