Have you ever wondered what it would be like to meet your Rock & Roll hero, you Guitar God, the person you would love to be like? Dream no more. You could be the lucky winner of an all expenses paid VIP trip to meet Steve Vai, sit down with him for a personal Q&A session and receive an Ibanez Steve Vai Signature JEM77V electric guitar. Enter to win, between November 1st, 2007 and January 31st, 2008. For details, please see the official rules.
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I ran across an online music service called TuneCore. It is a service offered to those who would like to have their music distributed. Musicians upload their material and it is distributed to services such as iTunes, Napster and Rhapsody. The best thing is, that 100 percent of royalties go directly to the musician. TuneCore asks for no percentage of royalties, exclusivity or any rights. …click here to read more

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I have found myself with a bit of a problem. I can’t find the time to practice my instrument. With all the other things I must get done, practicing has become sort of a “if I have time” type thing. Practice is the cornerstone of music and we all must find time we can dedicate to it if we want to move forward with it. …click here to read more

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It was John Chow who wrote “It’s Not How Much You Make, It’s How Much You Give,” a post about helping those in need. And it got me thinking about how much this get overlooked or blown off when you are at the top of your game, making lots of money and how easily success makes you forget where you came from or what you were going through not too long ago. For this reason, I’d like to talk about music in the classroom. …click here to read more

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Not every aspiring musician or upcoming band has the money to rent expensive services when it comes to recording music; so most depend on second hand and cost effective equipment. Usually, a cassette recorder with multiple inputs is used in order to record every instrument, then the recording is captured in a computer and edited. But I feel that the cassette tape to computer transition is difficult and if one is not careful the audio integrity suffers. …click here to read more

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