Events Horizon – Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Welcome to the May 16, 2012 Events Horizon, our weekly news update concerning upcoming shows featuring members and friends of the Guitar Noise community.

Events Horizon – Wednesday, May 16, 2012 was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Hello! And welcome to the May 15, 2012 edition of Guitar Noise News, your free twice-a-month newsletter from Guitar Noise.

Newsletter Vol. 4 # 27 – May 15, 2012 was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

If you're going to take up the ukulele, be sure to get an instrument and not a toy! Here are some tips on finding your first uke.

Ukuleles – Separating Instruments from Ornaments and Toys was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Learn how to harmonize the major scale and create diatonic chords in the final part of Jim Bowley's trilogy, "The Only Theory Lesson You'll Ever Need."

The Only Theory Lesson You’ll Ever Need – Part 3 was written by Jim Bowley for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

To make money in the music business, you have to think about music as a business. Tom Hess provides you with insights on how to start making your musical monetary goals come true.

How To Make A Lot Of Money In The Music Business was written by Tom Hess for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Catch your friends at Guitar Noise when they perform! Here's the lastest list of gigs for the upcoming two weeks.

Events Horizon – Wednesday, May 9, 2012 was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

After reading part one, we’ve now got the basic terminology of counterpoint behind us. We now move on to writing counterpoint melodies.

Counterpoint – Part 2 was written by Tom Serb for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Counterpoint is a style of music where you have multiple instruments doing different things at the same time, adding up to something bigger than its parts.

Counterpoint – Part 1 was written by Tom Serb for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

We're making this newsletter a little briefer this time out but, rest assured, we'll be back with a lot more to discuss in the May 15 issue.

Newsletter Vol. 4 # 26 – May 1, 2012 was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

There's a little bit of everything in this lesson, from easy arpeggios and strumming to some basic Travis style finger picking patterns. As always, David picks the song apart into small pieces that even many beginners can get with some concerted practice. Have fun learning this Harry Chapin classic!

Cat’s In The Cradle – Harry Chapin was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Whether you are just starting out or you've been playing guitar for a while, there are all sorts of things to consider when playing live in front of others.

Playing Live was written by Guitar Noise Staff for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Voice leading, a vital component of harmony and composing, should be part of every guitarist's technique. Here's a great introduction to this musical topic.

Voice Leading for Guitarists – An Introduction was written by Special to Guitar Noise for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Here are some great tips for you to improve on your basic music notation reading skills in order to become better (and quicker!) at sight reading.

To Read or Not to Read? Part 3 – Some Practical Pointers was written by Nick Minnion for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Finding Clyde is one of those rising rock voices that is rippling through the sonic landscape.  The hard rocking band has shared the stage with Slash.

Finding Clyde – “Thoughts of You” from the CD “Sacrifice It All” was written by Lily for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

He may be known forever as “the Father of Loud,” but James Charles Marshall, creator of the Marshall Amp, had the true gift of a musician - he listened.

Jim Marshall was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Hello and welcome to the last Event's Horizon for April, 2012, our weekly post where you can get news and pertinent information concerning upcoming shows.

Events Horizon – Wednesday, April 25, 2012 was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Tom Hess discusses how to improve your 7-string guitar playing by using the unique aspects of the instrument to guide you and to help improve your skills.

How To Make The Transition From 6-String Guitar To 7-String Guitar was written by Tom Hess for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

The birds are starting in singing earlier every morning, which is a sure sign that every day is going to be filled with music!

Events Horizon – Wednesday, April 18, 2012 was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

Can anyone really play 10, 15, or 20,000 different chords? Yep, you bet. Tom reveals the system for navigating the fretboard that he teaches his students.

Building a Chord Vocabulary was written by Tom Serb for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise

"Happy New Year" to those of you in Thailand or Nepal, both of which celebrated the occasion on Friday the 13th.

Newsletter Vol. 4 # 25 – April 15, 2012 was written by David Hodge for Guitar Noise. A good guitar player you will be if you visit the above site. © 2012 Guitar Noise