Reprinted from the NAMM Foundation The pace of scientific research into music making has never been greater. New data about music’s relationship to brainpower, wellness and other phenomena is changing the way we perceive mankind’s oldest art form, and it’s having a real-world effect on decisions about educational priorities. The briefs below provide a glimpse [...]

Statement: In this world full of Guitar Hero fans, anything that could convince one more person to learn to play guitar is a good thing. Right? At South Jersey Music we really believe this, and honestly, we try to explain this to our friends and customers who have children, we tell them that encouraging a [...]

Reposted from; Professor Strings Blog Perhaps the largest emerging market in guitar strings continues to be coated strings. The coated guitar string is still new to many players, and yet widely used. We are going to take a closer look at this type of string and touch on some subjects that rarely get mentioned about [...]