Do you write your own music at all Don? Is songwriting something that you teach in your lessons?
627 01-11-10 08:22:17
Re: Sharing music (15 replies, posted in Music Theory)
jamesd74 wrote:
Yes there is a new digital bill about to come into law in the UK. Which will give the power to your ISP to slow down your internet connection to a speed slower then dial up.
Do you know how and when they decide to do this? Are they checking web traffic for bittorrents or whatnot and how are they defining legal against illegal content?
It is an interesting issue.
628 01-11-10 08:18:53
Re: Learning Harmony for Songwriting (3 replies, posted in Songwriting on Guitar)
No this is great stuff and look forward to hearing more about your approach to songwriting.
Thanks for taking the effort!
629 01-11-10 08:13:21
Re: 'Ello (7 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)
Hi Nick
Welcome to the forum. Good to have you around!
Olly
630 29-10-10 18:02:35
Re: An attempt to get over 100 posts. (143 replies, posted in Misc)
Congrats on the hundred posts! Good to have you around!
631 29-10-10 17:35:49
Re: An attempt to get over 100 posts. (143 replies, posted in Misc)
So what is the next chord you would like to learn to play?
632 29-10-10 15:30:05
Re: An attempt to get over 100 posts. (143 replies, posted in Misc)
What is your favourite chord to play and what position on the fretboard do you play it?
633 29-10-10 08:53:47
Re: are you in tune? (20 replies, posted in Guitars)
polyal wrote:
when im gigging and a bit p♪ssed with fag ash all over my machine heads and a semi naked nympho
wobbling in front of me i must admit warped refractions tend go get pushed to one side
634 29-10-10 07:44:31
Re: Lack of feedback (17 replies, posted in Common Student Issues)
Do you tend to find that a lot of people quit when it gets to the summer and more people begin when it gets colder outdoors then?
I expect January must be quite busy with all the kids getting guitars for Christmas?
635 29-10-10 07:42:05
Re: Guitar teacher/author here from USA (11 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)
Not quite sure what you mean about the friend request thing but I can always look into it further.
The design is pretty basic and maybe I will change it at some point but it is quite easy on the eye when reading posts I find. Some other forums can be tough to read so in that respect, I think it works well.
Thanks for your valued contributions to the forums so far Eric. I hope that you stick around and if there is anything that you need just shout - same goes for everyone else here as well!
636 29-10-10 07:34:56
Re: How to begin a song (19 replies, posted in Songwriting on Guitar)
Thanks a lot for that - maybe you could post some of your songs/playing over in the Your Recordings section?
My issue is that I get stuck with starting anything. I am sure once I get going I will be fine but starting a song off seems to be really a block for me. I have been saying this for months, in fact years on here but I still haven't actually written anything despite best intentions.
I am going to try an new approach which I have not tried before which is to write some lyrics and try and build from there. I bought myself a new notepad and a nice pen and sat down. So fat the notepad is still blank after several weeks!
Hopefully soon though when I have a little more time again (if that ever happens!!)
637 29-10-10 07:29:30
Re: What are your favorite techniques? (5 replies, posted in Guitar Techniques)
I agree with vibrato and bending with the occasional slide.
I do occasionally use tapping but i have never really mastered that fast tapping that seems to move across the fretboard!
I'll check out your site in your signature link!
638 29-10-10 07:13:11
Re: are you in tune? (20 replies, posted in Guitars)
polyal wrote:
why is it called warp refraction?
I checked out the youtube vid. I must say, with a name like warp refraction I was expecting some amazing thing that I had never heard of before! Bit of a disappointment!
639 28-10-10 13:28:31
Re: How to begin a song (19 replies, posted in Songwriting on Guitar)
Thanks Eric
Always pleased to get some advice! Still not managed to actually write something yet but workign on it as much as possible!
Have you written your own songs?
640 27-10-10 20:35:24
Re: answers to 7 questions om Islam (8 replies, posted in Politics & Economics)
da32010 wrote:
everyone is free to choose his beliefs, otherwise how can he be resposable for his choice before his God . if I have a chance to have a good friend I will take it even if his beliefs were not as mine.
I like this philosophy.
641 27-10-10 07:56:25
Re: Lack of feedback (17 replies, posted in Common Student Issues)
How many students do you currently teach Don?
642 27-10-10 07:55:27
Re: Troy Stetina guitar series (4 replies, posted in Teacher Resources)
I haven't heard of either of these before. I stopped teaching a while back now but it is always great to hear recommendations for books.
There are so many books out there and I have found most to be not that great. There are a few gems out there that really do help.
643 27-10-10 07:50:06
Re: What do you do if the student does not turn up? (15 replies, posted in Common Student Issues)
don p - I like this your idea for this. +1 thanks for sharing
644 27-10-10 07:46:33
Re: A brief rundown of what different pedal boxes do please! (3 replies, posted in Effects)
No worries!
Yes you should get a delay pedal if you are into lead playing! It really makes a great difference!
645 27-10-10 07:45:05
Re: new competition..see post (22 replies, posted in Guitars)
That is a really interesting article!
646 27-10-10 07:40:44
Re: That one song you always play . . . (8 replies, posted in General Chat)
mikeyBoab wrote:
I remember Sebastian Bach had "Youth Gone Wild" tattooed down his forearm. I often wonder if he regrets it now!
I would think so!
647 27-10-10 07:39:33
Re: Chords (3 replies, posted in Everything Else)
If you put your finger on the second fret on the G string and play just the D string and the G string it could be classed as a D5 or D powerchord.
Is this what you mean? If not please clarify and I will try and help!
648 27-10-10 07:33:38
Re: Recording Equipment (7 replies, posted in Recording / Studio)
I use a tascam audio interface that I picked up for under £100 and it came with Cubase LE. I invested around £50 in getting Ezdrummer which I am very happy with. With the free plugins out there this is more than adaquate to get you up and running and, in my opinion, a far better solution than getting some hardware device that you can not upgrade or alter the stock sounds.
649 27-10-10 07:29:03
Re: what strings (3 replies, posted in Guitars)
I use the cheapest strings - legacy I believe 9-42s though once I get through my current stock I am going to try and get some more expensive strings and see how much it affects the tone if at all.
I changed to these cheap strings many years ago when I was changing them once every few days. I never noticed any difference in using more expensive strings. My ear any playing has matured somewhat since then so I had better check it out again!
650 27-10-10 07:22:30
Re: I'm a dad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (13 replies, posted in Misc)
Congrats Mikey. I am pleased all is well for you! Happy times!
