Posted in Guitar Lessons, Software on Nov 20th, 2008 3 Comments »
I found out about this program recently and it seems pretty cool. The program is Guitar Methods and features lessons, exercises and tips to help you play lead guitar. As an example of what is taught, check out this video of guitarist Kris Barras, who plays on the Guitar Methods program: Here’s what the program [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Games, News, Software on Jul 15th, 2008 No Comments »
Gibson Guitars has joined the virtual world, creating a presence on Second Life. If you’re not familiar with Second Life, it is an Internet-based 3D virtual world and social networking site. The Gibson virtual presence is called “Gibson Island” and it’s a virtual island that is shaped like a guitar, with humbucker mountains. There are [...]
Posted in Software on Jul 13th, 2008 No Comments »
There is a cool guitar program recently developed for the iPhone. The program is called the GuitarToolkit and is a collection of four useful guitar utilities that are all run from the iPhone. The GuitarToolkit includes: Chromatic Tuner The Chromatic Tuner is a high accuracy tuner that will get you pitch perfect in no time. [...]
Posted in Guitar Lessons, Software on Apr 15th, 2008 2 Comments »
There are many great sites that offer video guitar lessons. There is a new site which has taken it even further, and provides video guitar lessons using the 3D technology used in video games. The technology is called iPerform3D. The iPerform3D lessons are performed by real instructors who are turned into computer animated characters. By [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Gear, Guitar Hero, News, Software, Videos on Jan 12th, 2008 6 Comments »
The 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) finished this past Friday in Las Vegas. CES is an annual trade show, not open to the public, which showcases new consumer electronic products. This years CES featured some cool and fun products for guitar players. Here’s some of the highlights: eJamming is recording software that uses peer-to-peer technology [...]
Posted in Software on Dec 3rd, 2007 3 Comments »
The folks behind Guitar-Leads.com have recently released a software program called Song Surgeon. Song Surgeon helps musicians figure out songs by slowing down a song, and allowing every note to be heard, and how it’s played. The program slows down the song to the point that every hammer on, every pull off, every bend is [...]
Posted in Software on Oct 11th, 2007 No Comments »
I saw this software recently mentioned at Crave, a C|net blog. Many of you probably use it already. It’s called FL Studio, which may be better known as Fruity Loops. FL Studio is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) that’s used to create backing tracks and loops, try new music ideas, or produce completely mastered tracks. [...]
Posted in Guitar Lessons, Software, Songs on Oct 9th, 2007 No Comments »
Every month, Musicnotes offers one song as a free download from their catalog of nearly 70,000 sheet music titles. This months free download is Chopin’s ‘Funeral March’, which begins and ends with the memorable funeral theme. Very fitting for Halloween apparently. The sheet music is downloaded as a file and includes 3 pages of printable [...]
Posted in Software on Jun 6th, 2007 1 Comment »
iGoogle makes a great home page because of the custom feeds and cool gadgets that are available. One of the coolest gadgets I have added recently is the Guitar Chords Finder, developed by Yann Lohier and provided by Zikinf, a French music site. The Guitar Chords Finder works by clicking on the finger positions on [...]