The Pocket Guitar – Throwback To The AIR-days!

Pocket-Guitar-spiky-hair-musician

Okay, quick question: Before you actually began playing your instrument(s), did you, or did you not… … PLAY AIR??! What I mean is, did you PRETEND to play an instrument before you learned it? Like “air guitar”… … “air drums”… … “air bass”… … or any variation thereof?? Maybe you STILL like to seriously rock …

The 7 Best Electric Guitars Under $200 for 2020!

GUITAR 200 CARTOONED EXCERPT

Ever teach music?? I have for over three decades now, and every once in a while the inevitable gear questions come up from a pupil. Like this week’s… : “Hey, Teaj, I’m going to buy my first electric guitar. Which one should I get??” And he thought he was going to get a simple answer. …

The Cloudlifter – Activate That Mic, Will Ya?!

Cloudlifter CARTOONED

Quick – what’s the most powerful rocket ever made by man?! It’s not Elon Musk’s “Falcon Heavy”, if that’s what you guessed. It’s the “Saturn V”, our tallest and most powerful rocket that took us to the moon and back seven times. We needed that conquering power to boost us up and beyond our gravity, …

The 7 Best Keyboard Stands of 2019 – Be A Solid Synth-er!!

keyboards on a stand CARTOONED

Stability. It’s what you want when you’re flying. It’s what you want people’s mental faculties to have. And according to all my friends when I was still dating, it’s what girls want in a guy’s financial plan. Well, that wasn’t always the case for me as a traveling musician (understatement?), but there was one area …

What Is The Best Acoustic Guitar For Beginners?? – Ya Gotta Start Somewhere!

Guitar girl taking in the sky CARTOONED

My very first car was not a Porsche. Not even close! It was an Oldsmobile “Delta 88”: Light brown, except for the lower side panels, where they’d scraped off a ton of rust, spread it with epoxy and painted it black!!  lol But I didn’t care, ‘cuz sometimes, you’ve just gotta go with something a …

UAD Plug Ins – Your 7 Essential Must-Haves For The Holidays!!

Plug ins Christmas!! CARTOONED

Ho-ho-HO! It’s Ho-ho-Holiday SALE time!! At least at Universal Audio Digital, it is! If you’re here, there’s a good chance you already know that an Ocean Way Studio-full of UAD Plug ins are now on sale, through the end of December. Cool, right?! You better believe it! We serious G.A.S.-ers need all the help we …

Black Friday Music Equipment – The Best Deals We Could Find!!

black friday sale CARTOONED

Morning everybody!   It’s a beautiful Black Friday and it’s time to roll outta bed and greet the savings!   Oh yea, baby… it’s on!! Lower Prices = MORE GEAR!!! We’ve been scouring through the ads of all the music stores to find the best deals that impress us most as informed, selective musicians.   …