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There is no substitute for practice. By spending a couple of hours with your instrument every day you develop a special relationship with it.

You need to have a regular practice routine that contains certain constant elements (such as warm-up exercises) as well as variable elements that address your current avenue of study. And performing doesn't count as practice. Although playing gigs, performing in Church or for your personal enjoyment is an essential part of your musical development, it won't replace time in the practice room.

There are times, however, when you just can't maintain a regular practice routine. All the other elements of your life crowd in and you find you have to grab a spare hour of practice wherever you can. It seems futile to embark on any long-range practice projects that will require weeks or months of steady work, because you know it won't happen.

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Coldplay: Speed of Sound Performed by Coldplay, composed by Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion. For voice, piano and guitar (chords only). Format: piano/vocal/chords single. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. Britpop and Alternative Rock. D Major. 8 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.352944) See more info...

Vanessa Carlton: A Thousand Miles Performed by Vanessa Carlton. For voice, piano and guitar chords. Format: piano/vocal/chords single. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. Pop Rock. B Major. Series: Original Sheet Music. 10 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Warner Brothers. (WB.PVM02013) See more info...

Five For Fighting: Superman (It's Not Easy) Performed by Five For Fighting. For voice, piano and guitar chords. Format: piano/vocal/chords single. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. Pop Rock. C Major. 9 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.352391) See more info...

Evanescence: My Immortal Performed by Evanescence. For voice, piano and guitar chords. Format: piano/vocal/chords single. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. Pop rock and hard rock. A Major. 6 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Warner Brothers. (WB.PVM03116) See more info...

Green Day: Boulevard of Broken Dreams Performed by Green Day. For voice, piano and guitar (chords only). Format: piano/vocal/chords single. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. Punk rock and pop rock. F Minor. Series: Original Sheet Music Edition. 7 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Warner Brothers. (WB.PVM04100) See more info...

Maroon5: Songs About Jane Performed by Maroon5. For voice, piano and guitar (chords only). Format: piano/vocal/chords songbook. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. Alternative Rock and Pop Rock. 71 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.306642) See more info...

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Recording With Your PC

The explosion of recording hardware and software has finally collided with low prices and now everybody wants to use their computer to make music. Most of the questions I get at 'Ask the Doctor' are now computer recording related. The amount of sound power being offered from inside a PC today is incredible.

The main problem is that it's too often a complicated process to get the hardware and software installed properly and working correctly. However, once these &configuration& issues are solved, the PC recording environment can be a lot of fun to use and can produce very high quality recordings.

to Mac users: I have no particular bone to pick with the Mac vs. the PC. I used Macs when I first started working at Calliope Studios in NYC in 1986. Back then, for my own projects, the Atari was a lot cheaper and did what I needed, so I used it. PC's and Mac's both crash from time to time and both have their devotees. Use what you're comfortable with. The sound that comes out is only as good as the operator who puts it in. &ProTools this and plugin-X& no more guarantees a hit song than using a &Strat through a Marshall stack& means you'll sound just like Jimi Hendrix.

Remember, grasshopper, As you search for meaning in the musical universe, the computer is a tool that is only as useful as he/she who uses it ...

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