I advise my students to get a hold of a small casio keyboard with rhythm and practice with it, it provides adjustable tempos and rhythms that are easier to keep up with and more fun then a tick tock metronome
I found one for 3 dollars at the local St.Vincent de Paul thrift shop or you may locate one at Goodwill most just use batteries and are easy to take to the park or anywhere to practice to 
1,926 2012-12-24 14:54:44
Re: practicing with a metronome (5 replies, posted in Acoustic)
1,927 2012-12-22 14:14:53
Re: Behringer XENYX502 5-Channel Mixer (13 replies, posted in Recording)
Me thinks I smell spam cooking.
alexemil5 wrote:
Thanks for information.. It is really great info for new Laptop users...
1,928 2012-12-22 01:56:24
Re: Rokit's red glare (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Correction I ordered the Rokit 5" set not 6" one inch smaller but it should still fill the bill I did add a double sided pop filter that attatches to the mic stand for the condenser Samson mic Musicians Friend has them for $19.99 and free shipping it is a sturdy gooseneck clamp on quite nice and will be a good addition
1,929 2012-12-21 00:55:27
Re: Rokit's red glare (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
The price sounds about right for your side of the pond,its hard to not spend money on kids at this time of year so grin and bear it have a nice holiday season to you and all your family Merry Christmas buddy
Phill Williams wrote:
merry christmas russ, your splashing out well. i've just seen a recording set-up by boss with all the fx from the ME 50 and i think 24 tracks. it looks good and quite cheap at under £600, probably cheaper your side of the pond. i've dropped hints to the boss, but she's not picking-up at the moment, spending all my hard earned on grandkids....i've gone right off kids!
talk in the new year buddy? yes we have not spoken in a spell
phill
1,930 2012-12-20 14:16:35
Re: Form of a 6th chord? (6 replies, posted in Music theory)
The 6th tone of any major scale is the relative minor of that key and a 6th chord can be substituted
example: C to Am could be played as C to C6 because the 6th tone or interval of a C major scale is A this holds true for any key.Regarding the omission of the 5th in a chord there are many altered chords that do not include the 5th I understand it as chord voiceing many choral arrangements imploy this,Im sure others can provide additional input on this topic
1,931 2012-12-19 22:40:28
Re: Rokit's red glare (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Thanks Jerome thats reassuring to know
jerome.oneil wrote:
I've got the same set of KRK monitors. All I can say is "nice choice."
1,932 2012-12-19 19:02:17
Re: Rokit's red glare (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Yes he is Zurf and I'll be waiting, my new RCA 24" is a dream its like a theater with my surround sound I also signed up for Netflix lots of good flicks and some older tv shows like Columbo,Star Trek(all episodes) a lot of newer movies its resonable at 8 bucks a month something to watch late at night other then the boring stuff thats on tv
Zurf wrote:
Santa Claus is coming to town, wearing a brown UPS suit.
1,933 2012-12-19 18:57:25
Re: Rokit's red glare (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Well pete I figured who better to treat me then myself
bensonp wrote:
You're just uptown now buddy.
1,934 2012-12-19 15:38:27
Topic: Rokit's red glare (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I got me a set of Rokit 6 monitors + two recording mics (Samsons).two boom stands,cables,da works it was on sale and I snagged them for a nice price reduction.This recording pakage was on my wish list and I saved over 100 dollars by waiting they will arrive in three days I can use the Behringer MS-40 monitors for my laptop should sound nice I am adding some recording foam and a pop screen for good measure and a hearty ho ho ho
1,935 2012-12-15 14:10:32
Re: shooting in ct. (16 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I am horrified at this act of madness I think a step in the right direction would be to ban all sales of guns on the internet especially assault weapons,I am not in favor of banning guns period but stricter background checks are needed.Guns for hunting,recreational use on a firing range or home protection is one thing but the ease in which these weapons are obtained by anyone has to be changed and one way would be that they could only be sold at a gun store where background checks and a waiting period to obtain more information on whoever is buying them I would include shotguns or any firearm in this,I'm sure this would create a hardship on retale sales but senseless acts of this nature could be diminished,this will not insure or prevent another crazy from useing another weapon you cant legislate human morality but it would save a lot of grief of victims families in this to frequent occuring nightmare.
