Thoughts on the good, the bad, and the ugly of guitaring, composition, and improvisation. Practice, philosophy, resources, intelligent interaction. Plus, brain-droppings and zen posts.
Amp Tone, Effects Placement, and
Cranked-Amp Tone at Any Volume. (since 1997)
A comprehensive professional site dedicated to most or all the issues associated with getting an optimum tone from your particular set-up. Debunks many myths that the music instrument industrial complex tries to sell you in the way of new gear (you need the new Slash Les Paul so you sound just like him!). Your old gear may be fine. but you may not be maximizing its or your potential. The site is partial to tube amps, but aren't we all? Let's face it, good gear is the frosting on the cake that is you. You are the instrument, or you are the cake....or something like that.
Cristian Amigo is an award-winning musician, composer, producer, and writer; an artist who explores sonic and social spaces between Western art music, popular music (jazz/blues, ambient, dub, soul, Latin, funk, afropop), and technology. Known as an acoustic and electric guitarist with an improvising bent, Amigo creates/performs /produces recordings, chamber and orchestral music, operas, theatre and film music, fierce riffs, soundscapes, and songs.
Amigo’s work has been supported by many foundations and public agencies including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), and the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Amigo has a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from UCLA and has studied theory, composition, and performance with masters from various world music traditions. His recordings with his “new music jam band” Kingdom of Jones are available on innova Recordings. Amigo is currently partial to the Fender telecaster, Messiaen, and tube amps.
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