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You could imagine you are writing a 2- (or 3-, or 4-, etc.) word Haiku, in a way. Try to convey something meaningful yet open to interpretation in just a few words. Or, depending on how old you are, a good prompt might be, if Twitter only allowed tweets of 2 (or 3, or 4, etc.) words, what would...

I know people are all over the map on this one, but probably 95% of the time I listen to music, it's in studio album format. Sure, I have the compilations and official live albums and bootlegs and certainly have access to iTunes shuffle and streaming radio, but I rarely do it that way. For me...

"Lake Shore Drive" is a great song. In my experience, no one has ever heard of that song outside the city of Chicago. Or at least it is not played on classic rock radio anywhere outside Chicago.

it might suck if it's a wimpy, whiney ballad... now, i love ballads more than anything, but the lyrics have to be really unique and interesting and the singing must be good... your song, frankly, isn't unique, but it could be good if it's a dynamic soul/blues song... at least the melody should...

You could have an amp technician install a direct out in the wiring (or you could buy the part and do it yourself). It's possible to get a good sound going direct, it just won't sound exactly the same as it does coming out of the speaker. If you have a mic you should also experiment with it...

Fender Blues Jr. amp... used... $300... and a new Fender Standard Stratocaster... $350 These are the basics. If you want to keep this stuff for a while, you might regret spending less.

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If you have guitar>DI>mixer>monitors and it sounds good, and you change it to guitar>DI>mixer>computer>mixer>monitors, obviously it is the computer or the backward end of the mixer. Does it sound bad "live" when monitoring through the soundcard as you play, or just when it is a recording played...

you might get lucky and find something decent. however, I doubt you will find a copy that is better than an actual Fender. I have no idea what brands are good. i buy things on ebay once in a while and if it sucks i sell it on ebay. simple. half the time i get more than i paid.

A coil tap switches a humbucker from double coil (e.g., a Les Paul) to single coil (e.g., a Strat). Provides greater variety of tones. You can have a toggle switch installed on your guitar or pots on your tone or volume knobs that are pulled up for the tap and pushed in for "normal." It's...

who are you people? Anything PRINCE is absolutely, without a doubt, the worst sounding sound ever in the history of mankind.

generally speaking, condenser mics require phantom power and dynamics don't.

I have a similar situation and no one has replied to my thread either. What's the deal with that? I don't really know what I'm talking about, but I think that a USB hub would be a good thing because you could use it for other hardware (scanner, printer, etc.), whereas an interface will only be...

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Hello. Knowing nothing about anything, I browsed this forum to learn about MIDI technology and I think I have grasped the basics and come to a conclusion. As a guitarist with a desire to overdub rudimentary keys to my recordings, I'm interested in getting a USB controller and using softsynths. I...