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Friday, December 30, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Jamorama review for new guitar players
On this page you will find a review and explanation of the content in JAMORAMA's newest release. For over 6 years and 200,000 students Jamorama has given regular everyday people the easiest way possible to start learning guitar. Their program is aimed at the beginning and intermediate or just the casual players. You know the type I'm sure, the guy who at a party can grab a guitar and roll out 2 or 3 songs that everyone knows? Though it is aimed at casual guitar players, that doesn't mean someone who wants to play in a band cannot benefit from Jamorama, the things they teach are useful to the guy who wants to record to the guy who just wants to just sit around his living room strumming a guitar, playing his favorite songs.
One of the best things about Jamorama is that you can get it in 2 different ways, you can buy the Download version, which means that in roughly 5 minutes you can start learning guitar. The other way is to buy the PHYSICAL books and DVD's, though yo will have to wait a week or so to get going on your lesson. The good thing about the books and dvd's is that you will also get access to the online members area containing the FAQ area and members forums and other perks that only access to the members area provides.
Jamorama works equally well with Windows or Mac, all though if you are running windows 98, you may have trouble getting the newer version that was built mainly for the newest versions of Windows to work. The older version of Jamorama would be better for you to use if you still use Win 98 and is still available at the Jamorama site.
Now lets go over the CONTENT that you will receive when signed up for Jamorama
You will receive the Jamorama Maestro 2.03 software that contains the lesson Download manager, this newer version also makes it easy to play audio and video within the lesson which is a big improvement over the older version in which you had to download audio,video and lessons separately and piece them together after download.
You get lifetime updates, so if they release another version with additions in it you can download it with no charge
There are 28 Jam tracks that you can play along with (you can start using this in the second lesson
There are 128 video "mini-lessons" that use a dual camera view that shows BOTH hands, this can come in very useful when you need to understand how the picking is done. The video's also show notation, which is handy when the fingering on the fretboard is hard to see.
Easily print out lesson's for those who can't sit in front of their computer and play guitar.
Lessons start right at the beginning so that even the greenest of guitarists can easily understand the lessons
Comes with several "extra's" that explain musical concepts.
EXTRA'S
Free SongPond.com membership-Though only Jamorama Delux members recieve this, its still a cool addition. SongPond allows you to look up and learn your Favorite songs by watching Hi Resolution Video lessons
Guitar Tuner Pro- A set-up that lets you tune your guitar digitally. Useful to the beginner's.
Guitar EarIt! A game that will teach you chords.
Ultimate Metronome-An addition that helps to develope rhythym, every guitarist should use either this or a real physical metronome. This will help you when you start playing with other musicians.
Jayde Musica-Another game that will teach sight recognition,pitch recognition and chord identification.
You will also get Advanced Teaching Techniques that include a 16 page .PDF file that tells you how to get the most out of your Jamorama Lessons. Typically should be read before you get too far along in the Lesson plan.
The online members area contains an informative FAQ and members Forum area where you can go to ask questions or look up a question and see the answers available that someone else may have all ready asked. There is alos an easy to use support ticket creator and the guys at Jamorama generally will get back to you in a couple of normal business days Jamorama also comes with an unconditional 60 day money back guarantee, if you are not satisfied for any reason you will get your money back.
With such an extensive selection of content and the inexpensive price of 49.95, Jamorama makes my number one Guitar teaching aid on the internet today. If you have priced the cost of going to an instructor for personal one on one lessons you know that EACH lesson will run you around 50 dollars. Thats just ONE lesson! Now multiply that times however many lessons It would take to actually KNOW what you are doing with your guitar and the price can be astronomical! Now look at the content you receive with Jamorama and this makes taking guitar lessons from some chain music store sound insane.
I would also like to add that at this time you can TRY Jamorama for FREE! Thats right I said for FREE, now when's the last time you went into a chain store and they told you your first 2 or 3 lessons would be FREE? I'll tell ya, probably NEVER!!
