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10 Things You Can Do Today to Make Your Violin, Viola, or Cello Sound Better
Every string player wants to sound better. Here are 10 things you can do today (not tomorrow, not next week) to make you and your instrument sound better. 1) Practice. Hah! Bet you didn't think that was one of the 10 things. But it is. Practice the hard parts, practice...
Guide for Violin Care & Maintenance
Instrument Care and Maintenance by the Player Temperature & Humidity In most parts of North America, temperature and humidity levels vary dramatically from summer to winter. Stringed instruments are made principally of wood, which expands in the humid summer months and contracts in the winter. Expansion and contraction can cause...
Cleaning A Violin
Cleaning A Violin- The Natural Way All natural, organic, gluten-free, DIY...you see those words splattered all over the internet. They are the latest trends, and here at the-violin.com we are jumping on the band wagon. Cleaning a violin is an important part of taking care of your instrument. But there...
How to Make Beats in Reason
Propellerhead Software has a cool video series going on how to make beats using Reason; the tutorial series is called “Super Neat Beat Cheat Sheet” and currently consists of three videos covering different styles: Electro Pop, Deep House, and Trap Drum. Whether you’re new to making beats or you’re an...
How to Increase Your Stick Speed & Control on the Drums
One of the more important aspects of playing the drums is to increase your hand speed and your control. And as with a lot of topics, there’s so many ways you could do this, with anything from studying rudiments, which basically are your what would be scales to piano rudiments...
These 5 Tips Will Change The Way You Practice Drums
I’ve been teaching online drum lessons over the past 10 years, and I’ve always been adamant that I will answer my own emails. To this day, that is still the same (I’m not lying, try me: jared@drumeo.com). I love connecting with my online students and helping their drumming in any...
14 Powerful Quick Tips That Can Help You Instantly Improve Your Guitar Tone
If you are like most guitarists out there, you will have at some point found it frustrating getting the "perfect tone." Try the following tips to help improve your guitar sound. Crank Up The Mids! A great live tone starts with the EQ. Crank those mids. It's as simple...
How to control mix elements with mid/side compression
Apply separate dynamics processing to the centre and sides of your stereo signals with this powerful technique Mid/side compression is a technique used by many pro engineers for increased flexibility when processing stereo material. By encoding a stereo signal from L/R to M/S, it's possible to compress the mono (mid)...
The drumming wisdom of Paul Cook
This week marks 38 years since the release of the Sex Pistols' incendiary debut album, Never Mind The Bollocks.The record sparked a musical and cultural sea change all around the world, helping to bring punk into the mainstream. But, what often gets forgotten amongst the filth and the fury is...
Vintage Trouble's guide to groove drumming
Richard Danielson tells us how he keeps the soul-rockers grooving."I'm in a band with a bunch of purists"“We used to record on tape and we had to play from beginning to end. I quit music and the computer age came about. Now you can record one bar, loop it and...
11 Marshall masters: essential licks from Hendrix to Vai
IntroductionNo survey of the Marshall stack’s five-decade reign would be complete without honouring the players who have made them howl like fallen angels. Here, we present 11 essential licks in the style of 11 masters of the big black box.The licks we’ve presented here trace the development of rock technique...
Protect your Ears!
There’s nothing quite like the satisfying crack and thump of a live drum kit, the punch of bass and guitar amplifiers, and the energy of synthesizers and vocals over the PA system or powered monitors. And if a little is good, a lot is better, right? Especially if you’re playing...
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