Hello my bandmates, things have been crazy busy in our world here so I apologize for being a little absent. (At least I’m not subjecting you to my absent-mindedness, heh.) I’ve been researching different methods to distribute your music, so watch for the post about online music distribution next week. This week, I’m going to add my voice to the spirit of Thanksgiving and mention why giving thanks can help minimize your band drama. It’s simple really, every band is a collection... [Continue Reading]
Archive for November, 2008
Sheriff Picks: Thank You Song Tabs & Free Playlist
Ahhh, Thanksgiving. What a great holiday. Whereas some people grow to despise the annual Christmas consumer frenzy, or the defiling commercialism of Valentine’s Day, who in their right mind could take up arms against Thanksgiving? Aside from the good food and good company, what is it that makes Thanksgiving a truly special holiday? I think the answer lies in the word itself: Thanksgiving – Giving thanks. For me, telling someone “thank you” is one of the ultimate good karma... [Continue Reading]
MXTabs.net Street Team: Refer Visits and Win Free Prizes!
The MXTabs.net Street Team is a traffic referrer system that rewards our MXTabs members for referring other visitors by placing an MXTabs.net badge on their website, blog or social media account. To join our MXTabs.net Street team, all you have to do is login to MXTabs.net and go to your My Account page. Once you’re there, you have the option of opening the “Street Team” tab, and then select whatever code you’d like to use to post a badge on your blog, personal website, MySpace... [Continue Reading]
Sheriff Picks: Song Tabs of Music from the 1970s
Two weeks ago I shared with you my featured Song Tabs of Music from the 1960s. In continuing with that idea, today I’m offering up some of my favorite Song Tabs of Music from the 1970s. I’ve had several people refer to me as an “old soul” in my 28 years on this planet, and I’m sometimes lambasted by my blackberry-wielding friends as an outdated fan of “oldies,” or “classic hits.” However, I don’t really tend to think of this music as “classic,”... [Continue Reading]
How to Read a Guitar Tab that Uses ASCII Text
If you’re wondering, “Where is today’s Off-Stage column?” then don’t worry… it’ll be up tomorrow. We just thought that with the many new people beginning to visit MXTabs.net, we’d better cover one of most basic aspects of our website: How to Read a Guitar Tab. So, here we go!!! How to Read a Guitar Tab Tablature, or tab for short, is a method of notating music that is played on guitar or bass guitar. Unlike standard guitar sheet music or different... [Continue Reading]
Patience is the Key | Guest Blog Post by Walt Ribeiro
Put your hands together and give a big round of applause for today’s guest blogger, Walt Ribeiro. Walt’s post entitled “Patience is the Key” discusses one of the most frustrating parts about learning an instrument and new tab. For more about Walt, please read his biography at the end of this post. Patience is the Key Every great painter had it. Every great inventor had it. Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Metallica, Jimmy Paige, and even Green Day had it. Patience. There’s... [Continue Reading]
Sheriff Picks: Song Tabs with Days of the Week in the Title
Ok, first thing’s first: last week I mentioned that I would tell everybody why this new blog column of mine is called Sheriff Picks, so let me cover that real quickly before moving on to today’s topic, Song Tabs with Days of the Week in the Title. Many moons ago when I first began licensing songs for MXTabs.net, the website that you’ve come to know and love didn’t exactly exist yet, save in the minds of a few dedicated marketers, web developers, and database gurus. Then, in... [Continue Reading]
Off-Stage: Your Music is Your Product, So Distribute it!
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been banging a drum, talking about how important it is to have an image that fits your music. Apparently, I’ve been banging it so hard nobody wanted a free edit of their photos, which surprised me at first. Then I realized that it can be pretty scary to send “you” out there to someone you don’t know. I hope that this isn’t the case because even though I can be brutally honest, I really want to help give your bands something to... [Continue Reading]
Free MXTabs.net Wallpaper!
For those of you who are new to MXTabs.net, did you know that we offer Free Guitar Wallpaper? Well, we do. And no, silly, I’m not talking about the kind of wallpaper that you use to decorate the interior walls of your home with. Why would MXTabs.net design and give that away for free?! (And why would you want that hanging in your dining room anyway?!) No, I’m talking about the other kind of wallpaper – the kind for your computer… duh! Good, now that we have that cleared... [Continue Reading]
Open Web Awards: Vote MXTabs.net!
Last Wednesday, Mashable.com began excepting nominations for their 2nd Annual Open Web Awards, an international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology. Websites can be nominated for and voted on in one of 26 categories, including music. And because MXTabs.net is the first legitimately licensed site designed to provide musicians with access to free song tabs, while also compensating music publishers and songwriters for their intellectual property, we thought we’d... [Continue Reading]
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