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It’s not often I get totally blown away by an album release but this is definitely the exception. Dave Brons took a huge leap of faith to quit his day job to peruse a dream of being a full time musician. Dave launched an online crowd fund to create the dollar to bring us this fantastic album “Based on a true story” I personally know Dave to be a really great, kind and thoughtful guy... read more.

If you have been thinking about boosting your income with guitar teaching but don’t know where to start, this blog is for you! Teaching guitar is great for me because it allows me to support composing and performing my own music.  It's also very easy to upscale when you need a bit of extra cash or downscale when you have a tour or a composition deadline. I’ve been teaching guitar for 20 years and I... read more.

Post provided by one of StringsDirect’s expert guitar bloggers – Mark Thompson from ‘Guitar Addiction’ Before we go on let me tell you what the brown sound is not, it is not;  The sound of HP sauce coming out of the bottle. The contemporary arts impressionist sound of colours including brown and plum.The sound of brown paint splashing onto canvas. The legendary low frequency sound that makes people poo their own pants (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9mB0OGWkYE) What is... read more.

Post provided by one of StringsDirect's expert guitar bloggers - Mark Thompson from 'Guitar Addiction' I often see busy shredder threads in our group ‘Guitar Addiction Facebook’. Guys love to talk and share about their favourite guitar God. John Petrucci’s name crops up more often than many others, so I thought I’d get one of our guys to share his thoughts about him and check back at the close of the conversation on this incredibly... read more.