My band is recording our second album next month. We are kind of popular in Central Illinois, and for this album we are working with a kind of big wig producer who thinks that there is going to label interest. Maybe not major label interest, but there is a chance that my band could make music our ca...

I usually play a jazzmaster, and I recently bought a mustang, so I've been doing the punch harmonic to mimic the behind-the-bridge sound. Gets the job done when my band plays live.

I recently bought a Squier bullet mustang with a Dimarzio Super Distortion in the bridge. I really like the bridge pickup, but the stock neck pickup leaves a lot to be desired. I almost never play on the neck pickup, but my band does have one song that fell flat on its face live because the neck pic...

My friends and I were arguing about this I think it might be Less Than You Think by Wilco.

How do you guys get back into songwriting after a long time?
It has been a year since I've been a habitual songwriter. Every time I try to write a song or a poem I fail. I can't even get a melody or chord progression under my fingers anymore. How do I do it again?

I've listened to Townes Van Zandt's self titled record all the way through pretty much every day for the past week. He was the freaking greatest.