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You will be amazed at how quickly you can teach yourself how to play the guitar with a little bit of perseverance and determination. After the instrument is bought, people usually spend a long time weighing up the options in relation to tuition. This doesn’t have to be the case. You can easily teach yourself [...]
Thumb rests are a source of fierce debate among recorder players. There are some recorders which, for better or for worse, absolutely need a thumb rest to be completely playable. These are the larger instruments, like the bass recorder. Other instruments, like the sopranino, absolutely do not need a thumb rest. But what if you [...]
Beatle George Harrison once tragically sang “all things must pass” and so, with leaden hearts all around the world, club dancers are saying goodbye to a legend… the infamous Technics 1200 series. A consistent icon of the club scene for over three decades, manufacturer Panasonic announced in 2010 that they were discontinuing the turntable recognized [...]
Are you a music lover just dying to try mixing your own tunes? Are you afraid that your lack of experience on the technical side of music will affect your final product? While in days past this may have been the case, it is now possible to make amazing music right from your home computer. [...]
It may sound a little crazy, but you can create high quality video violin lessons for sale or live distribution to your violin students using a popular home music recording software suite that’s available for download from the internet. While the number of students seeking in-person violin lessons has diminished since the onset of the [...]
It’s really annoying to see expensive loudspeakers show signs of failure after some years of faithful service. Initial symptoms may include crackling sounds, complete woofer failures but most of the time broken dust caps or damaged speaker rubber surronds. Fortunately, the latter can be fixed with an inexpensive speaker repair kit for less than $50. [...]
Two common sound systems available today are stereo and surround sound but what’s the difference? Stereo sound uses two speakers and surround sound uses multiple speakers. But there is more to it than just the number of speakers. Stereo sound has been the main type of sound system for many years. It is still the [...]
What electric guitarist hasn’t thought of building his own guitar at some time or another? It’s how Brian May of Queen got started, when he and his father built a guitar together. If you’ve been put off by the difficulty, then you should consider a guitar kit. You won’t have to spend lots of time [...]
When Yamaha first introduces its range of saxophones over half a century ago, they weren’t viewed as the incredible instruments they are today. In fact, Yamaha’s range of Alto saxophones was rather mediocre, their tone didn’t excel and they weren’t really that playable either. Fortunately all this has changed and the Yas Yamaha Alto saxophone [...]
There are a lot of reasons why people tend to want to play an instrument such as piano, guitar, Drums (Or whatever instrument it may happen to be for you). The reasons range broadly from a personal love for music and a burning desire to be a part of the music experience, right through to [...]
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