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Good for you! About your list: Have water on the stage, but also drink plenty of water beforehand (not a gallon 15 minutes before, rather, a quart or so in the two hours before you are about to sing. Learn about singing technique; it's like any other instrument. If you learn how to breathe...

The first thing you should do is ignore all the advice that you are getting. Just have fun and stay in the moment.

It's a blues song. duh. Tell me what you think. Why Do You Make Me Cry ©2008 by Larry Kolker Baby I must admit it Sometimes I’m just not around And it’s not easy to move me or please me Not that I mean to bring you down So I’m a hard man to be with I can’t deny that is so But I...

Thanks! Very helpful article. Since my son is 17 going on 37, it will be helpful for me to explain that birch is generally louder than maple (that is, if I want him to get the YRC).

What is your analysis of the birch versus maple issue?

Thanks very much. Can anyone recommend the best new kits in the 2-3 thou price range?

I'm getting a new kit for my 17-year-old son. He is a good player. He likes to play loud. He is in an indie band that is going to do some touring this summer playing shows with other bands at small venues. I'm willing to spring for something nice but within reason. My wife warned me that...

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Yamaha-A12-12Inch-2Way-Loudspeaker?sku=601431 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Yamaha-EMX212S-8Channel-Powered-Mixer-?sku=630192 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/AKG-SR40880M-Wireless-System-with-TM40-Transmitter?sku=278577 Well, I would...

How cheap is cheap? He could put together a powered mixer and a couple speakers of decent quality for a thousand or so. I like EV speakers for this. It will be very difficult to spend less unless you take a couple risks and/or you don't care how it sounds....

I agree that it's a professional job, but also that it's nothing new; almost phoned in...

I agree that Richard Thompson is the best example of someone who holds a flat pick between his thumb and index fingers and fingerpicks with his other three fingers. Personally, I hate doing that; if I'm at a gig and I'mgoing to fingerpick I put on a thumb pick and use that to strum if I want to...

I just got my daughter a Hofner bass. It's a "violin bass", like Paul McCartney's. You do have to plug it in. They have three price points now. A cheap one for about $250, a nice one for about $700 (which I got for my daughter), and the German Made model for $2000+ It has the presence of a...

I like the 000 size a lot. Good for recording too. I have a 1970 Martin 00016C(classical; nylon strings).

no shit....

So after hanging out at Sam Ash and trying several Ibanez and (Mexican) Fenders in the $500 range, we ended up pushing up the limit a couple hundred and she got a Hofner. http://www.zzounds.com/a--2676837/item--HOFHCT5001 You know, the McCartney "vioin" bass. Not the authentic German made of...

I have never seen anyone replicate what Thompson does on his more difficult songs. I did figure out Persuasion, but it's still not like Richard's.

Let me put it this way: whether they are bending a lot of strings or not, when an electric guitarist plays my acoustic for awhile (and I do not have a high action) his fingers get sore and tired. Real men don't need no amps...:mad: ;)

that is really cruel. what do you feed your bats?

Well, I kind of see this from a performer's point of view. It gets a slightly fuller, more natural sound if you can add a small amount of the internal mic into the mix. Maybe it shouldn't, but in my experience it does. A miracle perhaps. I of course eq either way, that was the whole point...

the blended system's controls do work; what works even better is putting it through a good DI box like the Baggs. I have a Breedlove with a factory Fishman blended system. At high volumes I turn the internal mic either off or down to about 20%. I found settings that work pretty well and of...