When considering pick thickness — less than 0.45mm to over 1.20mm — you've got to ask yourself one fundamental question: Are you strumming on an acoustic guitar or shredding on an electric guitar?

When talking about bands that take baby boomers back in time to their salad days, which ones come to mind first? Of course, the Beatles will be part of many of these conversations, given how huge they ...

Joni Mitchell has been recognized for her music for decades now and has made adoring fans out of almost everyone. That includes fellow musical greats like Herbie Hancock and Prince, many of whom have ...

David Bowie has given us funky soul tunes that drew hormonal teens to the dance floor as well as rebellious rock songs that got '70s boomers mad at their parents. Those accomplishments are enough for ...

Rock 'n' roll can be a cruel business. Entire subgenres can find themselves thrown on the trash heap the moment fickle musical fashions move on. But like fashion itself, rock music moves in cycles, ...

The best way to learn is to play. Are you going to get better at basketball by reading about basketball? No, you've got to go play it. Same goes for an instrument like the guitar. Beginners need to ...

Tommy James and the Shondells racked up a bunch of hits, became one of the most important rock bands of the 1960s, then largely disappeared from the conversation until 1987, when two covers of their ...

If you've existed for any amount of time, especially in the internet-o-sphere of self-diagnostic quizzes and meme-able knowledge nuggets, then you've probably heard of the so-called "10,000-hour rule.

British-born siblings Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb went from being gawky teenagers trying to earn a buck in 1960s Australia to the Bee Gees, giants of the music world. Their list of achievements is ...

Rod Stewart's career is long, storied, and successful, but the songs he recorded and released in 1971 strongly suggest that he peaked relatively early on, in that very year. Possessing one of the most ...

The concept of duets has been around for a long time, but something happened in the 1980s that took things to a whole new level. Be they power ballads, moody hair metal tunes, or dance classics, some ...

No Eagles song from 1974 performed better on the pop chart than "The Best of My Love," and it only existed because Glenn Frey tried to play guitar like singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Mitchell's ...