Fireside Chat: Seymour Duncan
While the name Seymour Duncan might be synonymous with high quality pick ups and stompboxes, few know that before he was winding magnets and soldering wires, Se...
Inspiration
7 Amazing & Unique Guitar Videos from 2009
There were many awesome guitar performances over the past year, and as the Internet continues to expand and video recording becomes more popular, we have access...
Happy New Year!
We’ve had a great time launching TrueFire’s blog this past year, and the feedback we’ve received from players around the world has been nothing short of inspiri...
The Top 7 Guitar Stories of 2009
7. The Top 50 Guitar Albums of All-Time - With a lot of help from their readers, Guitar World released in February what they consider to be the 50 greatest guit...
Daily Kindling: Homeless Man Wows
Sometimes life isn't fair. And in this case, it seems life is totally wrong. A homeless man, who goes by the name "Mustard", was invited onto the Opie & Ant...
Daily Kindling: Record Labels Sued for Pirating!?
Fuel for the Fire: "If the milk industry can make their product seem sexy and increase consumer demand, there must be hope for music."
- Gary Arnold, Mercha...
A TrueFire Thanks
by Brad Wendkos, Founder of TrueFire We’re celebrating our 18th Thanksgiving as a company today. Jacquie made us an incredible brunch of blueberry waffles, e...
Branding: Musical Identity as a Career Move
by Rich Tozzoli On this past Veteran’s Day, the Punch-In ran a handful of videos featuring performances of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Slash was featured in ...
Daily Kindling: Veterans Day
Today we Americans honor our military veterans and thank them for their service. Many people show their thanks by calling or emailing relatives, posting famous ...
Daily Kindling: Illegal Downloaders Buy More Music?
Editorial by Zach Wendkos According to a recent poll, people who illegally download music online are also more likely to purchase music online. The poll, whi...
Daily Kindling: Led Zeppelin II Tribute
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest albums of all time, Led Zeppelin II, and since we missed it yesterday, we figured the only thing t...
Tuesday’s Daily Kindling
Good Karma: Check out and please support Little Kids Rock's Right to Rock Celebration, a benefit event to restore and revitalize music education in low-incom...