The crowd (my mum and sister) goes wild as I effortlessly switch from one vintage Gibson Guitar solo to another. Who knows when ‘Purple Haze’ stops and ‘Whole Lotta Love’ starts when faced with such virtuosity. Just when it seems it can’t get any better I give them the full force of my vocal chords […]

In August 2006 a sixty year old, bald, stocky bachelor with a face at once stern and sensitive died of diabetes. He was living on his own in his home-town: the genteel city of Cambridge, England, world widely known for its university, which, in the UK, is rivaled only by the equally venerable one in […]

So who are The Vibrators? Well they’re not to be confused with adult toy Vibrators!
With a career lasting thirty one years, vocalist/guitarist Ian “Knox” Carnochan, bassist Pat Collier, guitarist John Ellis and drummer Eddie originally formed The Vibrators in February 1976. Their first gig was supporting The Stranglers at Hornsey Art College in North London. […]

Early Asian music was commonly used as live entertainment in all sorts of situations, from courts to theaters. It has evolved a lot over the years, always with new and interesting instruments to compliment the music.
Some signature instruments of asian music include the formidable Taiko drums, Dizi and Sheng woodwind instruments, the Diyingehu and Gaohu […]

With all those technical quarter notes and treble clefs, who really has time to learn guitar chords and riffs without spending days, weeks or even months taking private music lessons?  Music notation is intimidating, but there is a simple solution to the problem – guitar tablature.  Known as tab to professional musicians, it is almost […]

It is very often that  you hear a song that touches your heart and becomes one of your most favorite ones; yet when you want to hum along you are unable to get the lyrics clearly and wish you had a place where you could get the words of the song. If you have been […]

Whenever someone uses the word composer, inevitably, the names of Beethoven, Bach, and other classical personages come to mind. This can be very intimidating to those who want to record their musical thoughts and ideas down.
In fact, comparing yourself to ANY composer will be detrimental to you. Why? Because you will always have to […]