http://www.artipot.com/authors/6156/e-walker/ Latest articles by E Walker from Artipot - your one-stop resource for free articles. http://www.artipot.com/articles/134873/the-story-of-country-sensation-dixie-chicks.htm There's old country. There's new country. Then there are the Dixie Chicks. Tue, 13 May 2008 19:43:00 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/134873/the-story-of-country-sensation-dixie-chicks.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/134486/a-short-history-of-country-group-dixie-chicks.htm The Dixie Chicks are a country/rock music trio from the United States comprising Emily Robison, Martie Maguire and Natalie Maines. They are the highest-selling female band in any musical genre, having sold 36 million albums as of June 2006. Mon, 12 May 2008 11:48:58 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/134486/a-short-history-of-country-group-dixie-chicks.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/134076/a-short-history-of-country-legend-van-morrison.htm George Ivan "Van" Morrison (born August 31, 1945) is a singer and songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He plays a variety of instruments, including the guitar, harmonica, keyboards, and saxophone. Featuring his characteristic growl--a unique mix of throaty folk, blues, Irish, skat, and celtic influences. Sun, 11 May 2008 08:20:37 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/134076/a-short-history-of-country-legend-van-morrison.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/133862/facts-about-country-singer-taylor-swift.htm Her parents are Andrea and Scott Swift. Her brother is Austin Swift. She has written over 200 songs.Her song 'Mary's Song (Oh My, My, My)' was written based on her next door neighbor's relationship. She never actually dated the boy named Cory in her song 'Stay Beautiful'. Sat, 10 May 2008 13:56:49 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/133862/facts-about-country-singer-taylor-swift.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/133852/a-biography-of-country-star-taylor-swift.htm Seventeen year-old Taylor Swift is the only female artist in Country music history to write or co-write every song on a Platinum selling debut. Sat, 10 May 2008 13:31:41 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/133852/a-biography-of-country-star-taylor-swift.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/133578/3-ways-to-select-the-right-guitar-for-you.htm There are many kinds of guitars in the world, and finding the one that suits your personality and the kind of music you like to play can be daunting. Nevertheless, as long as you're armed with the right kinds of tips in choosing one, especially if it is your first guitar, you will never go wrong. Fri, 09 May 2008 14:45:16 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/133578/3-ways-to-select-the-right-guitar-for-you.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/133539/all-about-guitar-tabs-for-guitarists.htm Whether you like it or not, guitar tabs will play a huge role when it comes to playing guitar. You might as well know what they are, their components, and everything else that make up the guitar tabs. Fri, 09 May 2008 12:40:42 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/133539/all-about-guitar-tabs-for-guitarists.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/133462/best-way-to-change-strings-on-your-steel-guitar.htm I'd like to share my thoughts about steel guitars and string changing. I've found over the years that If you play your guitar (It doesn't matter what brand) 1 hour a day you should change your strings between 10 to 14 days. If you play more often than that you should change every week. If you didn't play a note on your guitar for three weeks you'd still need to change them.... Fri, 09 May 2008 08:41:00 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/133462/best-way-to-change-strings-on-your-steel-guitar.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/133441/how-did-country-music-started.htm The hillbilly music of the south is a genre of music that is beginning to grow at an immense rate throughout the United States. Originating in Bristol Tennessee, country music is a type of music that integrates the blues, jazz and originally some "hillbilly folk" with a bit of swing, and just recently some pop has been added to the sound. The lyrics represent the "faithfully... Fri, 09 May 2008 07:51:10 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/133441/how-did-country-music-started.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/133116/standard-e9th-tuning-for-country-guitar.htm Sometimes it might seem that there are as many ways of tuning a pedal steel as there are pedal steel players. But if you strip the personal touches and enhancements from the guitars of the most players, you'll find a common denominator of 3 pedals and 3 knee levers. In most instructional material, the pedals are called A, B and C, and the knee levers are called D, E and F. Thu, 08 May 2008 09:55:53 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/133116/standard-e9th-tuning-for-country-guitar.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/132788/the-c-scale-tuning-for-pedal-steel-country-guitar.htm In this article, I will talk about using C Scale tuning for pedal steel country guitar playing. This tuning lends itself easily to most musical forms, including classical, new age, jazz, and adult comtemporary. In modern pop and dance music, it turns the pedal steel guitar into a versatile controller for the latest electronic effects. Wed, 07 May 2008 12:18:29 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/132788/the-c-scale-tuning-for-pedal-steel-country-guitar.