Tony's Home Made Hit Show Blog

Kristal Tutorial Part 2

2007-05-27T10:40:00.000-07:00

As a follow up to the original Kristal Tutorial found here http://www.homemadehitshow.com/Kristal/KristalTutorial.htm

John Bowen has created a follow up that you can find here

http://www.homemadehitshow.com/Kristal2.htm

The Giant Free Plugin Database

2006-12-11T13:29:00.000-08:00

http://www.gersic.com/plugins/index.php?daCat=-3

Musicovery

2006-12-11T11:01:00.000-08:00

A pretty interesting idea:

http://www.musicovery.com/index.php?ct=us

Pitch Correction Observation

2006-12-04T13:42:00.000-08:00

On a forum I read this interesting comment.

Basically the poster is saying that in order for pitch correction to work properly you should record the original track without any compression, reverb, chorus or doubling otherwise the pitch correction software cannot correctly detect and hence correct the pitch. With reverb for example it may correct the reverb part differently than the original part.

The advice is to record dry (monitor with effects if you have that option) and then add your effects later.

Not sure if it's accurate but it's definitely interesting.

A wide range of free plugin's

2006-12-04T13:41:00.000-08:00

Came across a very interesting site. A whole range of free plugins, including a pitch correction and reverse delay. A couple of synths also.

http://www.gvst.co.uk/index.htm

Sandy West of the Runaways Dies

2006-10-23T13:13:00.000-07:00

Sandy West, drummer for the influential 70s band The Runaways, has died after a long battle with lung cancer. She left an indelible mark on rock music as a founding member of The Runaways, which featured fellow rockers Joan Jett, Lita Ford and Cherie Currie, and as a leading inspiration for a number of notable musicians, both male and female. Many young musicians can trace their inspiration directly to the first time they heard "Cherry Bomb." She will be remembered by more than one generation of fans as a strong part of their musical landscape. But Sandy's impact was felt far outside of the music industry as a loyal friend, loving confidante and strong defender of those she loved most. Her strength as a player, passion as a person, and dedication as a friend will be remembered always by friends, fans and fellow musicians alike.

http://therunaways.com/

Windows Vista Installation

2006-10-19T15:04:00.000-07:00

Soundclick Paid Services: How They Work, Do They Work

2006-10-16T13:34:00.000-07:00

If anyone wants screen shots of VIP pages and the like then let me know but they are not that exciting.

http://www.soundclick.com

$9.95 for VIP

The main things this get you

• No ads on your page
• Customizable home page for song (in addition to the standard one)
• Deep Linking (see below)
• 50% discount on paid promotions (see below)
• Larger file size uploads (MP3 above 128)
• Extra points with song plays for chart position

I signed up for VIP 10/1/06, just after the release of my latest song

My last song on 9/9 registered 110 plays in the first 5 days

This one registered around 200. At the end of 5 days my song was 122 on the main Pop chart.

On 10/6 I paid $15 for a single day as the “featured” song on the pop charts page.

That single day I got 126 song plays and moved up to #12 on the main charts. Now that I’m featured on page 1 of the main charts I start to get more residual plays. Getting 400 plays on the next 3 days.

10/10 I Did the deep linking experiment, the song auto plays and counts as a play when you access HMHS website or that thread in 2090. This gave me an extra 200 plays over the next 4 days.

Since then I’ve got about 40 plays per day which is 25 or so better than normal, probably still a residual effect and from being high in the Pop-General chart. The song got as high as #4 on the pop general chart, sank down to 20 but has bounced back to #4 yesterday, not sure why.

Net result ($15 + $9.95 per month) got me 650 plays in a couple of weeks, instead of the 200 or so I usually get. For example “Fake Love” which is my “hit” got 550 plays over a month.

FYI: Manzana and my cover of Wake Me Up When September Ends has had at least one play a day for almost 12 months and currently shows 2,800 plays.

VIP stats are not that interesting. You get almost nothing worth having in my opinion. Even the Hot/Flop votes only show up for the most recent day. All you really get is an idea of where your listeners come from web wise and location wise.

