Life to Lifeless is one of those songs that i really love to listen again and again. Its not too long that i am listening to Killswitch Engage, and "Life To Lifeless: was the first number of them i ever listened too. The song is too good.
Isn't it a fact that we are always going from life to be lifeless? Isn't it good to learn from your pains. The most influencing line in the song happens to be "There Is no Darkness, Without Light, to teach us of ourselves."
Well just listen and watch this great song and have a look at the lyrics too.
Just go thorugh the lyrics while you are listening to the song. I found the lyrics awesome.Humanity cover me with the ashes of remembrance
I will learn from this pain
there is no darkness without light to teach us of ourselves
Humanity cover me with the ashes of remembrance
I will learn from this pain
life to lifeless to eternity, life to lifeless the cycle repeats
death unfolds itself painfully to unmask how fragile we are
death unfolds itself painfully, teacher of sanity
the pain drags me down
I'll rebuild me
the pain drags me down
I'll rebuild me
Humanity cover me with the ashes of remembrance
I will learn from this pain
life to lifeless to eternity, life to lifeless the cycle repeats
life to lifeless to eternity, life to lifeless the cycle repeats
life to lifeless to eternity, life to lifeless the cycle repeats
Friday, May 18, 2007
KillSwitch Engage - Life To Lifeless
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Learn Guitar Online
Learning the guitar (or any other musical instrument) is a highly interactive task. You would normally be taught step-by-step how to tune your guitar, the basic chords and strumming rhythms and your teach would be able to correct you and show you how its supposed to be done.
But due to modern day technology, learning to play the guitar online is becoming more and more popular. In this article I'll discuss the pros and cons and if this method is indeed effective.
Pros
1. You can do it at your own pace and leisure.
Most of us with fulltime jobs and families (but aspires to be a Guitar Hero) have only the late hours to learn and practice. An online course works great as you can login anytime and start the next lesson.
2. Its much cheaper
As opposed to paying a tutor per lesson, an online guitar course can cost as little as $40 for an entire course with ear-training software to boot!
3. A good course is just like having a real teacher
I found a wonderful guitar learning method that had well produced, high quality videos that showed me exactly how each chord should be played, and I can replay it as many times as I like without irritating a real-life teacher!
Cons
1. You can do it at your own pace and leisure.
Yes, you read correctly. The same freedom can also work against you as you will not be motivated to practice. Make sure you set goals and motivate yourself constantly.
2. Your PC might be slow or distorted.
Make sure your PC is all tuned up and your sound card and speakers are all working fine before you attempt an online guitar course.
3. Lack of personal guidance
Sometimes you'll want to ask something and an online course will not have a one-to-one consultation. This can be overcome by making friends with other guitarists and getting together once a week to share and play together.
The verdict? It depends on your level of commitment to your craft, the more you put in, the more you'll get out of it. Guitar playing needs time and practice and there's no simpler way out, although a solid and complete online guitar learning method will help a lot! I've read of some success stories from online courses and like I said, it depends on your perseverence and determination.
I hope you've found this article helpful. Remember to never give up and keep practicing, that's how all guitarists got that way. No one was born with the skill to play, it was all cultivated!
Tune Your Guitar By Ear
How To Tune Your Guitar By Ear
by: Mike Hayes
1. The very first thing you need to know is that learning to tune your guitar takes time.
Some things on guitar can be learned in minutes, some in days, and others in weeks, but tuning will sometimes take even longer, because you have to train your ears. If results come slowly or don't seem to be making any progress, don't be discouraged, just keep working at it.
2. It will help you to know that the ear is a very skilled instrument for taking in sound. Your ear hears four things in each sound: Pitch, Duration, Volume and Tone Quality.
Pitch is how high or low the sound is. Duration is how long it lasts. Volume is how loud it is. Tone quality is the "character" of the sound. If we were to play the same pitch, at the same volume, for the same length of time on piano, clarinet, flute, violin, guitar, doorbell, or car horn, your ear could tell one instrument (or car horn) from another because of the tone quality. That's because each instrument has a different "character" or "personality" of sound. You can prove you have this ability to tell one sound from another by listening to sounds without looking where they come from.
The point I want to emphasize is that you already hear very well. Learning to tune your guitar is learning a new way of using your hearing.
3.The next thing to know is that when you are tuning your guitar you want to listen only to the pitch of the strings. The quality of the pitch will differ between two strings, and this may at first confuse your ear. You'll mistake the difference in quality as a difference in pitch. For example when playing the first string open and the second string at the fifth fret, you may notice that the first string may sound 'crisper', while the second string will sound a little "darker" in quality. The darker quality of the string at first can be misunderstood to sound lower in pitch. (You may use different words to explain how the strings sound to you, but the idea is that the tone quality of each string will sound different). If you understand that the ear hears a combination of pitch, volume, duration and quality all at the same time, it will help you to filter out the quality from the pitch and overcome the basic problem of tuning.
4. The steps involved in tuning your guitar: The first step is to tune one string to a note from another source. You could use another guitar (one that has already been tuned), a piano, or somebody that know how to tune could guide you along.
A better source is a tuning fork. (It's better because you don't need anybody else around or any other instrument. If, for example you learn to tune to a piano, you're going to have a problem if ever you need to tune and there's no piano handy).