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/132731/use-c-scale-tuning-for-the-pedal-steel-guitar.htm The pedal steel guitar tunings currently in common use hinder the acceptance of the instrument in musical forms other than American "Country" music. The addition of pedals greatly extends the capabilities of a steel guitar. Just as the logical extension of a chordal tuning is to give the player more chords at every fret, a scale tuning can be logically extended to give the... Wed, 07 May 2008 09:46:01 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/132731/use-c-scale-tuning-for-the-pedal-steel-guitar.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/132470/introduction-to-pedal-steel-country-guitar.htm The pedal steel guitar tunings currently in common use hinder the acceptance of the instrument in musical forms other than American "Country" music. An alternate tuning based on the natural C scale is proposed and explained. Tue, 06 May 2008 19:39:32 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/132470/introduction-to-pedal-steel-country-guitar.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/130396/guitar-improvisation-techniques-and-tip.htm Take a walk with us as we examine several different methods you can use to improvise and improve your lead guitar playing techniques and learn how to incorporate music theory knowledge into your improvisation techniques Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:41:57 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/130396/guitar-improvisation-techniques-and-tip.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/127248/you-are-only-as-good-as-the-wood-of-your-acoustic-guitar.htm Tone woods. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:51:27 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/127248/you-are-only-as-good-as-the-wood-of-your-acoustic-guitar.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/125922/google-adwords-to-promote-affiliate-programs.htm The key to creating successful ads on Google's Adwords Program is Relevancy. In order to have a high click-through-rate, your ads have to be relevant to the keywords you are using. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:08:03 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/125922/google-adwords-to-promote-affiliate-programs.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/125569/tips-in-creating-an-affiliate-cash-flow.htm Profitable businesses stay afloat by providing constant profits. In order for any business to survive it has to be profitable. This is why businesses resort to having affiliate programs in the first place. If a business has to constantly finance their own advertising budget, their room for growth becomes narrow. It takes money to make money Pure and simple. With the help of... Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:14:53 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/125569/tips-in-creating-an-affiliate-cash-flow.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/125204/to-affiliate-success-most-important-tip-exposed.htm Believe it or not, you may have money slipping through your fingers right now Simply because you are not tracking your website's activity. Tracking may sound difficult and time consuming, but with the available software today and free tools out there, you really have no reason to not track your web statistics. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:20:40 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/125204/to-affiliate-success-most-important-tip-exposed.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/124968/an-overview-of-marketing-affiliate-programs.htm A relatively new method of generating income in the age of the Internet is called affiliate marketing. It is an option for making money that a great many site owners have adopted, with a great deal of success. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:54:06 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/124968/an-overview-of-marketing-affiliate-programs.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/124936/getting-the-best-affiliate-marketing-mindset.htm Perfectionists will hardly ever accomplish anything. Sounds kind of contrary to what you would normally believe, but it is true. When an affiliate marketer spends most of his or her time attempting to perfect their affiliate marketing strategy, nothing is ever finished. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:39:17 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/124936/getting-the-best-affiliate-marketing-mindset.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/124676/make-use-of-cheap-internet-banner-advertising-affiliates.htm For years now, internet banner advertising has captured the World Wide Web for it has become a large help in saving an amount of money while reaching beyond territories. Affiliate Marketing banner advertising played a major part in market trafficking all over the internet and many individuals and companies have bought themselves these cheap internet banner advertising. Some... Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:04:52 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/124676/make-use-of-cheap-internet-banner-advertising-affiliates.