Is it worth it ? Who know, it’s fun to know that 150 people heard your song in a day and that I got 40 or so downloads but for $15 I’m not so sure. The $9.95 per month with deep linking and customizable home page is a decent value that I think might be worth it for some. (plus no ads of course)

The Impossible Jam

2006-10-11T16:24:00.000-07:00

Elvis, Jimmy Page, Stevie Wonder, Keith Moom, Sheryl Crow ??, Noel Gallagher !!!

Microsoft's Monaco - The Windows Garageband

2006-10-10T12:12:00.000-07:00

Here's news about a new program coming with Vista

GarageBand is Apple's MacOS application for amateur musicians. It comes with 1,000 pre-recorded sampled loops, and 50 sampled or synthesised instruments that can be played using a MIDI keyboard connected to the computer, or using an on-screen keyboard.
Monaco will be aimed at the same audience, sources said, and will be positioned in the same way – except that it will work on Windows only. Microsoft also is expected to play up Monaco's use of Microsoft-devised search algorithms for finding particular music clips.

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,2180,1947454,00.asp

VW Car Guitar

2006-10-10T11:03:00.000-07:00

To me this is quite weird. VW has built a guitar interface into their new cars.

http://www.vdubsrock.com/

There's a Rock God contest there also to enter.

Here's Slash's commercial

There's also a Nigel Tufnel (Spinal Tap) version coming soon.

Weird Al - Canadian Idiot

2006-09-26T10:49:00.000-07:00

Fun Fun Fun

Here's the Lyrics

Don’t want to be a Canadian idiot

Dont want to be some beer swillin’ hockey nut
and do I look like some frost bitten hosehead
I never learned my alphabet from A to zed

They all live on donuts and moose meat
and they leave the house without packin’ heat
never even bring their guns to the mall
and you know what else is too funny
their stupid monopoly money
can’t take ‘em seriously at all

Well maple syrup and snow’s what they export
they treat curling just like it’s a real sport
they think their silly accent is so cute
can’t understand a thing they’re talking aboot

sure they got their national health care
cheaper meds for prime rates and clean air
then again well they got celine dion
eat their weight in kraft macaroni
and dream of driving a zamboni
all over saskatchewan

Don’t want to be a Canadian idiot

We’ll figure out their temperature in Celcius
see the map they’re hovering right over us
tell you the truth it makes me kinda nervous

always hear the same kind of story
break your nose and they’ll just say sorry
tell me what kind of freaks are that polite
It’s gotta mean they’re all up to something
so quick before they see it coming
time for a pre-emptive strike

Armless Man Plays Guitar

2006-09-20T11:22:00.000-07:00

Amazing really, far better than I can do with arms.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSnUwA6c67k

Do you need a drummer

2006-09-19T11:29:00.000-07:00

Introduction To Audacity

2006-09-08T13:19:00.000-07:00

A very nice introduction found on the web

Several months ago, I wrote an article discussing the basics of setting up a home studio for the first time. I gave quick rundown of the primary hardware such as a soundcard, cables, and the guitar setup. I also briefly mentioned some software packages that could be used on your computer to capture and edit your music. This article is the first of several to help get you get started with a few recording packages. Today we are going to look at Audacity.

Read the full story here

Creative Drum Keyboard Video

2006-09-08T13:06:00.000-07:00

Stick with it until the end when they guy really gets going

Are there too many lyrics in your songs

2006-09-06T16:22:00.000-07:00

Cardboard Box Bass

2006-09-06T16:18:00.000-07:00

Weird Al - Don't Download This Song Video

2006-09-06T16:17:00.000-07:00

How Bands & Musicians Got Their Names..

2006-09-05T11:59:00.000-07:00

Bands often have unusual names and here are the origins of some popular bands both past and present. One thing that you will discover if you look into this area is that RUMORS abound! If we cannot confirm an origin, we have given alternatives found in other sources.

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Another Free Soft Synth

2006-08-29T13:12:00.000-07:00

Brought to you by Tomas De Camino

http://www.keytosound.com/?desired_section=remedy

Betabugs Audio - Lots of Free Plugins

2006-08-28T20:57:00.000-07:00

http://www.betabugsaudio.com/plugs.php

One interesting one is Moneo that treats each part of a stereo track as an independent entity allowing various changest to be made.

Then we have compression, limiting, stereo enhancement, rotary speaker effect.

All nice looking stuff.