A tuning fork is a U shaped piece of metal with a stem on it. The fork is designed to vibrate at a particular pitch. You can get one that gives you the pitch of the first string on the guitar. (Look for one that has the letter E and the number 329.6 stamped on the stem).
To use the tuning fork you hold it by the stem, tap the U shaped fork against something solid, and place the stem (not the tip of the fork) on either the body, or the bridge of your guitar. (For electric guitars can place it on the pickup). You should hear the note which the vibrating fork produced. The note is the correct "source".
You now adjust the first string to match the pitch of the tuning fork. You do this by finding the correct tuning gear for this string and then turning the gear slowly in one direction or the other. After about half a turn you should hear the string change pitch either up or down. This will tell you which way you have to turn the gear to tighten the string (to raise the pitch) and which way to loosen the string (to lower the pitch).
Now compare the sound of the string with the sound of the tuning fork. If the string is lower than the tuning fork, tighten the string to raise the pitch. If the string is higher than the tuning fork, loosen the string to lower the pitch.
Go slowly. Do not turn the gear rapidly. Turn about a quarter of a turn and then compare the string to the tuning fork again. (You'll have to strike them both again). You'll probably have to repeat this process several times. When the string sounds close to the fork make smaller turns.
When you think the first string is in tune, use the following steps (one to five) to tune the rest of the strings. (Remember, you can only tune as well as your ears hear now. With practice, you can become a better tuner). The following steps repeat the process of matching one pitch with another. The difference is that instead of using a tuning fork you will listen to the string you have just tuned, and try to match the next string to this one.
1. Place the finger behind the fifth fret of the 6th string. This will give you the tone of the 5th sting. (A)
2. Place the finger behind the 5th fret of the 5th string to get the pitch of the 4th string. (D)
3. Place the finger behind the 5th fret of the 4th string to get the pitch of the 3rd string. (G)
4. Place the finger behind the FOURTH FRET of the 3rd string to get the pitch of the 2nd string. (B)
5. Place the finger behind the 5th fret of the 2nd string to get the pitch of the 1st string. (E)
Become a Good Guitar Player
The secret to becoming a really good guitar player is, start playing and never stop. It really IS that simple!
Many people say "Gee you know, I've always wanted to play guitar, or I'd like to play guitar but I don't think I'll be very good at it".
You know if you really want to play guitar, just start. Don't listen to all the advice of all the people around you.
Now, here's a little story I'm sure many of you will be able to relate to. It's a story about Paddy - a guy who knew what he wanted to do and followed his heart.
When Paddy was in grade five at school, the teacher asked the class "What do you want to be when you grow up?". She would ask each member of the class.
"What do you want to be when you grow up, Jimmy? "
Jimmy would say. "A doctor miss".
"Oh that's very good choice Jimmy, that's great".
"What do you want to be when you grow up, Mary?"
"I'm going to be an accountant miss"
"Excellent choice, very good choice"
Now when it came to Paddy, she asked.
" What do you want to be when you grow up, Paddy?"
Paddy replied, "a guitar player".
The whole class errupted in laughter. The whole class .... it was just amazing. Paddy wasn't expecting this reaction. He had no idea why this was happening . Paddy hadn't started to play guitar or anything yet, but that's really what he wanted to do.
So the teacher asked again.
"What do you really want to do when you grow up, Paddy?"
Paddy said, "play guitar".
And the same thing only louder, everybody laughed. Paddy just couldn't work out why they had this reaction. So he sat down red faced and quite puzzled trying to work this out.
Anyway, a year later, the teacher asked the class, "what do you want to be when you grow up". When it came to Paddy's turn, the teacher said.
"Now Paddy, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
So Paddy stood up, he wasn't as confident this time as he was the previous year, but he said.
"A guitar player".
And the same thing, the whole class erupted. Paddy looked around for support from the teacher but.... she was kind of buckled up in pain trying to hold back the laughter. And so anyway he got to thinking that maybe he wasn't giving them the answer they want.
So the next year, he was prepared for it. Paddy thought, right, I've got the hang of this now. So when it came around to his turn again, she asked.
"Now Paddy"...... and of course the class is just waiting for his answer.
"Now Paddy, what are you going to do when you grow up? What do you want be?"
this time, he said............"a swimmer".
And the whole class laughed AGAIN!. By this time he was REALLY angry ... he looked down to his, (now) ex -friend , who was sitting pretty close to him and Paddy asked....
"What's SO funny about that?"
The guy just looked up and said...
"But you CAN'T swim!"
Paddy exclaimed, " does that matter?"
He just couldn't really get the hang of this. Of course the thing was Paddy really wasn't giving them the stock standard answer that they wanted. Like a doctor or a dentist or something like that. But that's really what Paddy wanted to do and the reality is that all he's ever really done.
Now the reason why I'm telling you this is because the formula to become a really good guitar player is quite simple. There's only two steps.
Decide to do it. Do it.
Now, along the way you'll need a properly set up guitar. You'll need your equipment to be easy to play. And you'll need top quality information. But the most important thing is you need to be internally motivated. That's if you want to be really good. If you are internally motivated that means you REALLY want to play guitar, that's what you want to do. There's really nothing that can stop you.
So until next time have fun with your guitar playing and if that's what you want to do, just go for it!