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Pleeze check out this new acoustic blues recording. I'd be grateful for reactions of any kind. Wanting to get closer to my live sound, I tried recording it live (although the harp is tracked). "Allergic to my love" at www.artistlaunch.com/LarryKolker

I want to record a live demo with my band (vocal, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drum and bass) in my guitar player's basement. We have a powered mixer with speakers for the vocal and acoustic guitar and an amp for the electric guitar and a bass amp for the bass guitar. Let's assume all I...

I am performing in and setting up a concert which will be outdoors in an enclosed tent. The tent will be about 30' x 30' and there will be about 50-70 people sitting in chairs. The performances will be solo acoustic guitar or electronic keyboard and vocal. I have an appropriate powered mixer...

The discussions going on in the other threads about formulas and cliches put me in mind of the songs I am currently writing. I'm trying to take some common ideas and kind of turn them on their head (which, hopefully, gets the listener's attention), in describing a particular woman I...

My Electro Voice Sx100+ speaker is broken. I don't know what is wrong with it except that it's producing a lot of static (along with some sound). I don't know how it happened except I think it was when my daughter's band was using it (with a Mackie 406M powered mixer, which it should be able...

I used to stick with nylon strings, but now that I am mostly playing a steel string guitar, my fingernails are in deep shit. If they're not chipping they're just wearing down. I know that good fingernail hygiene and constant filing and polishing helps, but, shit, sometimes life gets in the way...

I posted the lyrics to this song here a couple months ago and a few folks said they would be interested to hear the music. It is up at www.artistlaunch.com/LarryKolker. So check it out:)

..... and the hubris of men who make war. Please listen and respond on all levels. www.artistlaunch.com/LarryKolker

Like most of us who have recorded acoustic guitar, I have tried various mics and combinations of mics in various placements, dutifully following the various excellent advice that I have seen on this BBS. But the other day I kind of started over. It was the first time recording my new guitar, a...

What do you think of .shn ("shorten") files as a means to transmit music by download (or on discs, for that matter)? Now that more and more people are getting high speed internet access, it seems to make sense. Any experience with this? http://research.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html

I ordered a couple Marshall MXL 603s a few months ago, based on all the raves here about what a great value they are, to do some acoustic guitar micing in an xy pattern. They did sound pretty good, very good for the money in fact. However, someone bumped into one of them and it broke. (So...

My new guitar came yesterday. Breedlove "focus", meaning SC-25 with factory-installed fishman blender electronics. Cedar top, rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard. I bought it "used" from Elderly instruments for $1650, which was $600 less than Elderly's price for a new...

Allergic To My Love (c) 2002 Larry Kolker: You said you got to talk to me baby I knew right then we were through That you were tired of my gamblin' Or you found somebody new But what confuses me baby 'S that funny feelin' you get inside And those heart palpitations Whenever I'm nearby I know...

What would you suggest for a decent and economical bass guitar, for someone who can play the guitar and some bass and who plays the bass regularly but not every day?

This song breaks a rule or two, but please bear with me and tell me what you think... Reincarnation (c)2002 Larry Kolker I am a worm wigglin' in the ground I can't understand how I came to this When I was a man in my last life I was famous I was a leader I made people proud of where they...

I am taking the plunge into buying a digital camcorder, and I want to make sure I'll be able to use it to get a good live recording of a 1-3 person acoustic act (up to two guitars plus drums) in a particular small venue. There is a pa system (an aging Peavy powered mixer and two speakers) which...

No, I'm not talking about people with no souls. I have been invited to join a rock band as a rhythm guitarist. I have been playing out and recording as a solo acoustic guy with my Martin classical 00016C. I am thinking of getting a hollow body electric. The idea is to use it in the rock band...