Top 20 Guitar Solos of All Time

2006-08-28T17:05:00.000-07:00

Compiled by listeners of the British radio station Planet Rock.

From correspondents in London
August 28, 2006 01:33pm

PINK Floyd's Comfortably Numb was the best guitar solo of all time, according to a new poll.

It was chosen ahead of the opening riff from Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses.

Third was Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd, while Eruption by Van Halen was fourth and Guns N' Roses' November Rain fifth.

Led Zeppelin classic Stairway to Heaven was in sixth place.

British radio station Planet Rock asked listeners to come up with a top 40.

The rest of the top 10 featured Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits, Aqualung by Jethro Tull, Hotel California by The Eagles and Child In Time by Deep Purple.

Top 20
1 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
2 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
3 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
4 Van Halen - Eruption
5 Guns N' Roses - November Rain
6 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
7 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
8 Jethro Tull - Aqualung
9 The Eagles - Hotel California
10 Deep Purple - Child In Time
11 Queen - Brighton Rock
12 Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
13 Deep Purple - Highway Star
14 Wishbone Ash - Throw Down The Sword
15 Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
16 Cream - Crossroads
17 Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
18 Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
19 Ten Years After - I'm Going Home (Woodstock)
20 Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile

A whole studio full of free stuff

2006-08-23T12:58:00.000-07:00

This was taken from a Soundclick.com post by a guy called Smurf43

Hello Folks, here I am going to list a compleat studio setup that is totally FREE, and that anyone can set up and use with relative ease. I have had this setup running on a P3 700 with 640mb memory and it did fine. I made my first CD, Middle Of The Storm, and half of my 2nd one, Scattered Showers, with this setup. (you can check them out by following the link in my sig).

This setup has been put together and tested over a 2 year period by myself and a few other artist on the Kristal forum. And sorry all you Apple folks, the software is PC only. So here we go..... The Kristal Audio Engine. A free and easy to use piece of software. Will record up to 16track's, has ASIO support, and you can use VST effects along with the good ones that are built in. And it has great support thru the forum, just like this site!

These 3 VST effects are the ones I use 99% of the time with Kristal, and I think they are must haves!

Kjaerhus Audio Classic Series

Digital Fish Phones (look to the left, the Fish Fillets rock!)
GlaceVerb, the best reverb I have found.

The following are a couple Audio Editors that I have used....

Tiny Wave Editor and Sound Engine Free

These don't have all the bells and whistles that Audacity has, but they import the files right back into Kristal, which means you don't have to line the tracks back up! A

nd this is a way cool plugin called VB Strip Tool. Striptool is a virtual channel strip offering various types of digital audio processing. This is a compleat channel that has a parametric EQ, compressor, and it sounds great.

Next is mine, and a few others, number one choice for a drum machine, and it is called Leaf Drums 2.33. When you add the ns_kit7free sounds to it you have the most realistic sounding free drum machine that you will find anywhere, and better than some you would pay for!

I have also used Hotstepper and HammerHead with great results. Don't think that these are "rap-dance" drum machines. Even tho they come with those sounds you can swap them out. All 3 work fine, and are free.

By using all of the software listed above with the Kristal Audio Engine you can have a compleat 16 track home recording setup, with some nice sounding drums, for FREE! The rest are some links to other VST effects that work well with Kristal. The links might be outdated, I didn't check them all. But the 3 listed above will give you most everything you need to make some good recordings!

A list of VST's.... http://www2.kvr-vst.com/

Freeverb2, and others. http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~thman/VST/vst-eff2.htm

MDA VST Plugins. The Combo one is nice. http://www.maxim.abel.co.uk/vst/

Check out r8Brain. It does a good job of converting 48bit files to 44.1. http://www.voxengo.com/downloads/

Some Wave Editors and Sample Tools http://www.soundalot.com/freeware/wave/wave-b.html

Luxonix, a free multi effect (sounds good on guitar). http://www.luxonix.com/

A nice reverb that works well for back up vocals. http://www.anwida.com/dxrevlight.asp A BIG list of plugins. http://www.kvraudio.com/allpluginsononepage.php

Another cool site http://www.vstcentral.com/

And here is a multi track that is free at the moment, but it will be a pay for when it gets out of Beta, called Reaper. It is a big step up from Kristal, has unlimited inserts, can use VST and DX effects along with VSTi's instruments. The development on this is unbelieable

Big Fish Audio Drum Loop Sale

2006-08-23T09:25:00.000-07:00

Title says it all

http://www.bigfishaudio.com/4DCGI/detail.html?654

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Kelly Clarkson Drunk with Metal Skool

2006-08-23T09:11:00.000-07:00

Another currently popular one

OK Go's Treadmill Video

2006-08-22T19:22:00.000-07:00

It's been everywhere, might as well be here also.

