Banned in their land, an Afghan band plays on in Delhi A small stuffy room, a guitar resting by the wall, a keyboard placed carefully on a small table, an amplifier, a drum-set and chairs all around. A young man entered the room with a welcoming smile on his face and introduced himself as the band manager of 'Yuva Beats, an Afghan refugee band'. The band has given his life—and that of other band members—a new meaning. I thought my life had ended till I found a new meaning to my life here…and that is music. Flipping through the pages of a notebook, Khalid talked about how music has given him the strength and hope to live through the hardships of life. The room had all the instruments which gave the feel of a band’s jam-pad. That’s Khalid, an Afghan refugee, who came to India from Kabul in 2009. ” For Khalid and other

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Review: Fender Acoustasonic 150 Combo Amp

By Steve Martin February 3rd, 2012 at 10:07 am The Fender Acoustasonic 150 guitar amplifier is ideally suited to the gigging musician looking to maximize the sound of an acoustic-electric guitar while taking advantage of a variety of modern features

Hall of fame inductees loved music at an early age

Winter learned to play so quickly that his dad soon bought him an electric guitar and a small amp. Sports also occupied much of Winter's time, but he carved out a portion of his day for music. “I'd come home from football practice and plug in the

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The AGA30 acoustic amp shares many of the features of the current AGA70 and AGA150, and provides 30 Watts of power. Also new is the AGA4-AT, a 4-Watt, Class A, all-tube acoustic amp. VOX says that, in addition to acoustic/electric guitars,

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In fact every guitarist, she says, is only six degrees of separation from Roach. The first Amp Fest in 2006 was three guys: Roach, a record producer named Sean Cummings who is said to have managed Billy Gibbon's guitar collection at one time,

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Now up to version 2.5, POD Farm represents the best they have to offer in amp and effects modeling through software. For this review, I installed the standalone Platinum version on my 2.66 GHz iMac. My guitar of choice was a mid-80's 1962 reissue

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