In order to advance your music careers, becoming proficient with your instrument is not only an advantage; it's necessary.
And learning which equipment and gear that is going to serve you well can really bring about an awesome advantage for you.
In a day where new tools are being created every week, it's going to be fairly impossible for you to keep up to date on all of them. Which is of course why I try to keep you up to date, so that you can learn which equipment is worth your time, and which is simply going to be a waste.
This includes software as well. So certain programs that can help you compose (such as Guitar Pro) will certainly be mentioned here.
I'm only going to review equipment that I have personal experience with though, so that way you know all of the knowledge I share will be very practical and based on my real experience with the gear.
I give 4 starts to the Guitar Pro Software App for iPod Touch/iPad. To say that I was a bit excited to see there was a Guitar Pro app coming out is a little bit of an understatement.
But as with everything else, Guitar pro has it's issues (Generally in the technical difficulties category).
My Behringer HA400 Mini Headphone Amplifier Review reveals that although the unit is a decent little thing (perfect for home audio), the cheap power adapter and singular input simply makes it not practical (Although usable) for musicians.
The POD X3 Live Multi-effects pedal board may be an awesome tool, and can create amazing tones, but because of it's reliability issues we find that this one might be better suited for the recording studio
The Marshall MG30 30 Watt Solid state amp gives a sound that is surprisingly good considering it's lack of tubes, and the effects show a really big emphasis on quality, especially the delay and reverb effects.
Software Reviews
Guitar Pro 5 is an Amazing Program that would be much more Awesome without the technical difficulties and consistent crashes...
Soundike Music Shop is an easy to use service that gets you some of the cheapest and highest quality Mp3's around, too bad you can find the exact same files on the pirate bay.
Kristal Recording Software is a Mediocre Digital Workstation that serves it's purpose as a free "Musical Idea Notebook".
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I recommend you take a look at my Video on How To Build Your Own DIY Ambient Stage Lights. These pot lights can give you just the extra light space you need on the stage to help create a better show for your audience.
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Their newest album, "The Fall", was even recording entirely on an iPad! I highly recommend they become an integral part to your music library, and I've been listening to them for the last month straight (Religiously).