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Drums Too Loud? Five Options for Less Volume

Drums Too Loud? Five Options for Less Volume By Jon Nicol   |  January 30, 2012
Are your drums too loud? Here's five or six options...

If I Had An Award Show...

If I Had An Award Show... January 26, 2012
Check out the new presentation program, Proclaim...

Understanding Riffs and Fills

Understanding Riffs and Fills By Jon Nicol   |  January 23, 2012
What's the difference between solos, riffs and fills? You'll learn the difference in this guitar lesson.

The Hard Conversation

The Hard Conversation By Jon Nicol   |  January 11, 2012
What's one hard conversation worth?

Making Sense of Relative Major & Minor

Making Sense of Relative Major & Minor By Jon Nicol   |  January 10, 2012
We guitarists love the minor pentatonic. But unfortunately, if the song is in the key of A, we can't play the A Minor Pentatonic. Well, we can. But it won't sound good...

Here Be Dragons

Here Be Dragons By Jon Nicol   |  January 9, 2012
At the edges of world where the sea was yet to be explored, an ancient map-maker wrote HC SVNT DRACONES: Here Be Dragons. Places unknown, unexplored, untamed. But where dragons be, there also be gold and other treasure...

What Worship Songwriters Can Learn From The Nashville Music Scene

What Worship Songwriters Can Learn From The Nashville Music Scene By Jon Nicol   |  January 6, 2012
After talking about it for 5 years, I finally overcame my fear and started traveling to Nashville to write, network, attend workshops, and just soak up whatever mojo is in the air down there.

Develop Your Bench

Develop Your Bench By Jon Nicol   |  January 5, 2012
Developing new techs and musicans takes time. But the time is well invested. In one year, two years, three years, you’ll be happy you did. No. Downright ecstatic...

Meet the Blues Scale

Meet the Blues Scale By Jon Nicol   |  January 3, 2012
The minor pentatonic is to a lead guitarist what a sequence jumpsuit is to an Elvis impersonator.

Kick Your Charts to the Curb, Part 2

Kick Your Charts to the Curb, Part 2 By Jon Nicol   |  January 2, 2012
Want to get serious about getting your head out of the music stand this year? Here is the 2nd half of 12 tips for memorizing your music...

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