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Nothing will kill an otherwise great performance than a band not playing together or speeding up and slowing down during a song. Fortunately for us, there is a piece of old-school tech made especially to take acre of tempo issues. It's called a metronome and lots of musicians hate them. Why? Because the are hard. And unforgiving. And so musicians make up a million bad reasons for not using one. Reasons to use one?1) Helps you play and stay with a band2) Allows you to not ruin expensive recording sessions3) Makes you able to play with ever-more common backing tracks4) Makes sure you don't suck5) Makes audiences less likely to throw stuff at the stage and walk out.Want more tips on how and why to use a metronome and some online resources? Check out "Tick, Tock, Click, Clock: How and Why To Use a Metronome" on Live2PlayNetwork.com
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