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The process of creating, learning new playing skills and especially sharing it at rehearsals and then concerts are magical moments that motivate every musician. | Photo: Dan Senior (Unsplash)
Music is Not Rocket Science #9: Two Crucial Mistakes of Starting Musicians
Few things motivate a person to compulsively play a musical instrument like procrastination from another, absolutely necessary but all the more unpleasant activity. | Photo: Yabee Eusebio (Pexels)
5 Tips on how to Make Yourself Practice a Musical Instrument Even if You Don't Feel Like it
"We may or may not like it, but we all have a song by Queen inside us." | Photo: Marco G. Di Marco / Queenshow MGMT
Marco G. Di Marco (Queenshow): Brian May? A Talent Like da Vinci
Brandon Lee as Eric Draven / The Crow. | Photo: screenshot from the movie
The Soundtracks of Our Lives #4: The Crow, Gloomy Atmospheres
Recording studio, long hours in a van or backstage. You don't want to be trapped there with annoying types of musicians. | Photo: Maelle Ramsay (Unsplash)
Top 5 Types of Musicians that are Difficult to Work With
Guthrie Govan is proficient in all guitar techniques and his playing is extremely precise. | Photo: Double Head Music
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #8: Legato
Morten Ness (left) together with Kytary.cz CEO Jiří Würtherk cutting the ribbon to open the new Nord instrument display. | Photo: Ondřej Pečenka
Nord Boss Morten Ness: The Key Is to Understand What Musicians Really Want
Your goal is to dream the same dream... | Photo: Anton Ponomarev on Unsplash
TOP 5 Things You Should Not Say to Your Mixing Engineer
Achieving great live sound is all about preparation, balance, and a touch of insanity. I Photo: Creative Commons
The Guitarist's Survival Guide: How Not to Sound Like a Hot Mess on Stage
You may be searching your heart if you really had to tell your bandmates where to get off after your last messed up concert in one-horse town, pack up your case and leave to find the nearest civilization. | Photo: Anika Huizinga (Unsplash)
TOP 5 Reasons to (not) Re-join a Band
Robert De Niro (as James "Jimmy" Conway) and Ray Liotta (aka Henry Hill). | Photo: screenshot from the movie
Soundtracks of Our Lives #3: Goodfellas, Music to the Sound of Guns
"Yes, I practice. I do things like that to this day." I Photo: Charles Peterson
Duff McKagan: I’m a Guy Who Doesn’t Change the Gear
All guitarists love their instruments, boxes, amps and other gadgets that help them create crazy sound experiments. When can you say enough is enough? | Photo: Anton Shuvalov (Unsplash)
TOP 5 Most Expensive Guitar Rigs
This year marks forty years since Leonard Cohen first released "Hallelujah" on Various Positions. | Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Covered #2: Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
Is it really that hard to be unique nowadays? Where do all those catchy melodies and harmonic progressions come from? | Photo: Justin Higuchi (Wikipedia)
TOP 3 Questionable Hits by Dua Lipa
With Eddie Van Halen, the shredding phenomenon was started. | Photo: Fin Costello
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #7: Tapping