My Nightmare

I have this recurring dream. Seriously, I do; it happens about every couple weeks. I’m on stage somewhere, and at the downbeat of the first song, I realize that I forgot to set up my rig. I’m either on stage with nothing, just standing up there like…what do they call those jerks who don’t have [...]

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BJFe Candy Apple Fuzz Review & Demo

This is the coolest looking pedal I have ever seen.
And that was almost the end of the review. See, I bought this pedal because BJFe effects pedals are like, all the rage right now amongst the boutique snobs (and I mean that in the nicest possible way, especially considering that some might consider me one [...]

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This Weekend’s Musical Non-Negotiables

There are certain things in life you can do without. Like a phaser. I like phasers. But if it came down to it, I could get rid of it and make due. But there are other certain things that you just can’t negotiate against; and some of them I’m learning about just recently…like…this weekend. Here’s [...]

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Three New Songs from U2

Most of the time, I try to keep this site to articles pertaining (at least a little) to guitars, guitar gear, worship music, all the important stuff. But in the intelligent words of Keanu Reeves, ‘Whoa.’ I was really trying to stay out of this, because I knew that everyone would expect a post from [...]

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Notes on a Page

Ever have those moments on stage where it feels like the music is literally inside you, and you can’t get enough of it outside of you, into your instrument? Suddenly you’re no longer trying to play with feel, but the feel of the music is overcoming you, and you’re powerless to stop it? 
I wish these [...]

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Free Fallin’ Altar Call

So on Sunday, we’re ending the service with ‘Amazing Love.’ And I’m playing the progression, softly, and oh-so-worshipfully, underneath our pastor as he gives the altar call. I’ve even got the closed eyes, with the head tilted slightly to the left as if that helps me hear the Spirit better, and I’m giving the ‘Yes, [...]

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Guitar Tone Part 1: The Importance of a Good Instrument

And into guitar tone; in the purest sense of the word. Not the tone of your overall rig, but the tone of your instrument itself. We’ve kind of gone backwards in my own personal (meaning ‘right’, of course ) hierarchy of tone. We discussed the pedalboard tone first, which I consider to be [...]

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Going Back to Solid State

 
 
 
 
 
 
…Just kidding.
Splendid.
Karl.

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Taking Ourselves Seriously

Let’s not.
Especially as worship musicians. We seem to have a real problem with this. (And by ‘we’, I really mean ‘we.’ I’m including myself, not just using an expression.) We should be the ones taking ourselves the least seriously, as it’s assumed that we are doing what we do for something other than [...]

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Zendrive 1 Vs. Zendrive 2 (and the Mosferatu)

As wordpress is so awesome (for those of you who don’t know, I started this site on blog.com and it sucked very much a lot), you can actually see what people search to get to your blog. And one of the biggest searches is for the Zendrive overdrive pedal. The Zendrive is like the celebrity [...]

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