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Two Chances to Win a JamUp Bundle
The folks over at Positive Grid are clearly in the holiday giving spirit. Makers of the recently released JamUp Pro software that turns your iOS device (iPads,iPhones, Ipod Touch) into a virtual amp and pedalboard. And the JamPlug, the hardware which allows you to connect your guitar to said iOS device. The software currently has 6 different hybrid amp models [...]
Rocksmith Review
Guitar Hero and Rockband are the reason I got serious about playing the guitar again after 15 years of just occasional noodling. Playing those games with my kids was close enough to the real experience of being in a band, to remind me how much I had loved it. But the plastic button approach was different enough [...]
Win One of Ten JamUp Plugs for iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch!
Over at Gearpipe they are giving away 10 JamUp plugs, one a day till November 7th. The JamUp plug is an adapter that allows you to connect your guitar to your iOS device. Ideally, the JamUp Plugs creators, Positive Grid, hope you will use it along with their new JamUp software. JamUp is basically an [...]
Rocksmith
Videogame company Ubisoft has just announced an interesting new title called “Rocksmith”. It’s basically what all the critics of games like Guitar Hero have been asking for, a game where you learn to play an actual instrument instead of a plastic ‘toy’. You don’t need any kind of ‘special’ guitar controller either. Any electric guitar [...]
Nice Online Metronome
simple metronome Using a metronome when practicing guitar is essential. Besides the obvious benefit of helping to develop your sense of timing and rhythm, a skill that many beginning guitarists overlook, it has many other benefits as well. By making you more conscious of when you are hitting the note you will have a tendency [...]