Archive for January, 2010
Finding Your Music to Mellow Out
Author: MakeTheBandThere’s nothing worse than having a stressful day at work or home and falling asleep with those worries rushing through your head. It’s important to take a little time out each day for you, and often the best way to do this is through music. There’s reason music is often called the language of the soul; it resonates with us like nothing else. Music can inspire us, it can terrify us, it can entertain us, and alternate invoking these various powerful emotions with little effort.
Finding the music that relieves your stress and lets the day just melt away is a matter of personal taste. Nobody can find that great ‘chillout music’ for you, you have to discover it for yourself. Some people might like classical music to relax, or softness the tenor sax that epitomizes smooth jazz, still others might find the frenetic pace of trance to be a welcome escape from the slow, bored pace of day to day life.
The World’s Most Famous Electric Guitar
Author: MakeTheBand
Within the world of the electric guitar, many people know of and are impressed by the Les Paul. In fact, some people consider it the absolute best of the best in electric guitars for sale. But what makes this particular guitar so revolutionary and so special? For one, the entire idea of having a solid body guitar was relatively new at the time of the Les Paul creation. With the original idea created by Lester Polsfuss (or Les Paul), this guitar was not particularly well received by audiences. Determined that the new guitar could be a hit, however, Paul took the idea to noted guitar maker Gibson.
Passing on the original design, Gibson did remember Paul. Playing on Paul’s notoriety as a recording artist, they decided to attach his name to a 1951 version of the solid body electric guitar. While the noted guitar was obviously named after the artist, there is some question about how much input he actually had into the making and design of that guitar. Many people have concluded that the gold top and trapeze tail piece were both inputs from Paul.
