1. Soprano UkuleleSoprano is a type of ukulele guitar with the smallest size of 33cm. This instrument has a standard tunning that is G-C-E-A. This type of ukulele is very suitable for use by beginners. In addition, its flexible shape makes it easy to travel...
and spoke about which younger bands could continue to carry the torch of thrash metal after its founding fathers are gone.In addition to the growing discontent with the music industry's current operating model, life for musicians hasn't been the same since the...
Ukulele is a type of musical instrument that was invented in 1879 in Hawaii. Ukulele in Hawaiian means jumping flea. The presence of ukulele in Hawaii was brought by immigrants from Portugal. While in Indonesia, the ukulele entered in 1880 in Ambon and then spread to...
Famous jazz fusion guitar master Al Di Meola suffered a heart attack while performing his live show in Bucharest, Romania, at the city's Arenele Romane. As reported by Digi24 (via Romania Insider), the 69-year-old musician was playing his show at the venue on...
The bass guitar is one of the stringed instruments. Its distinctive tone makes this type of guitar a mandatory instrument in a musical group, both bands and orchestras. Indeed, if we hear the rhythm of the sound produced from this tool is fairly unique. Because we...
Yesterday, Australia's Thy Art is Murder had their first gig with their new vocalist at the Turbinenhalle 2 in Oberhausen, Germany.The band's been unable to catch a break for a while now. Starting from the controversy of ex-vocalist CJ McMahon's comments a month ago,...
Judas Priest has been responsible for some of the greatest metal albums of all time – "Sad Wings of Destiny", "Unleashed in the East", "Painkiller", etc. But during a recent interview with the That Rocks! Podcast, former Priest guitarist KK Downing was asked which of...
The Invention of the Electric Bass GuitarThe history of bass guitar musical instruments continues, in 1920 a Gibson musical instrument company, through Lloyd Loar created an electric double bass. This is the company that became the forerunner of the birth of the...
However, the feedback created by traditional hollow-bodied guitars prompted some players and makers to try and develop more suitable designs. In fact, both Vivi-Tone and Rickenbacker created what were essentially solid-bodied Spanish guitars in 1934 and 1935...
Engineer Donn Landee looked back on working with Van Halen on the iconic band's 1978 self-titled debut album, noting how the band's members were initially disappointed in its sound.Even though it would go on to redefine rock music for a whole generation, 1978's "Van...