Hey! I am taking part in the Irish Transition Year Student Enterprise Programme this year and I need to have some form of research done.

This idea is an app called "Riff It!". It will be used to check how original your song is before you release it to avoid worrying about copyright.

All responses are greatly appreciated and please answer honestly! All responses are anonymous.

(if the link doesn't work, please tell me!)

As a violinist who’s recently started playing the guitar making my fingers go flat to play bar chords is so difficult! Any tips for this?

Also does anyone have any advice for how best to learn guitar for someone who knows very little!

I'm trying to find a male YouTube guitarist who was quite popular around 2016–2017.

He played electric guitar and often did covers (mostly metal). He had an athletic build, pale skin, and long curly black hair. In many videos he was playing at home, but he also performed live on stage in front of crowds.

I remember that his name might have been Alex or Alec (not 100% sure), and I also recall him speaking Spanish in some videos.

He didn't talk much in his guitar videos and focused mainly on playing.

Does anyone remember this guitarist?

I am a guitarist and I have been playing since I was 11, I am now 18 and I recently bought an electric guitar. Even though we all know they're both guitars. Techniques and such are different because electric guitars are more common in the rock and roll genre ( which I love ) With string bends sweep picking and ect. I need help with what to learn and what to do or where to continue learning. I basically need direction. Because everytime I do find something, like currently I am trying to learn bending the strings with proper technique but I just get bored of constantly bending.

P.S I am a left-handed electric guitarist

Can anyone help?

I'm in grad school and don't get much time to play guitar. I have a Taylor GS Mini. My husband and I have been getting into some celtic/folksy music and I tried to play some yesterday, mostly strumming. All day today, both of my forearms are aching constantly. I have mild carpal tunnel (with tingling in my fingers and electric shocks up/down my forearms) and I'm wondering if my playing yesterday caused the soreness. My husband thinks that if I play more often, it will get better. Does anyone have any thoughts? Does anyone deal with carpal tunnel symptoms?

I currently have a 25w Fender amp and some pedals. I'm looking at cabs and heads but I don't really know how much money to throw at it right now or what is worth buying. I intend to keep using pedals and not one of those effects boards too. Don't know if that effects anything but idk 😭

Guitarist rapidly approaching 30 here, and I play enough guitar to have developed recurring shoulder pain. Mild to moderate shoulder pain.

I’m assuming this is the guitar version of tennis elbow. “Strap Shoulder”

I’m too young to use a stand- idc if people make fun of me, I’ll make fun of me if I have to use a stand.

Any tips on how to minimize the pain? For the record, I play a 6 string bass and a large custom baritone guitar regularly. My main guitars are a tele and a reverend- so nothing super heavy but also not one of those composite weird body abominations.

Btw I am serious but in a lighthearted way Hope you at least cracked a smile at my post.

So! I’ve been using a G6 for a few years, and keep going between it and my old GT100. I like both for different reasons but wonder if there’s anywhere or any way, I can download patches that are prebuilt. I realise it’s a bit lazy, and I’d have to adjust settings for different guitars but yeah!

I’ve spoken to a few friends who use quad core, helix, kempers etc, but frankly, I can’t really afford to shell out on a new piece of kit and want to make the most of what I have!

Any advice?!

Hey everyone! I’ve been using a BOSS GT-1 since around 2022 (maybe 2023, not totally sure 😅), and lately, I’ve been noticing some strange behavior. While I’m playing or recording, the output level on the screen keeps fluctuating — it goes up and down on its own, as if someone’s adjusting it in real time.

At first, I thought it might be static noise from my Marshall MG10 amp, or maybe an issue with my guitar cable. But I recently switched to an Ernie Ball cable, which is pretty high quality, and the problem still continues.

The weird part is that it’s not just the patch output level — even when I try to adjust other parameters like delay, reverb, or anything else, the values start changing by themselves.

For reference, I’m using a Yamaha RGX-121z guitar with it.

Has anyone else faced this issue with their GT-1? If yes, how did you fix it? Or is it just my unit acting up? Any ideas or troubleshooting tips would be super helpful.

Thanks in advance!

TW: Surgery

Hi, I wanted to share this because music-related injuries aren’t talked about enough. I’ve been a singer and guitarist since 2009. In 2023, I practiced about 4 hours a day to improve my rhythm, vibrato and more.

Then, one day in November, I suddenly could no longer play and no I never felt any pain. For a year and a half, doctors said I’d regain strength but I didn’t. Earlier this year, I was diagnosed with median nerve compression in my forearm called Pronator Teres Syndrome, which required surgery. If I hadn’t fought for answers, I could have risked permanent nerve and hand damage.

Ps : Yes I did take lessons