Free Music Recording Software – Why It’s Christmas Every Day!

In 1979, Michael Jackson’s “Off The Wall” album dropped and soon was rackin’ up the hits. Being into soul music, I was a fan, and for Christmas Eve that year, my parents gifted me his album AND a brand new Sony Walkman to listen to it on. Just it time too. Christmas morning I was …

Tama “Tension Watch” Review – Precise Measurements For Your Cookbook Of Tone!

Tension Watch dinner! CARTOONED

This week, my wife and I were watching a great cooking show called ” Salt Fat Acid Heat”. It documents the travels of Samin Nosrat through Italy, Japan, Mexico and America as she explores the myriad of ways these four attributes are used in cooking. Seeing the seemingly endless ways you can cook any given …

How To Learn To Sing, Pt. 2 – Your Voice… NOW!!

Prairie dog singer

Stop what you’re doing. Take a moment… … and just BE… … in this moment. Right now. Not tomorrow. Not yesterday. Now. Now imagine your voice… singing. Singing one note… beautifully… out into “now”… and further on, into “forever”. Can you hear it? Do you believe that it’s possible?? Do you recognize that THAT… as …

The Digitech GSP1101 – Still A Clear Winner!!

GSP1101 killer clown pic CARTOONED

For over a thousand years (maybe even two thousand!), the practice of bloodletting has been piercing human skin all over the world. What in Les Paul’s name does that have to do with the Digitech GSP1101 Guitar Preamp?? Stay with me… Physicians usually used leeches for bloodletting – just plop them on the skin and …

Recording Studio Wiring – Successful Cabling Tips & Tricks!

Cable Face CARTOONED

When music is first born, it’s often sent floating off into the air, via the instrument of our choice, like stars dancing through the cosmos. When it’s time to record that music however, every single note and noise needs to be corralled down a long & narrow line until it reaches the stage where it …

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 …

How To Play A Bass Guitar, Pt. 2 – Splash Those Colors!!

Whale-splashing CARTOONED with BASS

  One of my favorite artists is Van Gogh. I have his painting called “Café Terrace at Night” hanging in our kitchen. Van Gogh is known for using vibrant colors in his creations. He would often paint an object using bright colors you would never see on the object in real life. That’s probably a …