Recorded a new Pink Floyd influenced space rock backing track for David Gilmour enthusiasts to jam over (but you're welcome to use it for whatever purpose you like.) Like the other tracks I've been doing lately; it's over 10 minutes long for those who really like the epic jams. You can play along with the … Continue reading Pink Floydish Space Rock Backing Track
Guitar Backing Tracks: 10 Minute Jams!
Plan on doing a lot more of these tracks. Each one will be 10+ minutes long. I'll be adding them here as I finish the recordings. These backing jam tracks are intended for guitarists who want to solo over them, but they could also be used by other instrumentalists I guess. Could even sing over … Continue reading Guitar Backing Tracks: 10 Minute Jams!
Ear Training/Transcribing for Guitarists
I'll be adding to these videos as I complete them. Acoustic Guitar. Chords in C Major: Open Guitar Chords (Clean Electric): Chord Progressions Recognition (Electric) Chord Progressions Recognition (Acoustic)
New Favorite Online Vocal Coach
Recently I stumbled upon the youtube channel of Felicia Ricci and I really like her approach as a vocal coach. She explains things in a way that really makes the whole singing thing click for me. I figure the same may be the case for other struggling singers out there so I wanted to share … Continue reading New Favorite Online Vocal Coach
Ear Training with Nursery Rhymes
My new ear training series will use nursery rhymes to help get the sound of the major scale in your head in a more clear way. The idea is that because most people know these tunes so well already it will be easier to get how the solfege substitutions are working. I also think it … Continue reading Ear Training with Nursery Rhymes
Popular Four Chord Turnarounds
I've started working on a series of basic drum machine + piano backing tracks (each will be about 5 minutes long) that feature the most common four chord turnarounds (four chord progressions which repeat) in pop music. They will be in a variety of keys and tempos to spice things up a bit. All of … Continue reading Popular Four Chord Turnarounds
Drum Loop for Practicing Timing (Victor Wooten Extreme Time)
I saw this video of Victor Wooten's extreme time exercise where you use a drum machine that cuts out: (((edit: the video has been taken off youtube...))) and in response made this 100 BPM 4 bar drum loop (with progressively more and more of the beat cut out) to practice with: If there's a good … Continue reading Drum Loop for Practicing Timing (Victor Wooten Extreme Time)
The Beatles Remastered Stereo LP Box Set
I'm a huge Beatles fan and I yes I'm one of those folks that likes to listen to vinyl LPs from time to time so I'm pretty excited that The Beatles Stereo LP Box Set is finally coming out (on November 13th.) Not only is this awesome because it's the first time these new remasters … Continue reading The Beatles Remastered Stereo LP Box Set
Four Cool Singing Tips
I'm a big fan of this guys youtube channel (lots of Beatles related music lessons) and his most recent video is four tips to quickly improving your singing voice which I found quite useful. Thought it was worth sharing: 1. Emphasize the vowels. 2. Chew the lyrics. 3. Slide up to high notes. 4. Notice … Continue reading Four Cool Singing Tips
Using Figure-8 Mics to Record Vocals & Acoustic Guitar
If you're looking to record someone singing and playing and an acoustic guitar at the same time while getting good separation between the vocal & guitar tracks and you've got a couple microphones that can be put in a figure 8 recording pattern then try this technique out: 1. Set two mics in a figure 8 … Continue reading Using Figure-8 Mics to Record Vocals & Acoustic Guitar