Burlap and Blues, The Blues Blog

I hope that you enjoyed or laughed at the last 12 videos. Over the past few years, this one is still one of my top 5 favorites, and I would be wrong not adding it to the end of this years group.

A ton of people could take a lesson from this one. That's a fun take

Thanks for viewing my favorite KOTB tracks!

Good day to everyone. This is the official announcement of Burlap and Blues contest XI. This is our eleventh on line contest (hence the name) and we again will be offering a prize(s) for the best tunes.

The topic for this contest is flip a non-blues tune into a blues tune

Here is an explanation of the topic.

Take your favorite, or non favorite blues tune and turn it into a blues tune. Read the judging categories to give your tune a better chance at winning! Do a collab and get bonus points, do it with a new guitar get bonus points, do a youtube and get double bonus points..

Tunes will be judges in the following categories:

1. Difficulty of song. Is the song odd meter, is the song a speed metal song, is the song a polka? 20 points
2. Outcome of song. Did you make the song a blues song. Did you consider your roots. Does the song sound like blues. 30 points
3. Overall quality of guitar playing. Does it sound good. 30 points
4. Overall production. 20 points. Does the recording appropriately match the style playing. If you are playing an delta acoustic blues, does the recording sound like an acoustic blues or is it scooped?

Read more

At Burlap and Blues we have some great resources available for you. One of these resources is our great panel of long time KOTB'ers. These guitar slingers can help you refine your tune for KOTB 2010. Our users have the ability to upload music to their profile. Check out our KOTB 2010 information.

Good luck guitareoke players!

Happy 2nd Anniversary BAB. It was 2 years ago today, that a few lonely blues players, recuperating from the loss of the KOTB forum got together and started Burlap and Blues.

75 members and 2 years later we have a pretty good community of blues players. BAB is different from a lot of musician forums. We strive to be a place to learn and not just be critical.

Thanks to all the members and visitors who make our forum fun!

(Yes even, Yoso!)

Make sure you check out Burlap and Blues dot com's contest #9. We are giving away a guitar as the grand prize! This contest will last about 2 months and have a summertime CD at the end! If you are not a member of BAB, take some time a get on board, you will never know what you could win!