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...
Sweet Notes – The Art & Science of Chord Tones
by Robbie Calvo Sweet Notes is now available for instant download and on Data-DVD. Click here for details. I have formulated this course from my years of ...
The Music Business Pronounced Dead, Hungry for Brains
by Charlie Doom Making it in the music business was simple. You form a band. You write good songs. You get signed by a label to develop and release your s...