Slow to load ? Try here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zY_4QkJGls

So you wanna write songs? Check out this series for beginners

2006-08-22T09:13:00.000-07:00

Designed for people who have never written songs before. This series of articles starts out with the very basics and moves on up to some very basic music theory.

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Mich Wich's Kristal Tutorial

2006-08-20T11:47:00.000-07:00

Here's an oustanding quick Kristal tutorial written by Mike Wich
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This is a brief tutorial to get you started using the mixing aspects of Kristal Audio Engine. The software can also be used as a recorder, however, our purpose here is to get you started mixing a song that has been recorded using other means.

The software is available for free, here: http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/

Once you have the software installed and a folder created that contains your unmixed wave files (maybe a wave with drums, another with a bass part, guitars, keyboards and/or vocals, etc.) we can begin the tutorial.

READ THE REST AT THIS LINK http//www.homemadehitshow.com/Kristal/KristalTutorial.htm

Line 6 Toneport KB37 & Gearbox Plugin Video

2006-08-19T10:50:00.000-07:00

An upgrade to the existing Toneport. All the guitar and stereo inputs + a controller keyboard

http://guitarplayertv.com/index.html?req=1&station=gpnamm&video=gpsumnamm06/l6toneport

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Ultimate-Guitar.com: The Last Stand

2006-08-18T09:35:00.000-07:00

The time has come for Ultimate-Guitar.Com to get an MPA letter. Surely, that was not something good, but the request to remove all tabs in 10 days. What does it mean? Nothing. We are legal. We are not going to shut down the website.

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Recording Industry Bans Musician From Charts For Supporting Free Music

2006-08-18T09:30:00.000-07:00

BPI, the UK version of the RIAA, has banned a twelve year-old singer songwriter from a new music chart they were creating for schools. The reason, apparently, is that BPI doesn't want to promote young Amy Thomas' music, since she's signed to a music label that doesn't support BPI's stance on suing file sharers.

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Win an Epiphone DOT Studio

2006-08-16T23:41:00.000-07:00

http://www.epiphone.com/contest.asp

My Line 6 Variax Review

2006-08-16T12:32:00.000-07:00

Line 6: Electric Variax Guitar (500) www.line6.com/variax

What Is It:
The exclusive Line 6 modeling technology that lives inside the solid-body Variax uitar enables musicians to easily access over 25 historic guitar sounds, including classic single-coil and humbucker guitars, hollow and semi-hollow jazz guitars, acoustic 6- and 12-string, dobro, sitar, banjo, and many others. Instantly familiar controls work just like any traditional guitar.

There are numerous Variax models available
300 – low cost version costing around $450 if you can find it
500 - Which I have, now out of production but sometimes available on eBay etc.
600 – The replacement for the 300, strat style body with tremolo, approx $650
700 – Top of the range for the electric models - Carved-top ash over mahogany body with Tremelo
700b – Bass Version
705b – 5 String bass version
Acoustic 300 – New discount acoustic version
Acoustic 700 – Top of the line acoustic version.

The Variax guitar allows the user to select from 50+ guitar models at the flick of switch, modeling Strat, Tele, LP, Acoustic, Semi and many others. With the software based Workbench tool custom guitars can be created using the available bodies, and pickups, along with automatic custom tunings

Is It Good:
Firstly my background is not as a long term guitarist and I not a “tone snob” For me this guitar is perfect, I don’t care if it sounds EXACTLY like a Les Paul (though only 2 of 25 people correctly picked the real LP in an online sound test) what I care about is that I have 50+ different guitars to choose from all with totally distinct sounds including some very convincing Acoustic and Dobro models. I use the guitar exclusively in my home studio – I don’t play live, where it is perfect for switching guitars and tunings without leaving my chair. Many people online report extensive usage live where the ease of switching models between or mid song cannot be matched by any other guitar.

