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5 Amazing Piano VST Plugins you MUST check out
Piano is the king of instruments, used in pretty much every genre of music, and incredible for music composers, producers, songwriters and music making overall. [...]
The Forgotten Chalumeau (Amazing Instrument)
What is a Chalumaeu? This instrument is essentially the historic ancestor of the modern clarinet. It is a single reed instrument with a cylindrical bore, and ov [...]
The Crazy Otamatone – What is this Instrument?
What is an Otamatone? This is a music instrument, that is basically an electronic synthesiser played with a ribbon controller, that is attached to a silly Pacma [...]
How to Play Drone Strings on Your Guitar
You can use this technique on any fretted string instrument like guitar, bouzouki, mandolin etc, but we are going to focus on the guitar now. What is a Drone in [...]
Kazoo – The Ultimate Meme Instrument
What is a Kazoo? The kazoo is a music instrument that you play by humming into it, which makes a thin membrane vibrate in resonance with the frequencies you hum [...]
How to grow on Social Media as a Musician
Social media is the king of exposure in our modern world, since that is the place where people spend hours every day consuming content. So how can you take adva [...]
Why YouTube is Great for Musicians
Did you know that the most used platform for listening to music is YouTube. Not Spotify, not Apple Music or any of the other big music streaming platforms, but [...]
Ukulele Bass – Quick Guide
What is a Ukulele Bass? This is a fairly new instrument, that have taken the size of a baritone ukulele (the biggest standard type of ukulele) and added thick h [...]
Keytar – Quick Guide for Beginners
What is a Keytar? Basically it is a keyboard that you play while holding it like a guitar, hence the the name which is a combination of keyboard + guitar = keyt [...]
7 Most Expressive Music Instruments EVER!
Do you want to know which music instruments are the most expressive? With expressive I mean the amount of emotion and expression you can put into the performanc [...]