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In this first tip we resample one of ANA 2's presets and bring it back into the sample oscillator of the synth so we can then play with some different parameters and LFO's to create a granular effect.

“Although Guy King doesn’t share bloodline with B.B. or Albert, his crisp, clean, clear guitar surely does. Guy King is the velvet hurricane. Sinuous and generous, his playing is 100% convincing in every situation: slow blues, shuffles, funk grooves or jazzy R&B tunes and everything in between.”

Improvising memorable country guitar solos requires three key skills: Knowing the melody of the song and how to play it anywhere on the fretboard; Visualizing the scales and patterns that you're planning to use, and most importantly; Shifting your mindset from "focused-woodshed-mode" to a more spontaneous and creative stage mode.

The freshest future rave and signature sounds by Russian ace producer Shapov. Famed for his richly distinct and unique progressive sound, Russian DJ and producer Shapov continues to garner worldwide acclaim on account of his euphoric productions.

Popular music has long understood that human rights, if attainable at all, involve a struggle without end. The right to imagine an individual will, the right to some form of self-determination and the right to self-legislation have long been at the forefront of popular music's approach to human rights. At a time of such uncertainty and confusion, with human rights currently being violated all over the world, a new and sustained examination of cultural responses to such issues is warranted.

The first scale that most guitarists learn is the pentatonic scale, which is very commonly associated with the blues and rightfully so. Yet, as we explore other styles and develop our soloing and improvisational skills, we discover how far-reaching and powerful those five notes can be in virtually any style.

James Jamerson is one of the most influential bass players in modern history. His work on countless Motown hits, back in the early 60's and 70's, inspired every generation of bass players to come, across virtually every style of music. If you play R&B, funk, pop, jazz, or even rock, you've likely been influenced by Jamerson and his Motown sound.

One of today’s top live performers, Joe Bonamassa, has redefined the blues-rock genre with twenty-four #1 Billboard Blues Albums (more than any other artist in history!) and two Grammy nominations to his credit.

In previous editions of Reverend Robert Jones’ Blues Traditions series, you studied several influential slide guitar artists such as Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters and Elmore James.

LEARN HOW TO PLAY ACOUSTIC GUITAR - IN 5 TO 8 WEEKS !!! For thousands of people this is The Ultimate How To Teach Yourself Guitar Book. It helped them to Learn Faster - Easier & More Efficiently than any other teaching method. What’s even more remarkable is that, You Need No Knowledge of Music to learn from it.

Studio expert Eli Krantzberg presents comprehensive Native Instrument HYBRID KEYS video tutorials! If you want to learn how to quickly take advantage of all this expansive virtual keyboard instrument has to offer, this is the course to watch. Eli covers all the functions and features thoroughly - with plenty of instructive demonstrations along the way - so you'll be entirely comfortable with the plugin and tweaking it's keyboard instrument sounds like a pro in no-time! These videos are for new HYBRID KEYS users.

Studio wizard Thomas Cochran presents comprehensive oeksound spiff video tutorials! A tool designed for surgical control of transients, spiff can help take your mix that extra step toward polished and professional-sounding, and these tutorials will teach you all you need to know about the plugin. Thomas takes you through the basics to get you up and running quickly and then demonstrates some more advanced techniques to show off what this plugin is truly capable of. These videos are new spiff users.

The practices and perception of music creation have evolved with the cultural, social and technological contexts of music and musicians. But musical authorship, in its many technical and aesthetic modes, remains an important component of music culture. Musicians are increasingly called on to share their experience in writing. However, cultural imperatives to account for composition as knowledge production and to make claims for its uniqueness inhibit the development of discourse in both expert and public spheres. Internet pioneer Philip Agre observed a discourse deficit in artificial intelligence research and proposed a critical technical practice, a single disciplinary field with "one foot planted in the craft work of design and the other foot planted in the reflexive work of critique. A critical technical practice rethinks its own premises, re-evaluates its own methods, and reconsiders its own concepts as a routine part of its daily work."

TrueFire’s Play With Fire is a curated video series of music education documentaries that examine today’s most influential artists and their unique contributions to our musical heritage. In this Stories Without Words edition of Play With Fire, Tommy Emmanuel shares his extraordinary musicality and creative techniques for composing and performing songs that tell “stories without words.”

In medieval times, it was believed that you could transform any metal into gold through a process called alchemy. Naturally, that did not happen as planned. But here in Angus Clark’s Rock Pentatonic Alchemy, we guarantee you’ll learn how to transform your simple, basic pentatonic shapes into “golden” rock licks - in any key, anywhere on the neck!