STRUMMING TO A DIFFERENT BEAT

Color your guitar playing by ditching the plectrum and trying pick-hand techniques.

At Reasons To Ditch Your Guitar Pick you'll find a bundle of tricks and techniques that will open up a 'tool box' of new sounds to give your recordings and live performances a twist.

For those looking for more guitar info, be sure to take a look at Guitarz-For-Ever which is packed with all things guitar related.

[Resource http://guitar-tips.musikal-instruments.com/guitar-tips/reasons-to-ditch-your-guitar-pick/]

CRACKING THE US AND EUROPEAN MARKET

Here's an article from the Google group "Australian Music News And Reviews Group". There's a bit of a chat with successful singer songwriter John Butler of the John Butler Trio about the challenges of cracking the US and European market.

Despite spending the last seven years trying to get the attention of the huge American market, the John Butler Trio are only now starting to get recognition and their hard work is paying off. The John Butler Trio can now look forward to knowing within the next tour or two they will break even financially before they leave Australia.

If you're thinking of taking your music, live to the US or European markets, expect a far larger audience, a diverse and unpredictable musical appetite.

You can read this article here.


[Resource http://groups.google.com/group/australian-music-news-and-reviews-group/browse_thread/thread/6dfb1eccc3f4b520/8c93428daeb48315?q=australian+music&rnum=10#8c93428daeb48315]