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Hi All, To all you knowledgeable guitarists and builders: how significantly, and in what way, does a cutaway effect the sound of an acoustic guitar? I mean in the case of otherwise identical tone woods and specifications.

Hi All, If you want to start working as a studio musician for hire, how do you begin? Does one require a press kit of sorts? Cold call studios? --Sean

The other I was doing a little reading, wound up on allmusic reading the bio on Ani Defranco. It mentions that she played 200 gigs annually. Mentally doing the math, I found that to be just shy of 4 gigs weekly. Besides the exhaustion prompted by this heavy a schedule, the sheer logistics of it...

Hi All, I just bought a cheap used vocal/acoustic amp. I'd like to redo the . . . finish? Cover? I don't know the term, likely why I couldn't find anything by searching the forums. DIY stores online? Any advice?

Looking to get shirts made for a fund raiser for a local organization. Anybody used a web based print shop and had good results? Only one I know of is cafepress, which was rather lackluster.

One of my favorite artists covered "Romeo and Juliet," that song rocks my world. Any Knopfler fans, please throw me your opinions of good places to start listening to his work.

Hey all, I've had my JT50 for quite a while, but have honestly never explored all the amp models it can emulate. These are the amps within as described by the owner's manual: Blues Combo -a driving distorted combo tone Black Face -based on a ‘65 Fender Twin Reverb Tweed -based on a ‘57...

Hello All, I've been deployed in Afghanistan for just a bit too long now. I haven't spent a dime here. I'll be saving most of my earnings, but I do intend to spoil myself on 1-2 new axes. I've heard many criticisms about Taylors. Overpriced, all machine made, all bolt-on necks, etc. The two...

I have decided that the next (electric) guitar I buy will be a parker fly. I have a nitefly and absolutely love the way Parkers play. I'd like a fly for the lighter weight, one-piece construction, etc. Having decided on a fly, the major decisions left to make are wood and pickups. Fly Classic -...

So, I'm looking for Jam Packs, or similar sample collections, in time signatures other than common time. I just want to be able to compose little jam tracks to improvise over, trying to really get a feel for different signatures.

A friend ordered a guitar from musician's friend. Epiphone acoustic. Buzzes on frets 5-7 on the treble strings, pretty much every string on the 12th fret. At first I figured the rod was too tight giving it a slight backbow. Gave the truss rod about 3/8 of a turn. Anything else it could be?

Figured there was no better place for this thread than songwriting. Has anyone taken vox lessons? Any advice on how to find a good teacher in my area? Not that its terribly important at the moment, I won't be able to take lessons for the next 10 months, but just wondering nonetheless

I cannot find a tab or chords for this song to save my life. Anyone have any ideas?

Jamorama I just found this through an ad banner. I'm not sure if it really says anything groundbreaking. I signed up for the free email lessons - using my already spam bogged account. Anyone ever use this or anything similar? I'm rather interested in guitar courses because I do rather well...

How do distribution deals work for a record store? What I mean is, what are the minimums that a record store needs to order from a distributor? How does a store establish an account with a distributor? How much do CD's cost in relation to retail? I'm rather thinking of opening a store, curious...

I just recently added a sax player to my latest project. I have to write out a little bit more than I'm accustomed to, I wonder if anyone has had really good experience with any freeware notation programs? I'm kinda looking for something that can transpose so its easy to arrange for sax.

My new comp is a powerbook G4. I didn't get it specifically for recording, but I'm sure it'll fit the bill. I have an M-audio mobilepre that I bought to use for recording with my old PC. I'm not looking to do anything pro-grade, just demo some songs. Vox and acoustic guitar, thats primarily it...

I figured this would be the board the most singers frequent. How do you practice? I personally warm up and follow that with songs. Does anyone have any particularly useful singing exercises?

I was never a huge fan of the Dave Matthews Band until a friend loaned me the Gorge DVD. I still don't care for their studio albums too much but I do find their live show engaging. Also, I think Dave's rhythm playing is just short of virtuosic. One very intriging aspect of their live show, from...

Lets say one was to D.I.Y. a local concert, renting a hall from some sort of organization. Is there any sort of legal nonsense one has to go through in order to sell soda, water, candy, etc? Nothing that would require preparation, like hot dogs for example, all closed pre-packaged items.