If you would believe a guy who's been playing his guitar's all most 25 years, Jamorama is well worth the cost, there are other programs out there, but the content in Jamorama just blows them all away. To try Jamorama FREE just click the banner ad below and you will be wisked away to the site to sign up! If you are up to it and don't like the program, or are dis-satisfied for ANY reason , don't forget you have 50 days to let the Jamorama guys know and get your money back!
One of the best things about Jamorama is that you can get it in 2 different ways, you can buy the Download version, which means that in roughly 5 minutes you can start learning guitar. The other way is to buy the PHYSICAL books and DVD's, though yo will have to wait a week or so to get going on your lesson. The good thing about the books and dvd's is that you will also get access to the online members area containing the FAQ area and members forums and other perks that only access to the members area provides.
Jamorama works equally well with Windows or Mac, all though if you are running windows 98, you may have trouble getting the newer version that was built mainly for the newest versions of Windows to work. The older version of Jamorama would be better for you to use if you still use Win 98 and is still available at the Jamorama site.
Now lets go over the CONTENT that you will receive when signed up for Jamorama
You will receive the Jamorama Maestro 2.03 software that contains the lesson Download manager, this newer version also makes it easy to play audio and video within the lesson which is a big improvement over the older version in which you had to download audio,video and lessons separately and piece them together after download.
You get lifetime updates, so if they release another version with additions in it you can download it with no charge
There are 28 Jam tracks that you can play along with (you can start using this in the second lesson
There are 128 video "mini-lessons" that use a dual camera view that shows BOTH hands, this can come in very useful when you need to understand how the picking is done. The video's also show notation, which is handy when the fingering on the fretboard is hard to see.
Easily print out lesson's for those who can't sit in front of their computer and play guitar.
Lessons start right at the beginning so that even the greenest of guitarists can easily understand the lessons
Comes with several "extra's" that explain musical concepts.
EXTRA'S
Free SongPond.com membership-Though only Jamorama Delux members recieve this, its still a cool addition. SongPond allows you to look up and learn your Favorite songs by watching Hi Resolution Video lessons
Guitar Tuner Pro- A set-up that lets you tune your guitar digitally. Useful to the beginner's.
Guitar EarIt! A game that will teach you chords.
Ultimate Metronome-An addition that helps to develope rhythym, every guitarist should use either this or a real physical metronome. This will help you when you start playing with other musicians.
Jayde Musica-Another game that will teach sight recognition,pitch recognition and chord identification.
You will also get Advanced Teaching Techniques that include a 16 page .PDF file that tells you how to get the most out of your Jamorama Lessons. Typically should be read before you get too far along in the Lesson plan.
The online members area contains an informative FAQ and members Forum area where you can go to ask questions or look up a question and see the answers available that someone else may have all ready asked. There is alos an easy to use support ticket creator and the guys at Jamorama generally will get back to you in a couple of normal business days Jamorama also comes with an unconditional 60 day money back guarantee, if you are not satisfied for any reason you will get your money back.
With such an extensive selection of content and the inexpensive price of 49.95, Jamorama makes my number one Guitar teaching aid on the internet today. If you have priced the cost of going to an instructor for personal one on one lessons you know that EACH lesson will run you around 50 dollars. Thats just ONE lesson! Now multiply that times however many lessons It would take to actually KNOW what you are doing with your guitar and the price can be astronomical! Now look at the content you receive with Jamorama and this makes taking guitar lessons from some chain music store sound insane.
I would also like to add that at this time you can TRY Jamorama for FREE! Thats right I said for FREE, now when's the last time you went into a chain store and they told you your first 2 or 3 lessons would be FREE? I'll tell ya, probably NEVER!!
If you would believe a guy who's been playing his guitar's all most 25 years, Jamorama is well worth the cost, there are other programs out there, but the content in Jamorama just blows them all away. To try Jamorama FREE just click the banner ad below and you will be wisked away to the site to sign up! If you are up to it and don't like the program, or are dis-satisfied for ANY reason , don't forget you have 50 days to let the Jamorama guys know and get your money back!
Monday, December 26, 2011
Coming soon at guitar-stuff-4-you.com !
