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"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
If anyone could aspire to be the winner of the poll for the greatest fashion icon in music history, it would probably be David Bowie. | Artwork: Gil Zetbase on Wikimedia commons
TOP 5 Musicians that Rewrote the Fashion History
John Cusack (as Rob) and Jack Black (aka Barry). | Photo: screenshot from the movie
Soundtracks of Our Lives #2: High Fidelity, Making Love With Music
Model Jazz 17' from Procházka workshop | Photo: Karel Pazderka
Legendary and Mythical Guitars #10: Procházka Custom Guitars
Block everyone's view with your mobile phone (on which you won't be able to see or hear anything anyway).| Photo: Max Pixel
5 Tips on How (Not) to Be a Jerk at a Concert
The bent notes allow us to leave the structured space of the fingerboard and venture into the landscape of quarter tones, "almost-tones" and "between-tones". | Photo: BRILHA
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #6: String Bending
Alcohol is an established element in the world of musicians, inspiring, creating crazy stories, but also destroying talent and careers. | Photo: Andrey Zvyagintsev (Unsplash)
TOP 5 Drunken Escapades of Musicians
Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges at "LebowskiFest" 2011. | Photo: Joe Poletta (Wikimedia CC 2.0)
Soundtracks of Our Lives #1: The Big Lebowski, The Birth of The Dude
So tune up, and let's get down to work! | Source: Pxhere.com
3 Online Practice Tips for (Not Only) Wind and Brass Instrument Players
Without silence there is no music, so it is perfectly legitimate to say that silence is music. | Photo: David Kristianto (Unsplash)
Music is Not Rocket Science #8: Silent Musical Compositions
Musicians are communicative and open creatures. They will be happy to talk to you about their favourite topics. | Photo: Vinicius Amano (Unsplash)
TOP 5 Questions That Will Please Any Musician
As for materials, the Touchstone guitars feature Alaskan Sitka spruce on the top and rosewood on the back and sides. | Photo: Facebook Bourgeois Guitars
Legendary and Mythical Guitars #9: Bourgeois Guitars