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We all probably know that the most popular topic musicians deal with is love in all its wondrous forms. | Photo: Vidar Nordli-Mathisen (Unsplash)
Top 5 Most Common Song Themes
Halabica Guitars primarily produces exclusive acoustic guitars, but it can also make high-precision electric guitars, both with its own design and in shapes that have become kind of an industry standard. | Photo: facebook Halabica Guitars
Legendary and Mythical Guitars #7: Halabica Guitars
Guitar Effects Guide #6: Amp in a Box Pedals
"I needed time to understand that my real voice is fine and that I don't have to pretend that I can sing like this or that, but I can just sing like me," says Daria ze Śląska. | Photo: Kama Czudowska
Daria ze Śląska: Writing Lyrics Has Become My Passion
The band promo photo is about you as people – and it's up to you what emotion you put into it. | Photo: Isaac MacDonald on Unsplash
TOP 5 Hacks to Take Awesome Band Photos
Not everyone is able to learn to read music. Even in music, there is dyslexia, where you simply can't translate a symbol on paper into the notes you play. | Photo: Mike Castro Demaria (Unsplash)
Music Is Not Rocket Science #6: Neurological Digression
Joshua Paul Davis, better known by his stage name DJ Shadow. | Photo: Scott Sandars (Wikimedia CC 2.0)
Milestones in Music History #58: DJ Shadow, The Refined Art of Sampling
Blues is for true connoisseurs of life and has clearly defined rules. | Photo: Tim Mossholder (Unsplash)
Top 5 Rules of Genuine Blues
"When Elton John glanced at Taupin's writing on the London Underground, he instantly realized he had found his songwriting partner." | Photo: Universal City Records (Public Domain, via Wikipedia)
Bernie Taupin: Songwriting Soulmate of Elton John
What makes Paoletti guitars unique? Apart from the story about the wine barrels, it's the material. | Photo: Paoletti Guitars
Legendary and Mythical Guitars #6: Paoletti Guitars
If you have a tip for other harmonically hyperactive songs, where the chords are placed somewhat randomly (for example, according to how nicely it fits in your hand on the guitar fretboard), let us know in the comments. | Photo: Austin Prock (Unsplash)
TOP 4 Unusual Harmonic Progressions in Pop Music
Steve Vai enjoys using the whammy bar to create surreal screams and bizarre sounds to enhance his technically perfect playing. | Photo: Talyn Sherer
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #4: Vibrato Bar
La Femme, at the Roxy Club, Prague | Photo: Pavla Hartmanová / Fource
Concert Review: La Femme, at Roxy, Prague, a Pandora's Box of Sound
Every musician tries to put their brand on the music map – and often uses unfortunate music PR to do it. | Photo: Evgeniy Smersh (Unsplash)
TOP 5 Music PR Blunders
Adam Krofian backstage at the Guitar Armory live | Photo: Jan Nožička
Dreamstruments #30: ReBell Eli BAR
Alexander Hacke, January 1980 in Berlin, BLASSE sound and styling experiment. | Photo: Ganskörperfutter (Wikimedia CC 3.0)
Milestones in Music History #57: Einstürzende Neubauten, Industrial at Its Best