OK all my viewers, the plan for this week is too add Downloadable Tabs to the site from my own collection of Tabs, since not everyone has the program to view the tabs in the form they are in now, I am transferring them to .PDF format. Acrobat is a free program so anyone with a PC should be able to get it. You will have to get it to view the tabs. Also will have bass tabs on all the ones that have a bass tab included.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Content Question
so as loyal and precious page viewers, What type of content would YOU like to see added at Guitar-stuff-4-you.com?
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The Capo and Its Uses
The idea behind that capo is so simple , and so unassuming that all-most all beginners should have one. The usefullness of this small bit of accessory can save Experienced guitarists during a gig just as easily as saving a newbie time in learning a song that is proving difficult to get the right "sound" for. In case You have never seen a capo before or seen one but not know what it was and what it is for, I'll first show you a typical capo and give you a basic run-down on how to use one.
The typical capo will look like this, though there are variations on the standard theme.
Basically what a capo is , is a clamp that you can attach to the neck of your guitar. It can be un-clamped and moved up and down the fretboard, changing the key of all your open strings. This means if you need to change the key of the song you are playing you can do so without having to tune down or up, your instrument. Say for example you are playing for a singer who suddenly decides to change key in the middle of a performance. You can use a capo to stay in the key he/she might require, without having to change the chords you are used to. Also if you are trying to figure out a particular song and the key just doesn't seem to be matching up, slap on a capo at different positions on the neck until you get in range of the song. The capo also allows you to play a range of keys with only knowing a few chords. Say a bunch of musicians you are jamming with play in A minor and you only know first position chords? The capo to the rescue!
As you saw in the image above, a capo is nothing more than some plastic, a pad of rubber, and a metal spring for tension. There are however many different styles of capo out there. Some use thumbscrews, some are made from metal or another alloy. If you yourself find a capo useful-I know I do! Its probably best to spend a little for a good one, these are usually easier to remove and put back on and usually do the job better and last longer.
OK, once you get your hands on a capo it's probably best you figure out how to use it right? On most guitars a capo will work and have the instrument sound good when the long bar that lays over the strings is right up close to the fret on the headstock side of the fret. You never , ever want to put a capo right on top of the fret! This way (snug against the fret) keeps the string in place. If you move the capo too far in-between frets it can produce fret-buzz on the open strings.
If you were in tune before placing the capo, you most likely still will be but its best to check until you get better at using a capo. Typically though you should be able to slap one on and just go.
The normal capo can be used to do a few tricks too, say you want to be able to play an easy E major chord higher up on the neck, but want to leave that deep bass of the sixth string "E", take a capo and at the seventh fret clamp down on strings A thru high-E, now bar chord the D,G and B strings for an easy E major chord still with that low bass!
The capo once you understand it can be messed around with for lots of different chord positions and key tunings, move yours around and just play with it and I'm sure you will start to discover the possibilities!
Below are some examples of different style capo's
then there was this, that someone randomly had posted on the internet but still, if you're in a jam and REALLY need a capo....
For the Special surprise new style of capo out on the market youl'll have to visit http://www.guitar-stuff-4-you.com and look under the articles links for this same article! You won't be disappointed!
The typical capo will look like this, though there are variations on the standard theme.
Basically what a capo is , is a clamp that you can attach to the neck of your guitar. It can be un-clamped and moved up and down the fretboard, changing the key of all your open strings. This means if you need to change the key of the song you are playing you can do so without having to tune down or up, your instrument. Say for example you are playing for a singer who suddenly decides to change key in the middle of a performance. You can use a capo to stay in the key he/she might require, without having to change the chords you are used to. Also if you are trying to figure out a particular song and the key just doesn't seem to be matching up, slap on a capo at different positions on the neck until you get in range of the song. The capo also allows you to play a range of keys with only knowing a few chords. Say a bunch of musicians you are jamming with play in A minor and you only know first position chords? The capo to the rescue!
