• Santo Angelo Cables Review

    Santo Angelo Cables Review

    Santa Angelo may be a new name to guitar cables in the USA, but they’ve been making cables in Brazil for the past 15 years. They’re unique, reasonably priced cables made in an environmentally friendly manner, why wouldn’t I want to check this cable out? I checked out the Mute [...]

  • Rhythm Guitar Basics

    Rhythm Guitar Basics

    Knowing a lot of chords is key. Being able to switch between them all is a necessity. Great timing and rhythmic dexterity is music. The player that plays all the right notes and all the correct chords with sloppy rhythm will sound amateur. Playing “wrong” notes and even incorrect chords [...]

  • Hal Leonard Guitar Tab Method Book Review

    Hal Leonard Guitar Tab Method Book Review

    In my short career compared to Keith Richards, I have met tons of guitarists at all skill levels; from professionals who bring home the bacon with their playing to hobbyists who just want to learn a handful of tunes. Both parties had one thing in common, they had to start [...]

  • Must Know Grooves

    Must Know Grooves

    In the annals of Rock & Roll music there are countless guitar riffs, lyrics, hooks, and even drum parts that every musician should know. Whether it’s the introduction to this song, the bridge to that song, or the drum break that leads to a chorus, it’s memorable and sticks in [...]

  • Interview with Berklee’s Joe Santerre

    Interview with Berklee’s Joe Santerre

    I had the pleasure recently of interviewing Berklee College of Music Bass professor Joe Santerre at his home in Massachusetts. Anytime I am in the presence of Joe and his bass, I immediately want to dust off my 6 string bass and hope that after much practice I could gain [...]

  • Vovox Sonorus Cables Product Review

    Vovox Sonorus Cables Product Review

    “Runs like a Swiss clock” a phrase commonly used to describe a well-built, time tested machine. That is what Vovox set out to do when building the Vovox Sonorus cables and well, like the Swiss clock all Voxvox Sonorus cables are built in Switzerland. Why a high end cable? All [...]

  • Latin Drumming 101

    Latin Drumming 101

    Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in to MusicianYou Magazine again – this month I’d like to examine Afro-Cuban drumming for drum-set. It’s fairly new for set players, as Afro-Cuban drumming used to be relegated to hand percussion, but it’s becoming far more commonplace in today’s music. Therefore, it behooves every [...]

  • The Effect Rack Product Review

    The Effect Rack Product Review

    My times have changed…no I’m not going to tell you a war story, how I used to walk uphill both ways to school or how a candy bar used to be a nickel; I’m talking about back when musicians had to prove how strong their calves and backs where by [...]

  • 6ths Chords In Use

    6ths Chords In Use

    Using 6th intervals is a staple of classic R&B/Soul music, as well as in Blues music. An example might be a Robben Ford-type lick that could use the open 6th interval or the major 6th chord voicing: Steve Cropper, most famous for being a member of Booker T. & The [...]

  • Fretfunk Product Review

    Fretfunk Product Review

    Fretfunk is an up and coming guitar accessory company out of England. They sent me two items to check out; The Strap Mounted Pick Holder and The Guitar Dust Mop. Currently the company sells most of their products on Amazon.uk as well as other online retaliers, but hey, let’s get [...]

  • Bass Guitar Training Through Key Changes

    Bass Guitar Training Through Key Changes

    In this weeks training lesson I want to work through a few exercises in multiple keys. I typically present one key a week but I think it is good practice, especially if you hope to play certain genres of music, to generalize the techniques. Let us begin with the key [...]