Finally a number of people have taken the electronics from the Variax and built their own custom guitars. Companies such as Warmoth sell prebuilt bodies but there have been many creative uses including adding standard pickups and midi pickups for the ultimate flexible guitar.

As a guitar the 500 is excellent. It has a Les Paul feel and after having it setup I have not had any significant tuning or similar issues. The 700 model has a top of the range body while the 300/600 has Strat style body, with, to me, slightly less of a quality feel.

Negatives:
A couple of minor negatives exist for me.

Firstly the guitar must be powered. This can be done either through the included XPS box with power provided through the guitar cable, or via a Line6 Pod XTL (XTL only) or using batteries. This power requirement and the extra cables necessary can be awkward at times, especially if, for example, batteries ran out on stage.

Secondly, while I have had no problems with my guitar, I constantly fear that, as a micro electronics and processor based technology, it will break and become unusable. Overall this does not seem to be a common problem but it’s a constant fear in a way that would not exist if I were using std pickups.

The high price of the models is also a concern for many.

Final Summary:
In summary, while not for the guitar purist, the Variax is an outstanding guitar for the studio or live playing musician

Some outstanding Variax Transplants

2006-08-15T14:02:00.000-07:00

For those that don't know you can transplant the electronics from a Line6 Variax into other guitars and configurations. Here's some great one's by a guy known as Rose.

http://www.exit45.com/guitar

Some detailed pics here also.

http://line6.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=18&t=004525

Concert Ticket Generator

2006-08-09T09:20:00.000-07:00

A really enjoyable piece of fun here
http://www.says-it.com/concertticket/index.php

Thanks to Manzana for pointing this out.

My mobile studio

2006-08-08T12:48:00.000-07:00

Well I've talked about recording the podcast in the car, and in the old days I used to record my vocals in the car using the Zoom PS04. This week I finally moved the laptop and Toneport mobile into the mobile studio

New Song from The Tones

2006-08-05T18:46:00.000-07:00

Yes, don't get too excited but I finished another song

Almost A Love Song

Send me an email to homemadehitshow@gmail.com and let me know what you think

New Line 6 Discussion Forum

2006-08-04T09:01:00.000-07:00

My hero Zoetrope from the 2090 forum has now added a Line6 section where you can discuss Line6 products in a small/friendly environment. The Channel 6 board is great but this is a smaller place for "friends" to discuss Line6 products.

I highly encourage you all to post and review music in the songs section of the 2090 forum also. It's a great place to get constructive but friendly feedback and get yourself something of an audience.

http://www.2090.org/zoom/bbs/index.php

Line6 Toneport/POD Update Gearbox Update

2006-08-01T20:52:00.000-07:00

For all you Line6 users - An excellent free update.

For Toneport users:
New amp models based on: Marshall® 1974X (18W Reissue) & Orange® AD30TC

New effects models based on: Sans Amp Bass Driver, Maestro® Bass Brassmaster, Arbiter® Cry Baby, Sub Octaves (synth effect) + Support for an external pedal with wah modeling

For All
* A free simple drum machine for playing along to
* Built in MP3/CD Player with loop and half speed function
* Easy access to Tone Library for prebuilt tones
* Tonelocker (from POD) for Tone storage and access
* Intel Mac Support
* Support for Line6 Bass Expansion module

Very cool and all for free www.line6.com

My song on the Daily Source Code

2006-08-01T12:41:00.000-07:00

I was stunned today to learn that my song Get Myself Together, made it onto Adam Curry's Daily Source Code podcast, a very popular podcast made by the self proclaimed "podfather"

http://curry.podshow.com/?p=253 at the very start of the show.

It feels great so I highly recommend uploading your songs to http://music.podshow.com/index.php

It feels really great, much better than I was expecting it to

A very cool home made guitar

2006-07-31T09:47:00.000-07:00

Came across this guitar made by Dennis from Vermont

It's played with a slide, and has three strings tuned to an open chord, A-E-A at the moment. It also has a home built internal pickup (also homemade) into it and it can be plugged into your Pignose or Marshall stack if you so desire.

