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A Five-Part Recipe for Ensuring Ultimate Employability

by Jonathan Ulman
Jun 27, 2018

Create Your Own Success

Before, During, and After the “Big Gig”

by Jim Riley
Nov 30, 2017

Popular Play-Alongs Part: 5: Rap-Metal

In this series of articles we’ve focused on developing the proper performance technique, groove vocabulary, and sound to play a wide variety of tunes. In our final installment, we’ll be combining two types of grooves in a rap-metal tune titled…

by Donny Gruendler
Oct 30, 2017

Popular Play-Alongs: Part 4: Dance-Rock

In the last three play-along articles (July and October 2012 and January 2013), we focused on developing the proper performance technique, groove vocabulary, and sound to play alongside Top 40, pop-punk, and synth-metal tunes. In this month’s installment, we’re taking…

by Donny Gruendler
Oct 24, 2017

Popular Play-Alongs

Part 3: Synth Medal In the last two play-along articles, we worked on the proper performance technique, groove vocabulary, and sounds of contemporary pop/R&B and punk-pop— two styles of music that you’ll likely be asked to play as a working…

by Donny Gruendler
Oct 20, 2017