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To Hear our licks Click on the Tab! Welcome to Country Guitar. We have licks, tablature, Videos, rhythm tracks and much more. Most of our tabs are viewable in a PDF file. Available now in our store! Josh Turner's "Your Man" Solo at Top 40 Intros & Solos! We will be adding Guitar Pro 5 format to some of our videos. If you have Guitar Pro 5 you can download the file by clicking GP5. If you are not familiar with GP5 it is tablature & notation software. Welcome to Jam Tracks! This is where you can test your licks with rhythm tracks. We will be adding tracks frequently so play, enjoy and come back. Click on the track name to play mp3. Buckaroo D Shuffle in E Ripping A Wild Wood (C) Boogie (G) Boom Chop (A) Country Shuffle (E) Working Jam (A) Pop Top (G) Skaggs (D) Bluegrass Jam (A) E Shuffle (E) Modern Country (D) Slow Classic Country (G) My instrumental CD "Jack It Up" is just about complete. I will have it in our store soon. It will feature country, jazz, and blues style music. Here is a demo of some of the songs! Jack It Up CD Demo Country Guitar Chord 101 D Video! D dim Video! Eadd9 Am6add9 Asus2 Video! 10 Great CDs for Country Guitar! Here are 10 great albums in no particular order! 1) Alan Jacksons A Lot About Livin' - (Brent Mason) 2) Brent Mason - Hot Wired 3) Brad Paisley - All his albums 4) Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler - Neck & Neck 5) Emmylou Harris - Blue Kentucky Girl (Albert Lee) 6) Dwight Yoakum - Guitars & Cadillac's (Pete Anderson) 7) Albert Lee - In Full Flight: Live At Montreux 8) Redd Volkaert - TeleWacker 9) Johnny Hiland - Johnny Hiland 10) Hellecasters - The Return of the Hellecasters (John Jorgenson, Will Ray & Jerry Donahue) Schmoozing for Gigs By: Ty Cohen If you want to get gigs, then you are going to have to do some schmoozing with club owners, bar owners and people of that nature. This means you are going to have to appear as professional and convincing as possible. You are going to have to come prepared with all the gear you need to successfully market yourself so you can book gigs and get paid. First impressions are the most important thing in this biz. If you want to book gigs then you need to bring the following things with you to a meeting: a resume, a demo, a business card (with a link to your site), a poster or flyer, price and a confidant attitude. And most importantly, dress for success. You don't have to wear a tux, just look presentable. You might even want to bring your instruments in case they want a short live audition, you never know. Hopefully you will get the gig and it will end right there but you may not get hired right away. If this is you then you need to have a little persistence. Stop in every week or so and see if they have anything for you. Ask them if anyone has canceled and if there is a spot that needs to be filled. But beware, there is a fine line between persistence and stalking so be careful you are not doing the latter. Remember, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. There are other places to play besides bars and clubs. Get creative! What about coffee shops, music stores, high school dances, book stores, restaurants, parks, festivals, fairs, or private parties? The same rules apply when meeting with the people that are related to these events and places. If you can't find gigs at these places, ask them to refer you to someplace you can book gigs. If you present yourself professionally then they will respect you, even if they don't have a spot for you. One thing you can try to do is convince the owners or whoever you are meeting with that you can draw a crowd. Don't promise this if you can't make it happen. And if you promise this, then you need to make it happen. I am sure you have friends, family, acquaintances and co-workers that you can convince to come see you. It is even better if you have a solid group of fans going that will show up as well. All of these tips will help you get gigs. Market yourself because no one else is going to do it. Remember, you can be your best asset or your worst enemy. Don't go to a meeting unprepared and don't stalk the people you have meeting with. If you want to get gigs then presenting yourself as a professional, top quality musician the eventually people will be knocking at your door for a change. Author Bio The former owner of an independent record label, current owner of Platinum Millennium publishing & national music industry seminar speaker/panelist. He's also the author & creator of 40+ best-selling music business books, reports, courses, audio products & more "How to" resources, that helped 1000s of people like you to success. Go to www.GiggingforDollars.com for more info. Article Source: http://www.ArticleGeek.com - Free Website Content Samarium Cobalt Pickups VS Regular Fender Noiseless Pickups Buckaroo (Tabs PDF) Ballad Of Jed Clampett (View Tab) Open String Lick in A (View Tab) FL1 Double Stops (View Tab) FL2 More Double Stops (View Tab) FL3 Chicken Pick'n in D (View Tab) FL4 Nervous Breakdown Intro (View Tab) FL5 Open String in D (View Tab) FL6 Open/Double Stops (View Tab) FL7 Solo in G (View Tab) FL8 Ending in C (View Tab) FL9 Transition G to C (View Tab) FL10 Mason Style (View Tab) FL 11 Open String in E (View Tab) FL12 Lick in D (View Tab) FL13 Blues Rhythm Pattern (View Tab) FL14 Chicken Pick'n in C (View Tab) FL15 Shuffle/Swing (View Tab) FL16 Hammer On (View Tab) FL17 Intro in C (View Tab) Em Add9 G Major Scale (View Tab) Playing the G chord Right! Introduction to B-bending Guitars Pull Off Lick in A (ViewTab) GP5 Electro Harmonix Small Clone Chorus Keeley Compressor I highly recommend this pedal. I have tried and own numerous compressor pedals, in my opinion this one is the best. I have a lot of questions about getting great tone, a compressor pedal is a must. Retailing at $200, they are a bit pricey but well worth the money! The Keeley Compressor is the standard for guitar compression. It won the Editor's Pick Award from Guitar Player Magazine and, most recently, the Reader's Choice Award for Stomp Box. It features an internal attack control to make it suitable for high-output active basses. It also features an input sensitivity control which allows it to be used in the studio for keyboards, drum machines, for mastering, and other line level uses. Features metal film resistors and capacitors, true bypass, and matched transistors matched for gain within 1%. Intonation Intonation is the ability to keep tune or keep same pitch for the entire length of the fret board. Having good intonation is essential part of playing guitar. You can have a guitar in perfect tune when the string are played open but when when fretted they are out or not in sync with the other strings. The slightest change can cause bad intonation. If you switch string gauges or temperature changes can cause you guitar's neck to shift or change. Also if you adjust the truss rod you may need to change intonation. I have found after I make a truss rod adjustment it is usually the next day before the neck settles then I make intonation settings. Guitars with individual saddles can be adjusted fairly easy. Your saddles have screws that hold them to the bridge. Tightening or loosening the saddle is how you adjust the intonation of a guitar. This makes the string longer or shorter thus changing intonation. If you look at your saddles they will probably be in different positions, not in a line. A string that has the same pitch played open as fretted on the twelfth fret has good intonation. All strings should have the same pitch played open and fretted on twelfth fret. Adjusting Intonation or Intonating a Guitar There are a couple things you will need to set your intonation. A screwdriver and good tuner. I recommend a strobe tuner as you will need precise tuning. Also use a chord to connect to your tuner for more accurate reading. Tune your string played open to pitch. Fret and play the twelfth fret. It should be the same pitch, if it is not here is what you do. If the twelfth fret is sharp move the saddle away from the fingerboard or making the string longer. If the twelfth fret is flat move the saddle closer to the fingerboard or make the string shorter. Remember to keep your hands off the neck after striking the note when tuning. The slightest weight on the neck can change the pitch. Do this for all strings and your guitar's intonation will be complete. Sign up for our monthly news letter. It will keep you informed on what is new at CountryGuitar.com. 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