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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
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
If you're not looking for a band, sometimes you can have a lot of fun reading the ads. | Photo: Pinterest
TOP 5 Biggest Mistakes in Band Ads
Music is not creative chaos, but a carefully organized hierarchy of tones and sounds. | Photo: Etienne Girardet (Unsplash)
Music is Not Rocket Science #5: Organized Sound
Collings has a great reputation in the guitar industry – consistency of instruments, almost no complaints and perfection in every detail. | Photo: Collings Guitars
Legendary and Mythical Guitars #5: Collings Guitars
Steve Albini: "Find people who think like you and stick with them. Make only music you are passionate about. Work only with people you like and trust. Don't sign anything." | Photo: swench.net
Top 5 Principles of Music Making According to Steve Albini
The undeniable advantage of the fingerstyle technique is the direct contact between fingers and strings, which allows you to get much more timbre, emotions and nuance into your playing. | Photo: Patti Black (Unsplash)
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #3: Fingers and Picks