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Master Sony Acid Pro 6 With Power!: The Official Guide

   If you’ve been reading Live Musician Central for very long I’m sure you know I absolutely love Sony Acid Pro 6 Professional Music Workstation software. It’s extremely powerful and can be the heart of your own home recording studio. Sony Acid Pro 6 is a very capable and deep program which is easy to learn [...]

The Key To Successful Band Marketing, Network

   Probably the single most important thing a live musician can do to successfully market themselves, their band and their music is to network with as many other musicians as they possibly can. I can tell you from experience that I’m able to keep playing gigs because of who I know and associate with in my [...]

Sunday Funnies – These Go To 11

   I would like to post the entire This Is Spinal Tap movie for the Sunday Funnies but it’s just too darn long. Regardless, here’s one of my favorite moments from that movie. It’s where Nigel Tufnel is showing his guitar collection and he discusses his custom made Marshall [...]

Live Musician Central – Weekend Album Picks 10-18-2008

   Every weekend I pick several albums to post on Live Musician Central. The albums I put up are determined by a couple factors. I usually put up a couple that are being heavily promoted by the music industry. These may not be albums that I particularly like but they are albums that are going [...]

Playing A Charity Function Gig

   Playing a charity gig can be a fantastic way to do some good in your community and give you an excellent opportunity to do some band marketing. Every live musician is looking for as much exposure as possible to be able to market their band and music to as many people as they can [...]

A Simple, Effective Accessory – Velcro Cable Ties

   After wrangling with tangled cables for years and years I finally found a fantastic solution. They’re really a no-brainer and something that you should have on every single one of your cables. I’m talking about the accessory that every live musician needs, Velcro Cable Ties!
   I honestly don’t know how I managed all those [...]

Which Famous Guitarist Are You?

   I’ve got a couple of fun things for you today. First of all, have you ever asked yourself the question “Which famous guitarist do I resemble?”. Well, I’m going to point you to a quiz that will let you answer that question. Just follow this link to find out Which Famous Guitarist Are You? Check [...]

Michael Kelly Firefly 4-String Acoustic-Electric Bass

This is an incredible deal on a really good Acoustic-Electric Bass guitar, the Michael Kelly Firefly [...]

Need A Change Of Pace? Go Unplugged and Play An Acoustic Gig

   The “rock band plays acoustic gig” format really came to popularity when MTV introduced the “Unplugged” concert series. The series began in the ’89/’90 season with a concert by Squeeze with Elliot Easton (of The Cars) and Syd Straw. From there the series took off, soon every live musician was working up an acoustic set of their [...]

Sunday Funnies – Robin Trower Makes “The Guitar Face”

   Okay, first of all, Robin Trower absolutely kicks ass playing the guitar. I mean, he’s a joy to listen to. Now that being said, some guys make the funniest “Guitar Face” when they play. It can be the bane of the live musician if you’re feeling it when you’re playing but you look goofy [...]