At Bax Music, we’re well aware of just how many devoted music lovers there are out there. We’re also equally aware of just how much all of you lovely music lovers enjoy sharing their thoughts on the subject. As such, we want to open up our very own Bax Music Blog to any music-focused bloggers who want to share the love, and give them access to a wide audience, under their very own name!

In this blog, we’ll be taking a look at the playing style and the gear of Jimi Hendrix. Over the years, his brilliant playing has inspired countless guitarists, and it still does to this day. His influence can be heard across the widest range of musical styles. Because of his early death, his own discography remained limited to just three studio albums: Axis: Bold as Love, Are You Experienced and Electric Ladyland. After his death, a stream of official and unofficial albums was released, of highly variable quality. What is it about a guitarist who died too young, with only three albums to his name, that still inspires guitarists and music lovers?

In our articles about musical instruments, the saxophone simply can’t be left out. It’s remarkable to see how this relatively young instrument – invented in 1840 – continues to hold its own in pop music and jazz. The saxophone is a popular instrument and features on countless classic tracks. We’ll cover the history of this ingenious wind instrument, along with the different types of sax, playing styles and techniques.

One of the questions we often get from our customer support team is: “how much does this guitar weigh?”. To give you a clearer idea of a guitar’s weight, we’ll take a closer look at it in this blog.

Steve Vai is regarded as a guitar virtuoso who has left his mark on rock music with his unique sound. Are you a beginner guitarist who wants to know more about how to get closer to his tone? Then read on!

In heavier styles of music, it’s often the case that you notice the bassist isn’t playing before you notice you can’t hear them anymore. Only a handful of bassists rise above that. Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz is definitely a bassist of whom you can say that. Most fans of heavy metal will know him simply as Robert Trujillo from Metallica. In this blog, you’ll read what it is about his bass playing style that gives him such a distinctive sound.

Hardwired… to Self-Destruct, Metallica’s latest album, is about to be released. With singles like “Hardwired”, “Moth Into Flame” and “Atlas, Rise!”, we’ve already had a pretty good warm-up – it’s shaping up to be a proper old-school album. When you think of Metallica, you probably think of frontman James Hetfield right away, who delivers both the brutal vocals and the tight rhythm parts. No one doubts he can play. So how can you get your guitar sounding like “Papa Het”? We’ll give you a few tips below!

Suppose you’re ready for a different audio-interface or you want to upgrade your current one. In that case, it may be worth taking a look at the options that include an external DSP chip. DSP stands for Digital Signal Processing, and the DSP chip (co-processor or accelerator) takes some of the load off your computer when you’re working with plug-ins. You might already know that this is what you want, but have you also heard of FPGA? This blog post can help point you in the right direction when choosing your new audio interface.

Ask someone to do an impression of a DJ and you’ll probably see them make a scratching motion. But what actually is scratching? And when does a DJ use it? In this blog, I’ll explain how scratching originated, what the basic technique is, and what you need.

You only realise how important the bass guitar is in music when it’s not there for a moment. The bass simply isn’t as upfront, and bass-guitar solos are few and far between. And if you do come across a bass solo, it’s often in an overplayed metal track. Guest blogger Marlies therefore went searching for lesser-known solos from funk and soul, among other genres—her favourites. Ten delicious bass solos in a row! Any additions?

The impulse response (IR) is a relatively new technology that can simulate a specific environment—a hall, room, studio space, the body of an acoustic guitar, and so on. At first, impulse responses were used for reverb effects, such as plug-ins in a digital audio workstation (DAW). These days, they’re also used for other applications.

Writer’s block… the stories from fellow musicians who completely get stuck when writing songs don’t lie. Guest blogger Iris Siemons sees the struggle. As a songwriter, she can offer plenty of advice on inspiration, planning, dedication, flow and… that annoying inner critic.

To get straight to the point: if you don’t make music, you’re not really living. That may sound like a rather firm belief. But however you look at it, Guest blogger Iris Siemons, songwriter and singer, always seems to come back to that conclusion. Iris recommends starting with the most personal instrument there is—the one everyone carries with them: the voice. Singing is good for you!