http://www.buddyhawke.com Everything that Makes Guitar Awesome Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:10:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's Guitar Hero 3 online for your time-passing plesure. Sorry, no Explorer guitars with buttons on this version, but you can rock your keyboard pretty hard if you try. Enjoy! [ad#link-unit-posts] http://www.buddyhawke.com/2008/04/30/guitar-hero-online-rock-it-now/ One of the best tools I've been introduced to in the last few years turned out to be one of the best self guitar lessons I've ever had, and one of the best ways to remember a cool riff as it develops. Teach yourself guitar by learning how to play ... http://www.buddyhawke.com/2008/01/28/getting-started-on-guitar-cant-figure-out-that-riff-cheat/ An internal debate I've been having recently revolves around the constant options guitar players have with effects, analog or digital? To explain further, digital processor or traditional pedal board? I've used my trusty traditional pedal board for years. It's been a constant revolving door of Dunlop , BOSS, Electro Harmonix, DOD, ... http://www.buddyhawke.com/2007/08/14/change-is-a-bitch/ Has everyone been back to Guitar.com since it was redone? It's a fairly smart new concept and I'm encouraging all the guitar player readers of this blog to go and sign up. It's the new Myspace for guitarists :) The new setup allows you to post recommendations on albums, guitars and ... http://www.buddyhawke.com/2007/05/22/the-new-guitarcom/ One of the biggest factors that seperates band marketing on the internet and standard SEO/SEM is how the target audience is going to find you. Most sites have to worry about keyword density, relevant content and other factors to help rank in SE's under their primary key phrases. As discussed ... http://www.buddyhawke.com/2007/05/21/internet-marketing-for-bands-part-3/ Have you ever searched "guitar" on Myspace Videos? I'll save you the effort by summarizing 99% of the captions. Me playing guitar In searching for new additions to my Guitar Videos page, I tried the forementioned search. Twenty five pages later I realized how much anyone with a guitar likes to record ... http://www.buddyhawke.com/2007/05/10/thank-you-myspace-for-giving-crappy-guitar-a-voice/ After being wowed by Matt Bellamy and his incredible performance at the Muse concert in LA, I began reading up on Matt Bellamy's guitar setup and continued my new-found fascination with the band. I've sometimes wonder if everything that can be done with the electric guitar is already avaliable. What ... http://www.buddyhawke.com/2007/04/14/matt-bellamy-of-muse-and-his-manson-guitars-of-the-future/ Muse was incredible. It's always great to see a band with such uniqueness and talent have such a draw. The sold out crowd at the Forum was very receptive to the 2 hour set and amazing light/video show the band put on. With the exception of the $40 t-shirts (boo), ... http://www.buddyhawke.com/2007/04/13/muse-april-10th-at-the-la-forum/ Your Band Name Is A Keyword In preparing for this post, I took a second to look for a band that I could be completely unbiased against so as not to offend fans, but to solely use their band name as the focus of the article. In my defense, I'm an ... http://www.buddyhawke.com/2007/04/04/internet-marketing-for-bands-part-2/ Being a part of both of these industries, it’s become very apparent that these two entities (music marketing and internet marketing) are fairly unaware of each other. But it’s very important that up and coming bands out there realize the power of internet marketing. And not the “we have more ... http://www.buddyhawke.com/2007/03/26/internet-marketing-for-bands-part-1/ Guitar World magazine has an awesome new feature where you can email a question directly to a rotating list of guitar heroes. This months “columnists” are George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob, The Dojo) and the one and only Adam Jones of Tool. If the questions are good enough, GW will post ... http://www.buddyhawke.com/2007/02/12/ask-a-guitar-hero/ After visiting the NAMM 07 show in Anaheim, I was quite impressed with the array of new products coming out. Mainly the PRS, Schecter, ESP, and the Roland/Boss booths. PRS is putting out a slew of new guitars, and they’re mostly artist models. One surprise that hit me was the new ... http://www.buddyhawke.com/2007/01/26/namm-2007-recap/ Welcome to the BuddyHawke.com blog spot. I hope you all enjoy! http://www.buddyhawke.com/2007/01/15/a-blog-begins/