060 – First Is Not Necessarily Best

When I play with my duo we do a song by The Righteous Brothers called “Unchained Melody.” Not particularly one of my favorites, but my partner can reach the notes, so we do it. It’s my job to create the lyrics sheets with additional information that we can share with...

Motown’s 50th Anniversary

by Robert D. Hill What do Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, The Temptations and The Four Tops all have in common? Well they are all part of the music movement that is known to us as Motown! Some of the greatest songs of all times were recorded by some of Motown's famous...

6 Tips for Organizing Your Music Files

6 Tips for Organizing Your Music FilesBy Gary Hendricks If you're a digital music fan, you probably have problems organizing your music file collection. For me, I used to have hundreds of MP3 files lumped in one folder in my hard drive. Can you imagine the pain I had...

Cybermidi’s Seventh Anniversary

2002 was a good year for me in a lot of ways. That year I left a job that I wasn't really crazy about, I bought a new guitar, I split off from my duo to do a solo act and Cybermidi began operation on the web. Now, these last three events were linked together quite...

Buying Sound Cards – 4 Pro Tips

by kenwj0Sound cards creates a bridge from the live performance of an instrument to your digital recording system. As such it's a very important component of your overall recording environment.If you have a sound card included with your PC then you should seriously...

Guitar Strings, Your Basic Insight

Guitar Strings, Your Basic Insight Author: Josh Scalf Electric guitar strings that are wound are created by rolling a string made of white metal around a centrally located string. The different types of material used for wrapping around the central string depend on...