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During an indoor percussion practice, we where playing consistantly awful, and out of time with the metronome. After about 5 reps my instructor becomes furious and yells, "Do you hear that thing clicking behind you!?!?!?!?!? THAT'S NOT A SUGGESTION BOX!" probly not the best advise, but it is...

This more than likely has a lot to do with my bad bass, but i defenitly prefer playing in as low of position as possible on the E when it comes to things like that. I think the tone rings out a lot better than playing on fret 5 B, and cuts in the mix more, but again just my bass more than...

Marco Rodi -- Undiscovered Color - YouTube I've posted this on here somewere else before, but I feel it fits here very well.

If your thumb's tired try moving your right arm angle down to more of a 45ish degree, kinda like classical guitar, if you're not already doing that, and use a little bit of arm on the thumb notes. Make sure you don't use too much arm preassure, or tence up. You have more arm strength thatn...

I'd do what skitch it said. The only other one i'd think of using is to bar the 8 5 and 2 with the ring finger then play the tonic with the first finger. However, none of this really matters. It all depends on what comes before this. If you where just in some higher position, this may influence...

You may hear it more in the mix, but what you prodominantly hear (especially live), to me, sounds like a broken slapstick. That's what the drummer is for. You have diatonic pitch. use it. Also, it sounds to me like the actual note volume is a little quiter than you can get with usual fingerstyle...

You can never play too hard as long as you get a good sound, but sound is based on personal opinion. I personaly would say as soon as you get a notable amount of fret buzz or accidently slap the string on the fretboard and you can't play as loud as you want without doing this, reinvestigate your...

I personally can't stand this style either. However, the best way, for me, to go between a good nice warm finger style and a "clack" (or avoid the clack in my case) is to think about the string's angle of movment. If you move the string perpendicular to the body, you will more than likely strike...

It's not that i couldn't figure out audacity, i just hate how you are forced to do everything with what seems like the longest way possible. It's a decent program, but it's not for me As for the reaper, I read on the web site that the free version was simply a 30 day trial. I probly mis-read or...

I'm with this guy. It's not that I firgure out audacity, I just can't stand the way it's set up. I may just have to buck up and buy somthing, or just settle. I thought the free reaper was a trial that went away in 30 day, at least that's what i read it as on their site. If it is a full version...

The $60 donation is suggested for regular updates; the free download is fully operational. I thought that the free reaper was just a 30 day functional demo? and it's not that i don't understnd audacity, I just hate it's setup, but this may end up being one of those "beggers can't be...

Thanks for the replies, I actually had not heard of Reaper until now. It looks like a great program, but If i where to spend 60 dollars, I'd buy a new copy of acid, just because of my familiarity with it, even though they look a LOT alike. Are there any other free programs you can suggest?

Michael Manring - Selene - DVD - www.candyrat.com - YouTube Marco Rodi -- Undiscovered Color - YouTube These aren't my favorite per say, but that is defenitly my favorite manring video. And There are SOOOOOOO many rodi videos that i just chose the one that got me hooked on him. Plus, these...

I am on quite a tight home recording budget of just as many people. I used to have a fresh copy of Acid Music Studio 7, but my old computer crashed, the disc and more than likely activation code as well, have been lost. I am currently running Audacity. I can't stand how it's setup. That or I...