The Shameless Cover Tune Plug

A while ago I wrote a post about cover tunes (Cover It Straight or Make It Your Own). For those of you who like old school prog, I submit to you my band’s contribution to “making it your own.” This project by an Italian-based prog lover was a long time in the making, but it’s [...]

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In a Rut? Steal Someone Else’s Song!

There you are, for a few days, a week or two, or perhaps a month or more. You’ve tried and tried and tried, but no matter what you try – all of the great Fretterverse advice you’ve taken and given a shot – you just can’t get out of the rut. It’s a terrible feeling, [...]

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Cover it Straight or Make it Your Own?

A conversation over the weekend got me thinking about cover songs. A group of people were talking about bands/singers that record covers and release them as singles or put them out on their CDs. I remember back in the 1990′s it seemed like the only way to get noticed was to put out a cover [...]

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Meisel COM-90 Clip-On Electronic Tuner

Having a good tuner is a must. I think we can all agree that there is nothing worse than a guitar player whose guitar is out of tune. When I first started learning jazz guitar (still learning…) I went on this mad search for the be-all clip-on tuner to use with my jazz box. It’s [...]

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Spock’s Beard – X

It’s not always easy writing about your musical influences. From a journalistic standpoint (like, say, as a blogger) you want to be as objective as possible, making sure to cover the subject matter from all angles while presenting all viewpoints. From a fanboy standpoint, you want to share with the world your discovery; screaming from [...]

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