1,936 2012-12-14 02:20:50
Re: Ravi Shankar died (4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
All or most of the raga music is model no chord changes, redundant and boring he could have broken a few more and it still wouldn't have mattered that said a lot of people enjoyed his music I'm not one.
Zurf wrote:
he broke a string and he replaced the string and tuned it while continuing to play the song without interruption. Can you imagine?
1,937 2012-12-13 19:02:02
Re: 2 things, one for you to try and the other is a Question. (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I cannot correct you because that is what I said it was,
sat20387 wrote:
OK try this, tap on your guitar just off the area where the pick guard is while forming an Am chord or Em chord. go back and forth between the two chords and listen carefully. You should hear the sound change although very faint but you should be able to heard it.
In reference to part to I strummed an E very hard then quickly muted the guitar. the whole room had a, for lack of a better word, HUM coming off all the other guitars in the room . Unbelievable!!
*****this is called sympathetic vibrations Zurf described it another way both are correct*****And correct me if I'm wrong but the face of your guitar where the hole is is called a sound board.
http://guitar.about.com/od/helpbuyinggu … dboard.htm
1,938 2012-12-13 14:17:28
Re: 2 things, one for you to try and the other is a Question. (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
The fat part of the guitar with the hole,I think what you have come across is sympathetic vibrations much like holding down a chord on a piano and striking a note an octave up,the sound produced is the chord you are holding down
Zurf wrote:
What are you calling the sound board?
1,939 2012-12-11 20:18:58
Re: yAmps...Line 6 Spider IV 15 (12 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Perhaps you could try playing in front of a microphone as opposed to direct input see if that helps.
1,940 2012-12-09 16:28:56
Re: Your Christmas Wish List (2012) (20 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I have been a good boy so I ordered a new RCA 24" TV to go with my new blueray player I will use my old 19" Philllips as my new monitor for the music pc recording program the downside is I maxed out my Walmart credit card but what the hell you only live once 
1,941 2012-12-09 14:07:39
Re: Your Christmas Wish List (2012) (20 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I'm still waiting for the Pickles Per
1,942 2012-12-04 03:45:43
Re: Not really sure where this belongs...so I'll leave it...here (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
The Soundcraft has monitors and sports 200 watts and a fair price it looks like they have a payment plan if you have some good credit this might be the way to go and there are always other choices but I would go to a Guitar Center in your area and check it out live and see if it has the punch your looking for
1,943 2012-12-04 03:41:06
Re: Not really sure where this belongs...so I'll leave it...here (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
yeah it is sweet for $2500 big ones thats some serious cash for a garage band,I have the smaller 100 watt Phonic its ideal for me but for a group playing in a club you would need more watts at least 200
1,944 2012-12-03 21:04:28
Re: Not really sure where this belongs...so I'll leave it...here (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
The first thing I would ask is what is your budget? then go from there.
1,945 2012-12-03 21:01:48
Re: Best Gangnam Style Remix! (5 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Yes phill I think the best remix of Gangnam style is the one which is muted entirely that go's for the orignal as well.
1,946 2012-12-03 15:59:46
Re: Best Gangnam Style Remix! (5 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
I abhor this song fortunatly i have only had to listen to a few bars to make me wretch.
1,947 2012-11-28 22:42:57
Re: X-Mass to move your blood. (9 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
I dont care what they look like myself that is one butt kickin band!! great vocals and a really solid sound,the lead guitar work is mean and clean I liked it
1,948 2012-11-26 04:50:28
Re: Cant copy and paste (5 replies, posted in About Chordie)
That is wierd you could try the print screen key and paste it into the word program and if you still get a black dot you may have to contact tech support or at least search the web and see if anyone else has this problem.
1,949 2012-11-24 14:54:01
Re: Thanksgiving (10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
All or most of my family are gone or live many miles so I celebrated thanksgiving in my traditonal way i pigged out on a huge steak n cheese sub kicked my feet up and watched football all day,oh yea and i topped it off with a generous bowl of ice cream and bananas yummy! love the holidays
1,950 2012-11-24 14:48:51
Re: How a guitarist's hand stretches over time (8 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I think there is truth to flexability of the fingers from playing over a few years, I can reach and play chords from the first fret to the sixth and I have normal or even small hands in comparison to some.