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/124546/affiliate-programs-how-to-write-articles-to-boost-sales.htm If you've been checking out this series of articles, you've seen how important it is for any serious affiliate marketer to have good web content. Good content can mean the difference between someone clicking onto your site and clicking away a moment later and someone staying for a while and then clicking through to buy the affiliate marketing product or service you're trying... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:41:10 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/124546/affiliate-programs-how-to-write-articles-to-boost-sales.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/124326/cheap-internet-banner-advertising-for-affiliates.htm For years now, internet banner advertising has captured the World Wide Web for it has become a large help in saving an amount of money while reaching beyond territories. Affiliate Marketing banner advertising played a major part in market trafficking all over the internet and many individuals and companies have bought themselves these cheap internet banner advertising. Some... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:13:52 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/124326/cheap-internet-banner-advertising-for-affiliates.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/122470/tips-on-playing-guitar-power-chords.htm Power Chords are an important aspect of playing lead guitar and lies somewhere between basic and intermediate guitar playing. Mostly used in classic rock music, power chords can be used in progressive, metal and other forms of rock music. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:10:43 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/122470/tips-on-playing-guitar-power-chords.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/122465/why-every-guitarist-should-use-guitar-backing-tracks.htm Guitar backing tracks are essential armory that every lead guitarist should have. Without it, it would be difficult to play solos or lead guitar.If you have moved from the basic stage into the advanced stage then it doesn't mean that you are ready to play the solo or lead live on stage. There are many more aspects to playing a guitar solo and one of them is learning to play... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:55:17 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/122465/why-every-guitarist-should-use-guitar-backing-tracks.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/121331/how-to-improve-your-lead-guitar-playing-by-using-backing-tracks.htm Playing the lead or solo at a live gig is the greatest moment for any lead guitarist and the best way to be perfect is by practicing with the help of guitar backing tracks. Whether you are interested in playing lead for classic Rock, heavy metal, hard rock, bluegrass, blues guitar or any other genre, you will not be able to achieve perfection without the guitar backing tracks. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:33:17 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/121331/how-to-improve-your-lead-guitar-playing-by-using-backing-tracks.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/121227/using-guitar-backing-tracks-to-improve-your-lead-guitar-playing.htm Playing the lead or solo at a live gig is the greatest moment for any lead guitarist and the best way to be perfect is through playing with the help of guitar backing tracks. Whether you are interested in playing lead for classic Rock, heavy metal, hard rock, bluegrass, blues guitar or any other genre, you will not be able to achieve perfection without the guitar backing... Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:52:23 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/121227/using-guitar-backing-tracks-to-improve-your-lead-guitar-playing.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/120938/major-and-minor-scales-for-lead-guitar-explained.htm Why are you learning the guitar? The most obvious answer for aspiring lead guitarists would probably be to master the various scales and to play blazing solos on stage. Well! Playing the guitar is one thing and playing a lead guitar on stage in a live gig is another thing. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:27:22 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/120938/major-and-minor-scales-for-lead-guitar-explained.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/120794/major-and-minor-scales-for-guitar-playing.htm Why are you learning the guitar? The most obvious answer would probably be to master the various scales and to play the solo on stage. Well! Playing the guitar is one thing and playing a lead guitar on stage in a live gig is another thing. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:04:04 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/120794/major-and-minor-scales-for-guitar-playing.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/120792/the-5-easiest-songs-to-play-lead-guitar-with.htm Learning to play the lead guitar comes in the advanced stage of guitar mastery. If you are able to learn some of the tricks of guitar improvisation then you will be able to play a solo with ease. Any rock or metal band normally has a lead guitarist and a rhythm guitarist but more often than not, it is the lead guitarist who takes the center stage. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:00:01 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/120792/the-5-easiest-songs-to-play-lead-guitar-with.htm