Well it’s that time of year again, hopefully you’ve landed on this page looking for a good value Electric Guitar or Starter pack. I’ll be honest, as a guitar teacher I’m always asked what’s the best guitar to start on and how much should I spend. I always respond that you pay what you can […]
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Electric Guitars 2009: Budget and Beginners
Getting ready for this years Christmas? Looking for the ideal guitar for the complete beginner? Hopefully this article on what is available this year and what I personally recommend will help point you in the right direction. The guitars in this article will be budget/beginners style guitars so the scores out of 10 will reflect […]
Free Drum VST: CM-505 well almost.
Another great reason to get Computer Music magazine is the CM-505. ‘The CM-505 is a 24 note-polyphonic VST drum synthesizer. The instrument is designed specifically for creating synthetic drum sounds; no samples are used to create its sounds, not even a single cycle. The sounds created by the CM-505 have their roots in classic analogue drum […]
Songwriting and Composition primer
Before I launch into this I should explain that although I’m not an expert I do have a small amount of critical success with my own songwriting. Success in songwriting for me is not represented by how much a song makes in monetary returns or how many back slaps I get. Success for me is […]
Setting up – Mastering Effects – Home Recording Tips and Advice
If you are trying to Master your own tunes you will be wanting to know which effects to use and what order to use them in. Truth is there is no set way to set up your mastering effects. It’s all about your ears, does it sound right? 2 previous articles on this site. Mastering […]