This one's a bit of fun - built in a weekend, and mostly from scrap parts - but it sounds pretty good. Loud enough to be useful, quiet enough for recording... and at less than two watts, I can crank it up without waking the neighbours. ...more

As previously mentioned (June/July issue), the AABA song does not necessarily equal thirty-two bars. For example, Wayne Shorter developed the AABA form in the following manner. ...more

Hi, I'm Kevin Downing and I am very delighted to be bringing you the new Guitar Cool column every two months. I have been a professional guitarist most of my working life and have been involved in all facets of the industry. ...more

Over the next three issues of NZM we are going to look at ways to go about setting up your very own Home Studio or Music & Audio Production Palace or the Black Hole That Sucks All My Money - or whatever you want to call it. ...more

In the last lesson we looked at how we get the diatonic triads from a major scale - we get these chords by simply stacking 3rds on each note of the major scale. This is called the harmonised scale. ...more