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Transcribing Guitar Parts with Capo Software 1/26/12 9:05 AM by Jon Chappell Jon Chappell
"Transcribing is a skill every guitarist should develop, and Capo software provides great tools to make the task easy and painless. $50 (via download) www.supermegaultragroovy.com by Jon Chappell     T ranscribing is an essential skill for a ..."
Test article for images 12/29/11 7:34 AM by Jon Chappell Jon Chappell
"This is a test to see if I see a png and an animated gif.   Here's the .png: The above excerpt shows the syncopated habanera bass figure against a descending chromatic vocal melody.     Here's the animated gif (blinking blue, red, and ..."
How to Make Your Music Swing: Turning Straight into Jazz 3/15/11 6:36 PM by Jon Chappell Jon Chappell
"Is All That Jazz? With these rhythmic and harmonic techniques, you can transform any tune into jazz By Jon Chappell   Here’s a situation that you could conceivably experience sometime in your life as a composer or arranger: You write a song ..."
Performing Songwriter Presents: Butch Vig 5/19/10 10:57 AM by cmloeffler cmloeffler
"by Chris Ward   The first thing Butch Vig notices when he pours his morning coffee is that the overcast, gray sky outside his California studio closely echoes Seattle, not L.A. Not that he minds.   It's this kind of hazy weather that fostered ..."
Performing Songwriter Presents: Nikki Sixx 5/19/10 10:56 AM by cmloeffler cmloeffler
"by Russell Hall   "Mötley Crüe, more than anyone else, wrote the book for decadence and partying. They were the most extreme people I ever met - and Nikki was the most extreme of all."   That's how Bob Timmons, better known as "drug ..."
Performing Songwriter Presents: Nick Rhodes 5/19/10 10:56 AM by cmloeffler cmloeffler
"by Eric R. Danton   Give Nick Rhodes credit: His keyboards are a crucial part of the sound that made Duran Duran into enduring global pop stars - and he's self-taught.   From his days as a teenager dabbling with primitive sequencers to his ..."
Performing Songwriter Presents: Glen Ballard 5/19/10 10:56 AM by cmloeffler cmloeffler
"by Howard Massey   With a musical lineage that stretches back to his mid-1980s apprenticeship with Quincy Jones, Glen Ballard has never forgotten the lessons he learned at the feet of the master producer/arranger.   "Quincy showed me the ..."
Setting Song Orders Via Spreadsheet 4/27/10 12:14 PM by HCAdmin HCAdmin
"Spreadsheets Are Good for More than Doing Your Finances   by Craig Anderton   Determining an album's song order is never easy, partly because if you want to know for sure whether the order works or not, you need to listen to the entire project ..."

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