As you saw in the image above, a capo is nothing more than some plastic, a pad of rubber, and a metal spring for tension. There are however many different styles of capo out there. Some use thumbscrews, some are made from metal or another alloy. If you yourself find a capo useful-I know I do! Its probably best to spend a little for a good one, these are usually easier to remove and put back on and usually do the job better and last longer.
OK, once you get your hands on a capo it's probably best you figure out how to use it right? On most guitars a capo will work and have the instrument sound good when the long bar that lays over the strings is right up close to the fret on the headstock side of the fret. You never , ever want to put a capo right on top of the fret! This way (snug against the fret) keeps the string in place. If you move the capo too far in-between frets it can produce fret-buzz on the open strings.
If you were in tune before placing the capo, you most likely still will be but its best to check until you get better at using a capo. Typically though you should be able to slap one on and just go.
The normal capo can be used to do a few tricks too, say you want to be able to play an easy E major chord higher up on the neck, but want to leave that deep bass of the sixth string "E", take a capo and at the seventh fret clamp down on strings A thru high-E, now bar chord the D,G and B strings for an easy E major chord still with that low bass!
The capo once you understand it can be messed around with for lots of different chord positions and key tunings, move yours around and just play with it and I'm sure you will start to discover the possibilities!
Below are some examples of different style capo's
then there was this, that someone randomly had posted on the internet but still, if you're in a jam and REALLY need a capo....
For the Special surprise new style of capo out on the market youl'll have to visit http://www.guitar-stuff-4-you.com and look under the articles links for this same article! You won't be disappointed!
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
GEAR TATS INTERVIEW
Guitarstuff4U: So mr. Gear Tats, what made you decide to start the Gear Tats business?
Gear Tats: Well I grew up playing guitar in the eighties when Hair Bands were the rage and they had these amazing guitar players. All of those guitarists had great custom graphic guitars that I would drool over and dream about owning. I remember CC Deville had a bunch of cool guitars in one of Poison's videos, as well as Queensrych, Anthrax, Warrent, Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Vernon Reid,John Petrucci. The list is endless. They all had these amazing looking axes. A few times I attempted to do some customizing on my own but the results were always pretty bad. I've wrecked a few guitars in my day I'm sorry to say. Years and years later my friend bought a vinyl cutter was showing me some decals that he had made which got my gears spinning. This could be a way to make custom guitar graphics that would look great and were affordable to the average guitarist.
Guitarstuff4U: Where did you get all those cool designs? Did you come up with them or do you have a partner that does that?
Gear Tats: I design all of the decals myself. I've been a graphic artist since high school, and even when I went to college for music I still kept up with all the graphic programs on the computer and studied art on my own. I've also done a few custom decals for clients who had a design in their mind that they really wanted which was fun.
Guitarstuff4U: Any other designs slated to come out in the near future?
Gear Tats: Oh yeah! It's really limitless as far as design possibilities. Not only will we be moving into multi-colored designs in the future but also designs inspired by customer feedback through facebook and twitter. We're really interested in finding out what people would like to see on their guitars and then giving them the best versions of that.
Guitarstuff4U: Are specific designs meant for certain styles of guitar or can any design be put on any guitar?
Gear Tats: We do have a few decals that are designed for specific body shapes like tribals, or a new line of pin-stripping we are about to launch. Others are designed to fit on most guitars but come in two sizes, electric and acoustic. We are also looking at creating a few killer designs for Flying V's. We can't ignore those guys.
Guitarstuff4U: No you most certainly shouldn't, especially since it seems EVERYONE these days is playing a flying-V or some other non-traditional body style guitar.
Guitarstuff4U: On the technical side of the spectrum, you say that Gear Tats are permanent yet can also be removed if you wish it, how does that work? I would imagine some kind of solvent would be involved, as you couldn’t just use water, instruments rarely get wet but I'm sure it does happen.
Gear Tats: These decals are made from high quality sign vinyl which does have an adhesive on the back of it. It is designed to stand up to moderate use on indoor signs without fading of falling off. When it is removed from a surface it doesn't leave any residue behind that I have found. The only side effect I have noticed when removing a decal that had been on one of my guitars for a few years was that the surface was much cleaner where the decal had been.
