Become a Blues Legend in 4 Easy Steps
by Charlie Doom Is your only purpose in life to play the blues, but nobody wants to listen? Did you sell your soul to the devil in exchange for legendary gu...
How “Sweet” It Is! 7 Tasty Vids From Sweetwater
Sweetwater has always been one of our favorite places to get gear for the studio and our own rigs because they pretty much have everything we need, their pricin...
Acoustic Blues Handbook
Every guitar player experiences a major turning point early on in their education. After the requisite, and often times, frustrating period of getting comfortab...
3 Questions – Joe Satriani
Where does your melodic sensibility come from?
I grew up listening to every kind of music: classical, jazz, Motown, rock and roll, funk, blues, rock and heavy ...
Cure Those Summertime Blues!
Bluesorrhea
Symptoms: Disoriented lines, weak pentatonic tendencies
Treatment: Apply sound advice liberally to affected area
Doctor Recommends: Blue Grooves,...
School Daze
by Rich Maloof My favorite college memories include jamming with foreign exchange students, getting kicked offstage during Parents' Weekend, and sleeping th...
TrueFire Toons – “Mobile Motivation”
Check out TrueFire's Guitar Lab app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad....
The Great Divide: Who’s Getting Paid (and How Much) in the Music Industry
Most people trying to learn guitar or taking guitar lessons are probably doing so because they either A) want to be a rock star or B) want to play guitar like a...
Learn The Rules
by Charlie Doom It wasn’t until I started trying to learn guitar, taking guitar lessons, and writing my own songs that my entire perspective on music changed...
Help Me Help You Help Me
We've had many discussions about the music business here on The Punch-In, whether it be about the future of the biz or about how to make money making music. One...