The original Guitar Hero was released in 2005. The hit game was developed by RedOctane, a company who specialised in unique video game controllers, and music video game developers Harmonix. The rhythm ...
A group of rhythm game genre veterans has re-established the RedOctane Games brand, via a new studio set to launch a fresh Guitar Hero-style title. If the name RedOctane sounds familiar, that's ...
If you are struggling with how to strum a guitar - this is the lesson for you. Each of the strumming patterns in this lesson is progressive in that they build off each other. You may be familiar with ...
The building techniques for some of the finest instruments in the world have changed little in the decades or even centuries that've passed since their inception. And while many instrument makers ...
Welcome to our 1970s based funk lesson, the aim of which is to arm you with the skills you’ll need to create great ’70s-style funk parts. The first technique to examine is 16th-note strumming, which ...
The fretboard can be a complicated terrain to navigate. Many notes can be played at the same pitch in multiple positions, and the third and second strings are tuned a major 3rd apart, whereas the rest ...
Tony McPhee was 14 when he got a guitar for Christmas in 1958. Raised on his siblings’ rock’n’roll and blues records, the Streatham axe-prodigy played his first gig a year later, at his school’s ...
From Television through his solo career, the songwriter created enigmatic tidings and cat’s-cradle guitar structures. He died on Saturday at 73. By Jon Pareles Tom Verlaine was present at the creation ...
In the annals of rock and roll, few roles are as underappreciated as the rhythm guitar player. Often demeaned as the “less talented” part of a two-guitar set-up, the rhythm guitar is normally looked ...