Guitarstuff4U: Were there any design you had that didn’t "make the cut" so to speak? and might we see those designs if things take - off for Gear Tats?
Gear Tats: Yeah there were a few that didn't "make the cut" :). Mostly because of the learning curve involved with the decal creation process. The way that these decals are made involves removing the parts of the design where the guitar body shows through. Some of my earlier designs were very intricate and the time it took to remove all of those little bits of vinyl would have sent the price of them through the roof. Maybe down the road we'll introduce a Premier Line of GearTats that will include these amazing designs for customers that want something a little more intense looking.
Guitarstuff4U: ok thats all we have for now Bassers and Guitar'ers, if you want to see more about Gear Tats you can view whats on stock at GEARTATS
Gear Tats: Well I grew up playing guitar in the eighties when Hair Bands were the rage and they had these amazing guitar players. All of those guitarists had great custom graphic guitars that I would drool over and dream about owning. I remember CC Deville had a bunch of cool guitars in one of Poison's videos, as well as Queensrych, Anthrax, Warrent, Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Vernon Reid,John Petrucci. The list is endless. They all had these amazing looking axes. A few times I attempted to do some customizing on my own but the results were always pretty bad. I've wrecked a few guitars in my day I'm sorry to say. Years and years later my friend bought a vinyl cutter was showing me some decals that he had made which got my gears spinning. This could be a way to make custom guitar graphics that would look great and were affordable to the average guitarist.
Guitarstuff4U: Where did you get all those cool designs? Did you come up with them or do you have a partner that does that?
Gear Tats: I design all of the decals myself. I've been a graphic artist since high school, and even when I went to college for music I still kept up with all the graphic programs on the computer and studied art on my own. I've also done a few custom decals for clients who had a design in their mind that they really wanted which was fun.
Guitarstuff4U: Any other designs slated to come out in the near future?
Gear Tats: Oh yeah! It's really limitless as far as design possibilities. Not only will we be moving into multi-colored designs in the future but also designs inspired by customer feedback through facebook and twitter. We're really interested in finding out what people would like to see on their guitars and then giving them the best versions of that.
Guitarstuff4U: Are specific designs meant for certain styles of guitar or can any design be put on any guitar?
Gear Tats: We do have a few decals that are designed for specific body shapes like tribals, or a new line of pin-stripping we are about to launch. Others are designed to fit on most guitars but come in two sizes, electric and acoustic. We are also looking at creating a few killer designs for Flying V's. We can't ignore those guys.
Guitarstuff4U: No you most certainly shouldn't, especially since it seems EVERYONE these days is playing a flying-V or some other non-traditional body style guitar.
Guitarstuff4U: On the technical side of the spectrum, you say that Gear Tats are permanent yet can also be removed if you wish it, how does that work? I would imagine some kind of solvent would be involved, as you couldn’t just use water, instruments rarely get wet but I'm sure it does happen.
Gear Tats: These decals are made from high quality sign vinyl which does have an adhesive on the back of it. It is designed to stand up to moderate use on indoor signs without fading of falling off. When it is removed from a surface it doesn't leave any residue behind that I have found. The only side effect I have noticed when removing a decal that had been on one of my guitars for a few years was that the surface was much cleaner where the decal had been.
Guitarstuff4U: Were there any design you had that didn’t "make the cut" so to speak? and might we see those designs if things take - off for Gear Tats?
Gear Tats: Yeah there were a few that didn't "make the cut" :). Mostly because of the learning curve involved with the decal creation process. The way that these decals are made involves removing the parts of the design where the guitar body shows through. Some of my earlier designs were very intricate and the time it took to remove all of those little bits of vinyl would have sent the price of them through the roof. Maybe down the road we'll introduce a Premier Line of GearTats that will include these amazing designs for customers that want something a little more intense looking.
Guitarstuff4U: ok thats all we have for now Bassers and Guitar'ers, if you want to see more about Gear Tats you can view whats on stock at GEARTATS
Thursday, December 15, 2011
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