These are my Favorite Links for January 13th:
The Official Carol Kaye Web Site – One of the greatest bass players of all time! Carol was the number 1 on call bassist with over 10,000 sessions. There are tons of songs we have all listened to with Carol playing the bass line. Carol is a great educator too and goes out of her way to help aspiring musicians.
Welcome to Weather Underground : Weather Underground – This is one of the most fun weather site's I have found. No frills, no nonsense….it just gives me the weather info that I want.
Apple – What can I say about this site and company? I love Apple and their products (that's coming from somebody who lives in Microsoft's back yard). Of course Microsoft changed the computing world working with an incredibly weak architecture and that's great…but Apple's stuff is just slick, easy to use and appeals to the [...] Continue Reading…
This is the second release in the podcast series for my new album, “Lost In Your Arms of Love” and this song is called, “Michelle, When I Hear Your Name.” I wrote this song for my daughter and yes her name is Michelle.
I’m sure all dads of daughters have a special bond with their child, but it is even more special when you have a special child on the autism spectrum. There are so many things I am sure that she thinks and wants to tell me but can’t because the autism and her body get in the way and there are so many things I feel that I wish I knew she understood, but when words get in the way we just look in each others eyes and I know we both know that we have communicated the unspeakable. In the end the lack of perfect speaking and hearing abilities doesn’t really matter because the love that binds [...] Continue Reading…
This is the third article of a three part series on how to set up your electric guitar. Part one is located here and part two is located here.
Every time I go to set up my guitar I have to go look up the details because my memory does not retain these kinds of details for some reason. I have gone through my owners manuals and other guitar books and compiled the following tutorial that is generic enough to cover most guitars. I hope this is helpful for you. Having the correct setup on your guitar is key to improving its playability, tone and your enjoyment. These instructions should apply to most guitars, however some adjustments might be required to suit your personal preferences and your guitar might be slightly different than the examples given in this document.
This installment of how to setup your electric guitar goes over basic action and pickup adjustments to [...] Continue Reading…
Happy New Year everyone! Let’s have a great 2010!
I am starting a new podcast series today called, “Lost In Your Arms Of Love”. You can grab the RSS for this and put it in your feedreader. Eventually, once Apple does whatever it is that they do with newly submitted feeds, it should show up in the podcasts section of iTunes. My sales blurb for this podcast series is:
Free Creative Commons Music: “Lost In Your Arms Of Love”, is a music project in which Chris Hartzog is producing studio versions of the “The Musing Mana Song Project” songs and releasing them for free as a Podcast. Afterward, Chris will offer all of these songs on CD format at his online store and from iTunes and other digital distributors.
Recording has some very tedious aspects to it….the songwriting and playing part is “fun”, but the editing and mixing and editing and mixing over and over again is hard work.
I guess I [...] Continue Reading…
These are my Favorite Links for December 31st:
Washington Blues Society – If you love blues like I do, you’ll have to check out this site, especially if you are from Seattle or anywhere in Washington. There’s a band directory, a club guide, info on blues shows on the radio, and all the blues news you can use.
Mel Bay’s Guitar Sessions® Webzine | Free Online Guitar Magazine | November 2009 – Check it out. How many of you have been assigned the Mel Bay guitar method book by your guitar teacher? I discovered Mel Bay is on line (who isn’t?) with this free newsletter available. I’ll have to check it out…if you’re like me you need all the help available.
