This track  has been supposedly 100% ‘scientifically proven’ to be the most relaxing song in the world...! Named Weightless, the music piece can apparently slow the heart rate, reduce blood pressure and decrease levels of cortisol – a steroid hormone released in response...

Courtesey of David Von Bader | OC Weekly It would seem that everyone not bent on being a DJ these days is buying a guitar. In recent years, there have been unprecedented national advertisements for large chain music stores like Guitar Center all over radio and television,...

The Hamilton Project has just compiled a list of the College Majors With The Highest and Lowest Lifetime Earnings... Unfortunately, it would seem that being an artist or a musician ranks as one of the worst possible careers when it comes to overall lifetime earnings. However,...

He’s played with jazz legends from the past and jam heroes of today; he’s burrowed into the roots of bebop and blazed new territory in the world of funk; he’s a fearless soloist as well as a cool cat to have on your team. His name is John Scofield — and for all he’s accomplished...

Music Reading Course - Phase One 33 Page eBook (plus nineteen MP3 audio examples)  Reading Music - Phase One Course Overview: Music Reading Phase One is a Comprehensive set of project lessons covering the entire 5th reading position on the guitar. Note location...

Imagine calling one of the best local restaurants in your City /Town and asking them the following question...  "I have an exciting proposal: There will be a large group of people over at my house this Saturday night, and I'd like to have your chef, and a few kitchen...

Michelle Kwan, the young musician from Vancouver known for her covers of rock and metal tracks on the traditional Chinese instrument - the guzheng, recently delivered another rendition, this time around taking on the classic Metallica track, "One." It's very apparent that...

Thom Yorke is no stranger to making waves in the digital music world, from the pay-what-you-like release of Radiohead’s - "In Rainbows," in 2007, to his fierce criticism of Spotify in 2013, and now the release of his new solo album Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes through a partnership...

We've made amateur music mainstream... Lionel Richie is convinced nobody will remember songs by Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber in years to come. The Hello hitmaker is adamant that any pop stars who favour popularity and notoriety over quality of music will not stand the...

By Guitar World's "Chris Gill" ...I've spent piles of cash and countless hours chasing down various stomp boxes over the years. So when I got my hands on Zoom’s G1Xon Guitar Multi-Effects Processor, I was tempted to moan, “Oh, I’ve wasted my life,” like the Comic Book...

That Guitar Show. A show for guitar players by guitar players. The guitars. The people. The stories. You can help make it happen! Although the trailer has no content so to speak I like the idea of a guitar show that travels coast to coast meeting guitar players, builders,...

Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley recently dropped by the very-fun-to-visit Vintage Room at Guitar Center Hollywood. While he was there, he chatted (on camera) about what it feels like to play music, his musical beginnings and his relationship with Gibson, the Les Paul...

Courtesy Steve Gordon | Billboard.com From the dawn of the digital era in 1999, with the introduction of Napster, the U.S. recording industry has seen a cataclysmic decline in income, from $14.5 billion at its peak to less than $7 billion in 2013 (accounting for inflation,...

A number of years ago, I was teaching at a guitar workshop in Pittsburgh. I had taught at this annual workshop a number of times and always looked forward to my week there, not only because I was able to teach a class of students who really wanted to learn guitar, but also...

CANADA... Kitchener, Ontario's Mercedes Arn-Horn, (20-year-old lead singer and guitarist of the Juno-nominated punk pop band Courage My Love), took to the main stage of the Kitchener Ontario Independent Music Festival on Sunday afternoon Sept. 21, 2014. Her advice for young...

These videos and audio files are bonus content related to the November 2014 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now or at the Guitar World Online Store. In the last few columns, we looked...

Research proves what our parents have been saying all along: Modern pop music really is worse than older generations of pop music. Not only that, it has negative effects on your brain, too — if you're chiefly a pop music fan, you're likely to be less creative than any other...

Even with the plethora of free and almost free music along with the zillion track libraries available to anyone willing to shell out just $5 - $10 a month, there still some people that pay for music, buying CD's & even LP's.  A lot of people buy to support their...

U2 guitarist The Edge has been granted permission by the California Coastal Commission to build five mansions on the Malibu coast... Following a years-long dispute over the plans, the commission announced on its website that it is permitting the Irish musician, whose real...