Nick Long
Nick Long is a musician and broadcast engineer who's been learning new instruments and playing in bands since his early teens. His repertoire covers Indie, Soul, Country, Heavy Metal, Punk, Post Rock and everything in between! He currently plays bass in the band Dark Energy.
In his professional life, Nick has worked in radio since university and spent much of his career in the BBC, designing and building studio and production systems. As a self-taught working musician he's repeatedly found himself hitting walls that can only be overcome with a bit of theory and ear training.
Latest Posts
Listen to Les, Part 3: Audio Effects
November 16, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Audio, Effects, Guitar, Series
Tags: delay, delay effects, echo, Effects, Guitar, Les Paul, Mary Ford, multitrack, pitch shift, playing technique, singing, slapback, vari-speed, vocals
Listen to Les, Part 2: A Recording Revolution
September 23, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Audio
Tags: Les Paul, magnetic tape, multitrack, recording, recording techniques, sound on sound, studio, vinyl
Bass Tone: Bass Effects, Part 2
September 15, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Bass, Effects, Series
Tags: bass, bass effects, chorus, Effects, flanger, fx, Hendrix, modulation, octave, phaser, pitch shift
Listen to Les, Part 1: The Gibson “Les Paul”
August 24, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Guitar
Tags: amps, feedback, Gibson, Guitar, history, Instruments, jazz, Les Paul, rock, tone
Bass Tone: Bass Effects, Part 1
July 5, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Bass, Effects, Series
Tags: bass, compressor, distortion, dynamic range compression, Dynamics, Effects, EQ, fx, limiter, multiband, overdrive, treble
Bass Tone: All Amped Up
June 15, 2011 at 1:00 pm
Bass, Series
Tags: advice, amplification, amps, bass guitar, cabinet, distortion, drivers, electric bass, EQ, Guitar, power, speakers, tone
Bass Tone: Fretless Electric
June 1, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Bass, Series
Tags: bass, fretless, fretless electric, glissando, Jaco Pastorius, slides, techniques
Bass Tone: Playing Techniques, Part 2
May 17, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Bass, Series
Tags: bass, glissando, hammer-ons, legato, playing technique, pull-offs, slides, tapping, tone, trills
Recent Posts
- How to learn from thousands of 3 chord songs
- Capitalising on aural inspiration (Part Two)
- The 3 chords every musician should know
- Capitalising on aural inspiration (Part One)
- Ear Training News
- How to Double Your Progress With Ear Training
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"It is nice to play it as a game. Doesn't looks like training excercise!"
Mousikn
May 2, 2011









