THE WORLD OF HARMONIZERS AND PITCH SHIFTING
Eventually, the bug is going to bite and you are going to want to enhance your guitar sound with pitch shifting and harmonizer effects. Of course, if you are a normal human being, you won’t likely be able to afford an Eventide Harmonizer. But, even if you [...]
LARRY CORYELL ON JAZZ MINOR SCALES
This is one of those lessons that will probably make your head spin a little. It is rather theory intensive. In the same breath, it is also a very useful lesson for learning to break free of the traditional grind in order to incorporate a bit more jazz style [...]
COREY’S PICK: March 1st, 2009 BAND: SPIRAL TYPE OF MUSIC: Progressive rock, Alternative ATOMIC RATING: 5 Mushroom Clouds
When I first ran across the band Spiral, I half expected their music to be modeled after the Japanese anime by the same name. The dark disposition of their music would seem to suggest that they might be Blade children in disguise, but we would have to check to see [...]
THE iAirGuitar ALL SHRED NO SWEAT!
The iAirGuitar is sweeping the nation and people are trading in their older vintage airguitar models for this new sensation. It doesn’t matter where you are, you can now whip out your iPhone and blow your friends out of the water with air guitar skills that were formerly only believed to [...]
MASTERING YOUR LOCAL MUSIC INDUSTRY
By Corey Bray
Your band might have a creative sound and a lot of talent, but if you don’t have a solid marketing strategy, you aren’t likely going to be getting outside of your mother’s garage anytime soon. The first step to developing a sound marketing strategy is to [...]
Hour Band
COREY’S PICK: November 23rd, 2008
BAND: Hour Band
TYPE OF MUSIC: Progressive, Soul, Lyrical
ATOMIC RATING: 2 Mushroom Clouds
There are times when I feel it is just good to get out of my element and listen to music that really doesn’t make much sense to me. And that is why this week my [...]
Rob Kainz performs Eugene’s Trick Bag, by Steve Vai
COREY’S PICK: October 26th, 2008
ARTIST: Robert Kainz (CEO Of Roadie Rage, Inc.)
TYPE OF MUSIC: Neoclassical
ATOMIC RATING: 6 mushroom clouds
Ok, we’re going to be honest here. Our CEO came to us and told us to write a favorable review about his video of him going Macchio on everyone on YouTube by playing [...]