Category: The Skills
Choosing Studio Headphones
Whether your headphones are for recording or mixing, attention to quality, shape, and comfort are critical.
3 Guitar Exercises for Finger Independence
Playing the guitar requires flexible fingers. Fortunately, left-hand agility is a skill that can be acquired and improved with practice. These tried-and-true exercises will help you sharpen that skill. Note […]
5 Tips for Left-Hand Guitar Technique
Brushing up on your guitar playing abilities? One area where you might want to put in some work is the left hand. While the left hand is less influential on […]
How Acrylic Paints Are Made
Have you ever worked with acrylic paints and wondered how they are manufactured? Acrylic paints consist of two parts: Binder. Pigment. The Binder Because pigment is a dry powder […]
Top 10 Skill-Building Resources
Favorite rainy-day projects from our archives.
Pros and Cons of USB Microphones for Home Recording
Are the savings worth it? A few words of warning to the prospective home producer.
Variations on the Harmonica
Chromatic, minor, tremolo, octave, miniature—what are they and how are they used?
Rosewood: Southeast Asian, Amazonian, & Honduran
Southeast Asian Rosewood Southeast Asian rosewood is an endangered species. This wood is no longer harvested for guitar manufacture, and is therefore extremely hard to find from legitimate sources. Southeast […]
Rosewood: Brazilian, Indian, Madagascar & Cocobolo
Rosewood is a common choice of wood for guitars and mandolins. It has been used for backs, sides, tops, and fretboards. But did you know that instruments are built with […]
You Can Teach Yourself Dobro
Teaching yourself Dobro is easy—especially with this book! You Can Teach Yourself Dobro by Janet Davis offers a logical sequence to learning this unique instrument, starting with the basics and […]
