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David's Tip of the Day: Paul Oscher's Secret Tone

Posted Wed, 09/30/2015 - 07:17 by David Barrett Admin
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Cool story from Paul's quest for unique tone
https://www.facebook.com/PaulOscherMusic/posts/1710559882505468:0

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David's Tip of the Day: Why to Like Volume Controls

Posted Mon, 06/29/2015 - 08:01 by David Barrett Admin
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Yesterday I shared some reasons of why I don't like volume controls. Here are some reasons why a volume control can be good...

1) Set your volume control to 10, and the amp as loud as it can go just before feedback. Now drop your volume on the mic to 8. This 8 will be your normal volume, even for solos (remember to play softly as your normal playing volume... you want to have dynamic range so that you can play louder for your solo). If the band gets too excited and plays too loudly, then you know you have two more notches on your volume to get louder. continue reading...

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David's Tip of the Day: Setting the Repeats on your Delay

Posted Mon, 02/10/2014 - 09:11 by David Barrett Admin
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Today's tip comes from Gary Smith in his latest submission videos (Submission 44). Gary's tip is that you set your delay repeats to that of triplets relative to the song you're performing. In this lesson

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