Archive for category Music

How-to: Use Android as a Media Player

The biggest major disappointment in the Android OS, for me at least, is the poor stock media player support. Out of the box, you get a very weak music player (named, creatively enough, Music) and absolutely no sync app. The music player itself doesn’t really support anything other than basic playing. No lyrics, no ID […]

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My son’s new guitar

It’s a Dean MAB1. Awesome guitar, if you can get over it being MAB’s signature guitar. Plays well and sounds great. Here’s the specs:– Real Floyd Rose– EMG 81/85/SA active pickup set– Grover tuners– 25.5″ Scale– Alder with a Mahogany fretboard.– Wizard-ish neck radius Here’s a clip of him playing it (first take): http://brianhill.clthosting.com/MAB1Demo.mp3 He […]

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My new 7-string guitar.

An Agile Interceptor Pro 27 in tribal green.Specs:– Mahogany body, ebony fretboard– 27″ scale length– Dual EMG 707 pickups– Licensed Floyd Rose– Grover tuners– Double cutaway, quilted maple archtop– Tuned to open C minor with a low G (G-C-G-C-G-C-D#)– Strings are Di’Addario heavies (.012 – .054) with a .072 7th string. Here’s Pics: And here’s […]

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The best progressive metal bands you’ve never heard of…

I was listening to some Fates Warning and I realized that there are a ton of bands (including the previously mentioned one) that are packed with amazing musicians and compositional talent and yet most people have never heard of them. I decided to make a list of ten of them, including a recommended song to […]

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Silent DAW Build

One thing I have noticed missing from most PC build guides is a good guide to building a silent DAW, which seems odd to me. After building no less than four DAWs over the years, I have come to appreciate the importance of silence for any kind of serious recording, and so this year I […]

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