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We did a hard rock verison of Madonna's "Material Girl." It got a good laugh. Still not as popular as "Get Down tonight." Not as fun either. We could strech out that song for close to 20 minutes with added solos and repeated verses. People didn't seem to notice. Better to strech out a song...

Maybe so. I’ve recorded a 7 demos with the RPx & Pro Tracks. They came out pretty well for a first time try. I just used the midi drums on the digitech. The acoustic guitars sound good. Of course I used a mic and recorded them in the bathroom for optimum acoustics. The electric guitar sounds...

Maybe this is just me, but it seems that the second year is when most bands break up. I think when most bands start off everyone is gun ho and ready to give it their all. But after the band gets some success the egos start to develop and band members aren’t as eager to compromise. Either that...

I’ve written with a few people and varying styles of writing. I was just curious for most songwriters what comes first: the music or the lyrics? Do most great songwriters perfer one before the other?

songwriters rule. First of all make no mistake; Vanilla and his boys knew what they were doing when they sampled “Under Pressure.” It wasn’t a case of someone writing something and not knowing that it subconsicencly came from somewhere else. There have been cases where artists have been sued...

Good points… I was never in a band that played too far away from our base. I knew Bands that would go to Los Angeles, New York, Jacksonville and do nation wide tours in order to make it to the big time. I guess the strategy my band used was start small and build slowly. We started at a...

Well there are many “hidden” fees with the big corporate labels. One of the guitar magazines did a great article 7 or more years ago about the pros and cons of being signed. They had a pie chart that showed all the people a band had to support: CEO’s, Managers, A&R people, secretaries, talent...

That’s a great point. I was in a band in college and we started out doing talent shows and free parties. We did 80% original music (primarily because we were too lazy to learn cover songs) and a few caught on with the crowds that came to see us. Now make no mistake they were there for the free...

I’m thinking about buying Adobe Audition 1.5. I know Adoble also has a five-hour training DVD selling separately. Can you guys give me the lowdown on the tutorial DVD? Just wondering if I should invest and extra $150.00 and get the full tour.

SRV: China Girl (both solos) Slash: November Rain Van Halen: Hear about it Later Satriani: Always with you, Always with me Easton: You’ve all I got tonight Vai: Eugene’s Bag of Tricks Rhodes: Over the Mountain Gilmore: Wish You Were Here Richards: Sympathy for the Devil DeMartini & Crosby: Round...

I’ve been using my Digitech RPx400 to record onto Pro Tracks with. I tweeked the sound just as I liked it, but after I record and play back the tone is lower and sounds a bit muddy. Anyone know what could be causing this? Sorry for such a simple question, thanks in advance

I was recording some basic acoustic guitar parts today (Ovation through a digitech RPx400 recording onto Pro Tracks) and I started getting a split sec delay on my monitor. I switched guitars & made sure that none of the delays or reverb settings were on the processor but it was still coming...

Hum... I bet I can do that just with the head and not worry about hooking up the cabnet. I'll have to try that, even though with an old Crate head I'm probably better off just going direct with the Digitech RPx400 Thanks for the tips

I read somewhere that you can get a good guitar sound for recording by putting a Marshall or Fender mini amp in a shoe box, covering the box with just a little hole for the mic. Anyone else try this? If so how did the sound turn out? How about mic placement?

My plan is to just record some basic guitar tracks with the Midi drums provided by the Digitech RPx400. Maybe somewhere down the line I would record some vocals after I get more knowledgeable about the Pro Tracks software and look into buying a vocal processor. I can run the vocals through the...

I recently bought a Digitech RPx400 with the USB hook up and pro tools. I figured it would be a good way to send ideas to my former songwriting partners and get my feet wet in basic digital recording. The sound is decent, and even though I’m a novice I know nothing beats a mic and an amp...