James Joyce has inspired many musicians from John Cage to Kate Bush to Lou Reed. The famed Irish writer was himself a great lover of song, his only collection of poetry is titled Chamber Music; most readers of Joyce know that he packed his stories and novels with thousands of allusions and quotes from popular and classical songs. Fewer know that if the encyclopedic modernist had not become James Joyce the heavyweight author, we might know him as James Joyce, singer and composer who studied and performed music throughout his life.
Henson's second signature Ibanez gets an official release after it made its debut on Polyphia’s radical single, Playing God, earlier this year – and it's more affordable than you might expect.
Solar Guitars has added to its artist line by announcing the Johan Niemann signature bass. The Evergrey bassist’s new axe is a take on their Type AB model and is called the AB1.4JN. Johan’s signature model boasts distinctive split block fretboard inlays and EMG active pickups that include a powerful preamp section. The Solar AB1.4JN is built with an alder body and flamed maple veneer, as well as a five-piece maple and jatoba neck. Other features include EMG PJ pickups with their BTS preamp and a Hipshot bridge. Another cool note is that it comes in B standard tuning with string gauges from .065 to .130.
You can learn just about anything you want on your uke. The ukulele is versatile enough that it can handle just about anything you throw at it, and even where it might not be up to the job, you can still come up with your unique arrangement to sidestep potential difficulties. Let's look at the best beginner friendly songs you can learn on your ukulele.
"Guitar EncycloMedia was written for the guitarist who has been playing a while but feels they don't know what they're doing. This 323 page book solves this problem simply and clearly with no staff notes or TAB required.” - Randy Roos, Associate Professor of Guitar, Berklee College of Music.
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"Bass EncycloMedia is filled with practical and highly musical techniques and information that will benefit bass players of any style and ability level, especially those who have passed beyond the 'beginner' stage. I am very impressed! " - Dr. Robert Cutietta, Dean of the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California
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Let's discuss the beauty, and the importance, of string bending, a truly huge part of the guitar’s potential to be one of the most expressive instruments. Well-controlled string bending, and string bending with vibrato, will really make your melodies sing.
Mel bought a Sears Roebuck guitar at the age of 13 and several months later played his first "gig". Bay did not have a guitar teacher, so Bay watched the few guitarists he knew and copied their fingering on the fretboard, teaching himself chords. Bay played in front of an audience every chance he got, including a stint with a snake oil salesman in and around his hometown. The man hired Bay to play the banjo while sitting in the salesman's car. Once a crowd gathered to listen, Bay would stop playing, and the salesman would pitch his cure-all... the rest is Guitar History!