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	<description>Tips on Songwriting, Home Recording and Live Sound from the Cheap Advice Guy</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Record A 16-Track Song On Your 8-Track Recorder</title>
		<link>http://cheapadviceonmusic.com/2008/08/29/record-a-16-track-song-on-your-8-track-recorder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheCheapAdviceGuy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If your studio is based on a computer workstation running ProTools or Cubase, you probably don&#8217;t have to worry about running out of tracks to use for your musical recordings. These days, most commercial recordings use dozens of tracks to achieve the sample-heavy, layered sound of today&#8217;s music. A new track for that subtle timbale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mini-Tip: Let Your New Song Sit For A Bit</title>
		<link>http://cheapadviceonmusic.com/2008/08/26/mini-tip-let-your-new-song-sit-for-a-bit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheCheapAdviceGuy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re like me, when you finally write down the last line of lyrics for that new hit song you&#8217;ve been working on all weekend, the first thing you want to do is to run into your home studio and record the thing. Or maybe you&#8217;ll take it to band practice that night and have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At the Gig:  Five Ways To Avoid Feedback</title>
		<link>http://cheapadviceonmusic.com/2008/08/22/at-the-gig-five-ways-to-avoid-feedback/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheCheapAdviceGuy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Live Sound]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the worst events that can befall a band during a show, aside from actual injury to any of its members, is to have a screeching blast of feedback suddenly deafen the audience, sending the band&#8217;s approval rating spiraling downward. If there is a sound man, he&#8217;ll probably get the blame, although as we&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Low-Cost Carrying Case For Your Recorder</title>
		<link>http://cheapadviceonmusic.com/2008/08/19/a-low-cost-carrying-case-for-your-recorder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheCheapAdviceGuy</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[on-location recording]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As long as you keep your multitrack recorder safely ensonced in your basement studio, perhaps taking it upstairs to record a piano part every now and then, you really don&#8217;t need to think much about its safe transportation. But what if you decide to take it on-site somewhere to record your band playing live? Or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minor Chords Provide Major Benefits!</title>
		<link>http://cheapadviceonmusic.com/2008/08/15/minor-chords-provide-major-benefits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheCheapAdviceGuy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Songwriting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[chords]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning songwriters sometimes get stuck in the &#8220;3-chord stage.&#8221; Once you find out that you can write a normal-sounding song using just A, D, and E (or perhaps C, F, and G), it&#8217;s tempting to just write lots of choruses and verses using just those three major chords, in familiar sequences like A-A-D-A or A-D-A-E. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Items Your Band Should Take To Every Gig</title>
		<link>http://cheapadviceonmusic.com/2008/08/12/7-items-your-band-should-take-to-every-gig/</link>
		<comments>http://cheapadviceonmusic.com/2008/08/12/7-items-your-band-should-take-to-every-gig/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheCheapAdviceGuy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Live Sound]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the sound man for Rusty Strings, I come to every show with a table and chair, microphone cables, an AC extension chords, and two duffel bags filled with stuff. What stuff, you ask? Lots of stuff, I say! In fact, I take with me everything I have ever needed at any of the gigs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast: Exploring A Multi-effects Box For Guitar</title>
		<link>http://cheapadviceonmusic.com/2008/08/08/podcast-exploring-a-multi-effects-box-for-guitar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheCheapAdviceGuy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever considered getting one of those multi-effects boxes to play your guitar through in your studio? If you play guitar and you don&#8217;t have one of these units in your studio you are like, so totally missing out! This podcast tries to convince you to buy a multi-effects box, using a Digitech RP100 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mini-Tip: Get Ideas For Lyrics From A Movie</title>
		<link>http://cheapadviceonmusic.com/2008/08/05/mini-tip-get-ideas-for-lyrics-from-a-movie/</link>
		<comments>http://cheapadviceonmusic.com/2008/08/05/mini-tip-get-ideas-for-lyrics-from-a-movie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheCheapAdviceGuy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Songwriting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lyrics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[song ideas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Does your lyrical well ever run dry? Do you find yourself casting about for an idea, a notion, an opening line - anything to help you kick off a new set of lyrics? I have that happen a lot. If I just write down &#8220;whatever comes to me&#8221; without a specific idea or starting point, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Smart: Setting Up Your Live Mixer</title>
		<link>http://cheapadviceonmusic.com/2008/08/01/get-smart-setting-up-your-live-mixer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheCheapAdviceGuy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Live Sound]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[live mixing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cheapadviceonmusic.com/?p=65</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all remember hapless 60s TV detective Maxwell Smart, also known as Agent 86. (He was the one with a phone in his shoe.) Poor Max bumbled through caper after caper, making it out alive only through the dumbest of dumb luck, and a little help from Agent 99.
When you set up the mixer for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Lyrics: A Step By Step Example</title>
		<link>http://cheapadviceonmusic.com/2008/07/29/writing-lyrics-a-step-by-step-example/</link>
		<comments>http://cheapadviceonmusic.com/2008/07/29/writing-lyrics-a-step-by-step-example/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheCheapAdviceGuy</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cheapadviceonmusic.com/?p=64</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing good lyrics is hard. Writing great lyrics is very hard. I&#8217;ve written hundreds of songs, with hundreds of sets of lyrics, and I can&#8217;t think of a single one that I would consider to be truly great. But hey, a good set of lyrics is OK too, and I have written a fair number [...]]]></description>
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