You can hear it on these songs

DMenard at Soundclick

A 2 hour special song

2006-07-29T17:51:00.000-07:00

I pulled together another new song during 2 hours free time on Friday. Start to finish 2 hours (and it shows). Not really happy with the vocal track but got the overall sounds I was after.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=314739

Rock and Roll Bitch The Video

2006-07-29T17:48:00.000-07:00

Our friend (and forum host) Zoetrope used the game The Movies to make a video for his song Rock and Roll Bitch. Very cool

Etymotic Research ER6i Isolator Earphones

2006-07-27T15:04:00.000-07:00

Posted by Zoetrope

I've been looking a long time for good earphones to wear while riding the subway. Most of the noise canceling earphones I looked at were too expensive. Then I started looking at sound isolating earphones. The best for the money are the Etymotic Research ER6i Isolator Earphones at about $87.50. That's a lot for a pair of earphones, but how much is your hearing worth? Before I had these I either had to crank the volume all the way up to listen on the train, or just sit and listen to the train rattling along. Now I can have the volume very low and hear everything fine, with almost no background noise. I even keep them in when I'm not listening to music, just to block out the train sounds. The earphones come with several different tips so you can fit them snugly in your ear canal. This reduces environmental sound levels by 30 to 35 dB. The sound quality is quite good. While I wouldn't advise wearing them for biking or driving, since you really can't hear what's going on around you, they're great for trains and planes.

New Song

2006-07-27T12:52:00.000-07:00

I continue my experimental stage with another new song called Swim. I did all the music and "production" with Albert Forssall, currently of France, creating the chorus.

Please check out Swim on My Soundclick Site

Quickie Book Review: How To Write Songs On Guitar – Rikky Rooksby

2006-07-25T11:11:00.000-07:00

How To Write Songs On Guitar – Rikky Rooksby

What is it: A large format book including a lot of chord diagrams, a simple introduction to basic music theory and tips/guidelines on writing songs. The book focuses primarily and chords and has very little information on melody.

A great deal of the book focuses on the chord progression used in hundreds of hit songs, breaking them down and explaining how/why they work in a brief and simple manner.

Who is it for: Invaluable for the beginning songwriter (songwriter not musician) and a useful reference/guide for the more experienced songsmith.

My two cents: An outstanding book. As a beginning songwriter 2 years ago I struggled to get started but this book really set me in the right direction. I still use it almost every day as a reference for ideas on keys, chords, chord progressions and song structures. For me it’s an invaluable guidebook to songwriting.

My Studio Video Part 1

2006-07-22T12:41:00.000-07:00

I realized that the 30 second vids my camera takes would be great for You Tube so I made one of my bedroom studio. Here's part 1. I was told that tidying it up was no Rock and Roll so here goes. Not very professional but it's a start.

Part 2 is down below and I'll see if I can get a video of me recording the show sometime soon.

My Studio Video Part 2

2006-07-22T12:35:00.000-07:00

Part 2

New Touch Screen iPod's

2006-07-21T11:24:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Ben of the Blue Casket for this one. Apple's latest patents

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1902

Free Gibson Guitars

2006-07-20T20:32:00.000-07:00

A bunch of contests for free Gibson guitars. Fine them here http://www.gibson.com/AllAccess/Contests/

Summer NAMM 2006

2006-07-20T20:24:00.000-07:00

Interesting products in these lists

http://www.zzounds.com/article/blog/post01.html
http://www.zzounds.com/article/blog/post02.html
http://www.zzounds.com/article/blog/post03.html

*The Boss RC-2 Loopstation looks like fun (though useless)
* Boss Micro-BR looks like an amazing handheld recorder
* Alesis ControlPad is a nice looking drum trigger pad
* The Zoom H4 is an odd unit. It's like a field recorder for news guys and
podcasters but also a recording interface with guitar effects, why both, don't ask me
* New Tascam interfaces but Chas tells me they offer nothing new
* The Schecter Girls look pretty good (Page 3)

Well here we are

2006-07-20T15:48:00.000-07:00

The first post in my personal show blog. Who knows what, if anything, it will be. The idea is to post information on the show, music related stuff and anything else that I find interesting.

Thanks and check back regularly.