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		<title>Home Recording Guide &#8211; It&#8217;s Easier Than You Think</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Always wanted to record something to your PC?  Well here is a an easy home recording guide with everything you need to know.
Computer based home recording is becoming cheaper by the day so if you feel you are a talented singer or musician, and really aspire to be a professional, you might consider putting together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes The 12 String Acoustic Guitar So Special</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking to start Learn How To Play Guitar then perhaps the 12 string guitar is not the best place to start but it is a real thing of beauty.
The 12 string acoustic guitar is a great instrument. In technique, it is basically exactly the same as a normal 6 string guitar, yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Your Speakers At Full Blast Without Getting Into Trouble</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 00:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[True music fans have always had something in common, that might not be their favorite band or singer but, the one thing that every music lover has in common with other music lovers is that they at some point in their lives have wanted to play their favorite tunes at full blast.
Maybe it was because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History Of The Ovation Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 00:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first ever Ovation Guitar was made in 1966 and introduced to the world as the &#8220;Balladeer&#8221; in February of 1967. Charles Kaman, an aeronautical engineer and avid guitar player, took his Martin guitar to the C.F. Martin Company to have the warped neck of his guitar fixed. While there, president of the company, Fred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Reminders When Buying An Acoustic Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 02:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are planning on buying an Acoustic Guitar, you should know how to choose the right one to buy. There are some things you need to examine in an Acoustic Guitar and knowing what to look at will help you bring home the perfect guitar for you.
Guitar bodies typically come in the same hourglass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Percussion &amp; Drums For Dummies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone likes some percussion or drums . They have this quality that is pure and , in a way primal , that just makes you wanna move your body .
Drums are instruments that you build using a membrane that is stretched across some sort of opening in a vessel . The pitch of a drum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want To Have More Fun Playing Music? Try The Chapman Stick!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Playing music can be simpler than you might imagine.
And what if I told you that you could learn to make music in a new way, and it would be like playing bass and guitar at the same time … but it would be faster than learning to play a guitar or a piano?
I’m about to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing For The Custom Electric Guitar Builder</title>
		<link>http://news.guitarojam.com/gearequipment/preparing-for-the-custom-electric-guitar-builder-106/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preparation before ordering a custom built electric guitar.
1.) The first thing you&#8217;ll need to do is draw the guitar to scale. This doesn&#8217;t have to be an entire 3D drawing, but a large enough flat picture on paper drawn to scale, preferably of the head and body of the guitar can help speed up the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Maintenance: Guitar Care Basics</title>
		<link>http://news.guitarojam.com/gearequipment/guitar-maintenance-guitar-care-basics-77/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yoiu can&#8217;t expect your guitar to perform well if you don&#8217;t look after it.  Seems a simple enough principle, but surprisingly enough many guitarists neglect their instruments.
There are a few guitar maintenance basics which can make a huge difference to the performance of your instrument.  These include such simple things as regularly cleaning and polishing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying A Guitar Specially For Flamenco</title>
		<link>http://news.guitarojam.com/gearequipment/buying-a-guitar-specially-for-flamenco-62/</link>
		<comments>http://news.guitarojam.com/gearequipment/buying-a-guitar-specially-for-flamenco-62/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A common misconception amongst guitar players is that you need a specially designed guitar if you want to play flamenco.  Many would-be flamenco players think that when buying a guitar, you need to seek out a &#8220;spanish&#8221; guitar.  In reality, there is really no such thing.
The simple fact of the matter is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Guitarists&#8217; Death Grip</title>
		<link>http://news.guitarojam.com/gearequipment/the-guitarists-death-grip-30/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
How a cheap guitar can hinder your progress.
 A common problem with cheaper guitars, especially steel string acoustic guitars, is that the strings are set way too high above the neck, making it very difficult to press the chords.
&#160;
What a beginner guitarist may not realize, is just how much easier the task of training your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying Second Hand Music Gear</title>
		<link>http://news.guitarojam.com/gearequipment/buying-second-hand-music-gear-29/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Buying a new musical instrument can cost much more than what your budget permits. So, especially for those who are beginning to learn the instrument, it is a good idea to try out the second hand music gear. These second hand music gear are available in various local music shops. It is also available on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Step-By-Step Lesson On How To Change Your Guitar Strings</title>
		<link>http://news.guitarojam.com/gearequipment/a-step-by-step-lesson-on-how-to-change-your-guitar-strings-24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changing your guitar strings might make you feel a litte uncomfortable if you have never done it before, but it&#8217;s really quite simple and should become a regular part of your guitar care routine. Before you do anything, first take time to make some personal observations such as:
1. Which way do you have to turn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Electric Guitars Review</title>
		<link>http://news.guitarojam.com/gearequipment/electric-guitars-review-16/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Musical instruments are classified by the way they produce sounds. However, there are some problems with such classifications, as questions like this &#8220;Is a piano a stringed instrument or a percussion one?&#8221; can occur. Sounds are the result of vibrations and each type of instrument produces vibrations from different sources. You are welcome to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What You Should Know About Guitar Strings</title>
		<link>http://news.guitarojam.com/gearequipment/what-you-should-know-about-guitar-strings-8/</link>
		<comments>http://news.guitarojam.com/gearequipment/what-you-should-know-about-guitar-strings-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 19:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Josh Scalf 
Generally speaking there are two types of guitar strings that are made. Steel &#8211; used on electric and acoustic guitars Nylon &#8211; primarily used on classical and flamenco guitars 
Guitar strings are normally wound with either type of nickel, brass, or copper alloy. On most standard set of strings for an electric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analogue Is Good!</title>
		<link>http://news.guitarojam.com/gearequipment/analogue-is-good-162/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 22:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A luncheon visit by an English friend prompted the playing of some 60s and 70s music such as &#8220;The Best Of The Pirates&#8221; and The Who &#8211; &#8220;A Quick One&#8221;, and even Frank Zappa&#8217;s &#8211; &#8220;The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life&#8221;. All very nice. On cd of course.
A request for The Green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ducati 999 Guitar Debut!</title>
		<link>http://news.guitarojam.com/gearequipment/ducati-999-guitar-debut-166/</link>
		<comments>http://news.guitarojam.com/gearequipment/ducati-999-guitar-debut-166/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I found this during one my regular motorbike browsing sessions on the web.    It&#8217;s a very cool story about Tom Truskolaski who rides a Ducati 916 and a 749, and has also played guitar for 24 years.  The concept of the Ducati 999 guitar was first realised when Tom decided [...]]]></description>
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