How To Ship a Guitar: 14 Tips for Shipping Your Guitar the Right Way!
During the past decade, thousands of musicians have sold their instruments on eBay and have had to figure out the best way to ship the instrument to the buyer.
During the past decade, thousands of musicians have sold their instruments on eBay and have had to figure out the best way to ship the instrument to the buyer.
Pursuing higher education is a great step for anyone. With the economy the way it is, having a degree is very important in distinguishing yourself from the rest. However, pursuing a degree and one’s passion is more complicated. For musicians, pursuing a degree in music may be alright but how many high paying jobs can they get with such a degree? It almost seems impossible to chase after a music career and pursue a degree at the same time. But now there are more options for musicians and everyone else as well.
Each year at the end of the September to May touring and concert season, as my schedule eases up, I like to write “Thank You” notes to concert presenters and other colleagues who I’ve worked with or who have helped me or inspired me in some way. Of course, there are occasionally those to whom I’d like to write a very different kind of note. A special note for colleagues who broke a contract, made a gig or tour unnecessarily difficult or brushed me off in some way – a “F*@K You” note if you will.
For the purposes of this article, I’ll define jazz guitar as the tradition as exemplified by Charlie Christian, Eddie Lang, Barney Kessel, Joe Pass, Herb Ellis, Johnny Smith, Wes Montgomery, Tal Farlow and others of a similar pedigree.
It’s seems like every young man strapped with a strat dreams of rock n’ roll superstardom these days – a chance to make a quick million in cash with a supermodel on his arm and a camera in his face while doing as little work as humanely possible to get there. The opposite is true of OC-based band The Opera, who is billed as a “progressive” and “experimental” modern rock group that claims Nirvana and Muse as major influences.
“The Kertsopoulos mathematical model and geometrical progression of the classical guitar, presented for the first time in such a detail.” Vol. 1 of 7.
A look into the life and music of prolific guitarist, performer, composer and film scorer Trevor Rabin.
Tips on how to handle yourself on a gig so you make sure that you get called back for a second show.
In all the years I studied evolutionary biology in school, there was one word I can hardly believe I didn’t learn.
Everyone in his or her own way contributes to the guitar’s evolution.
