August 17, 2011
If you’re a keen guitarist with an iPhone, iPad or similar, then you may or may not be aware of the plethora of apps aimed at musicians out there. Some apps can be quite expensive, and professional grade music equipment isn’t cheap either – so if you’re eyeing up a new amp, replacing your pickups or repairing ol’ faithful at least you can save some money in the app department.
October 3, 2010
Rhythm games will never die. Dance Dance Revolution can be considered the holy godfather of rhythm games, but now guitar jam games – like Guitar Hero and Rockband – carry the standard. More than one freeware alternative already roam the web, but not all possibilities have been explored. This is obvious when we look at [...]
September 8, 2010
Paul McCartney cannot read sheet music, and nor can I. The internet has done wonders for budding bedroom musicians all over the world. Since the rise in the popularity of free guitar tablature websites, it is now possible to conduct a quick search and learn how to play some of your favourite songs without actually reading [...]
March 18, 2010
Recently, I started taking guitar lessons. One of the benefits of learning how to play the guitar is that you finally have something to do to entertain people when they visit. The downside of playing guitar is that you have to maintain the thing, which most of the time just means learning how to tune [...]
March 9, 2010
In this article, I’m going to outline some of the top resources that I use to find guitar chords for songs that I want to learn how to play. Recently, I decided that I needed a way to relax and get rid of stress – something that is somehow unconnected with the computer. I remembered [...]
March 29, 2009
I want to be able to play guitar before I die. Of course, I also want to play the harmonica, piano, get a great voice and learn C++, amongst other things. So, for the time being, I guess I’ll have to settle for digital jamming. Guitar Hero and Rock Band are great, but also very [...]
August 19, 2008
Frets on Fire is a free and open source game for Windows, Mac and Linux that comes with the goal of picking up your keyboard and trying to rock out just like the first guys on the keytar. Frets on Fire will definitely remind you of Guitar Hero, because the gameplay is very similar. If [...]
August 18, 2008
If you’ve played a video game console in the last couple of years, there is almost a 100% chance you’ve come into contact with a color-matching game. Dance Dance Revolution (DDR to the initiated), Guitar Hero, and Rock Band are all games in this genre. Guitar Hero in particular has been reproduced or cloned on [...]
May 12, 2008
If you like to play a little guitar in between reading Make Use Of and surfing the internet then I am sure you’ve often wished for a few free tools to help you learn your guitar playing online. Unfortunately most decent guitar software and tools are either commercial or shareware. Well luckily there is always [...]
February 6, 2008
I did some research on iPhone specific websites and found out, to my surprise, that there were quite a few out there. Aibek has covered iiPhone web apps before, but here’s a small list of more websites specifically designed for the beautiful iPhone. Information / News Web Apps : CBS News: www.cbsnews.com/iphone Fox News: iphone.foxnews.com [...]
