Eddie Van Halen was born in the Netherlands in 1957, his brother Alex was born two years earlier in 1955. They, along with their family emigrated to The United States in 1965. They belonged to a musical family and both were trained to become concert pianists. However growing up in California exposed the Van Halen […]
For those out there using a 12 string guitar and having problems getting it in tune… I am having problems tuning my 12-string guitar. How do I do it? Answer. Even though it may look like a big challenge, ‘standard’ tuning a 12-string guitar is actually quite easy. For the bottom four strings (four thickest) you […]
In this post we look at an old but very relevant article by Ben Edwards from the early Jamorama days in which he discusses why it’s important to keep track of your progress. An old piano teacher of mine used to record my playing at different times throughout the year. At the end of the […]
This is a very common question, specially among young students; How do I get a metal sound? Many people start playing guitar, because they hear a super heavy hardcore riff on the radio and it inspires them to become a musician. That’s cool because heavy metal is a fun genre of music that is also […]
Playin’ tha blues – it aint no big thing and it aint nobodies business if i do! To play the blues you only have to count to five. Well holy schmoley Batman! That`s one number too darn many fo` some! Right , look out people because today’s post is about as much fun as a […]