Bass in Yo' Face! (May 3, 2009)
Hello all! This month I’d like to take a little bit of time to talk about the unsung heroes of rock and roll, bass players!! What would Zeppelin be without John Paul Jones, the Who without Entswistle, or even the Beatles without McCartney!? The world will never know, and thankfully we did have them. With Entswistle’s booming growly tone playing fifth power chords and moving lines all over the place, Jones writing bass lines and parts that worked perfectly with Page’s unorthodox playing style and McCartney’s genius lines often landing on 1sts to 5ths, octave jumps and moving lines going seamlessly from every chord change and key change; they all had a huge impact on the music their bands created... Continue reading "Bass in Yo' Face!"
Drum Trax (October 22, 2008)
Hello everyone. I’m back this month with another article. I want to talk a little bit about a problem I’m sure a lot of guitarist have while recording their own original songs. This month I’d like to talk about the difficult task of creating drum tracks for your original songs in your home studio. I can imagine that as guitar players, the drum world is probably a pretty confusing thing; I know it was for me. There are so many obstacles to overcome in the tracking of real acoustic drums. First you need a fantastic drummer. Then you need to have all of the expensive recording microphones and a talented engineer who knows how and where to place all of those mics. Finally, you need the room to track in. Needless to say, the task of recording drums is a very time and budget consuming task... Continue reading "Drum Trax"
