My Guitar Isn’t Loud Enough
By Charlie Doom Right now sound waves are crashing against your eardrum. The small bones of your inner ear -- the malleus, incus and stapes -- begin to buzz,...
Conduct Your Very Own (Non-Scientific) Hearing Test!
How Good Is Your Hearing?
If you plan on using your ears for the rest of your life make sure you’re taking all the necessary precautions to protect them – espe...
Will All The Jazz Players Please Stand Up?
by Charlie Doom, Monastic Scribe of the Mojo Of all the musical styles, jazz is completely American – we invented it. Yet unlike blues and rock, jazz is rare...
Fire And Flow
From secret uses of the pentatonic scale to bluegrass, bebop blues, free jazz, and chord melody, Jimmy Herring — with a heaping helping of Southern hospitality ...
Ritchie Blackmore: Playing With Electricity
Proto-metalist Ritchie Blackmore, who bridged the gap between blues-drenched rockers of the '60s and the lightning-fingered shredders of today. His band, Deep P...
Duke Robillard: Beyond I-IV-V
A master of many blues styles, Duke Robillard garners particular acclaim for his jump and swing playing. When he recently performed at a San Francisco music fes...
Free Download from Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto
Three-time Grammy winner, Larry Carlton and Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto, the most renowned guitarist in all of Asia, teamed up to compose, record, and release "Tak...
Life Lessons From GWAR
by Charlie Doom GWAR has perhaps been more successful at offending people than taking over the world, but that hasn't stopped the self-proclaimed "Scumdogs...
Advice For Blues Guitarists
by Charlie Doom Nobody ever changed the world by sticking to the status quo. And when it comes to the blues you need to understand that you’ll never write a ...
The Most Priceless Guitar In The World
by Charlie Doom Call me petty, call me poor, but I play cheap guitars because I like the way they sound. There is definitely an ease and unspeakable beauty i...
7 Cool iPhone Apps for Guitarists
As some of you may already know, we have developed a killer iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch app for guitarists, including video guitar lessons, tab, and notation -...
Daily Kindling: Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, and Bad Band Breakups
As I'm sure many of you were already aware, there was a rumor floating around this week that Steven Tyler was leaving Aerosmith. The rumor spread quickly after ...