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Want to play an unplugged version of the Guess Who's "American Woman"? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete breakdown of the song and its chords in tab notation. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have some knowledge of the guitar, players of all skill level should be able to follow along given adequate time and effort. For more information, and to get started playing this Guess Who song on your own guitar, watch this video tutorial.

Want to play an unplugged version of Ozzy's "Crazy Train"? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete breakdown of the song and its chords in tab notation. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have some knowledge of the guitar, players of all skill level should be able to follow along given adequate time and effort. For more information, and to get started playing this Ozzy Osbourne song on your own guitar, watch this video tutorial.

Want to play an unplugged version of Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child o' Mine"? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete breakdown of the song and its chords in tab notation. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have some knowledge of the guitar, players of all skill level should be able to follow along given adequate time and effort. For more information, and to get started playing this GNR song on your own guitar, watch this video tutorial.

Want to play an unplugged version of Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love"? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete breakdown of the song and its chords in tab notation. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have some knowledge of the guitar, players of all skill level should be able to follow along given adequate time and effort. For more information, and to get started playing this Cream song on your own guitar, watch this video tutorial.

Octaves are a cool way of spicing up your solos either by adding in the ocatve note after playing the lower note, or, in the way that George Benson and other great Jazz artists have made famous, playing full octave type power chords that allow you to play all sorts of melodies on the guitar. In this video you will learn how to find octave centers and begin to build your own melodies, solos and rhythm patterns!

In this clip, you'll learn how to use the Grid, Canvas and Stack panels in Silverlight. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular web application framework or a seasoned web developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefit in this free MS Silverlight programming lesson. For more information, including a complete demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.

Did you know that you can actually start selecting gems before the computer has started the timer? This and other useful tips (including a source for you to download a free cheat bar browser add-on) can help you vastly improve your scores on Bejeweled Blitz!

In this clip, you'll learn how to do basic password validation within a Silverlight app. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular web application framework or a seasoned web developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefit in this free MS Silverlight programming lesson. For more information, including a complete demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.

As a guitar player one thing that you may find yourself running into is your guitar, over time, will start to lose its intonation, especially if you never set it up after you purchased it. You could take it to a tech to have him set it up and fix it for you, but that's expensive, and who wants to spend money when you can do it for free right!? In this video you will learn how to adjust the bridge of your guitar among other things to help get your guitar back into tune!

Magic Glos is a fun product that you can add to polymer clay or resin products to make your project glossy and shiny. You can even apply Magic Glos to paper projects, though you'll need to seal it to prevent bleeding.

You need a flash to add light to dark photography settings, but a flash might make your picture look blown out or overexposed. Here are some good tips, like adjusting your aperture or manual ISO to maximize your available light. A tripod will also help you by allowing a longer shutter speed. Or, use a diffuser made over an old, translucent film canister!

There are four variables a digital photographer must keep in mind when shooting pictures to ensure correct exposure: ambient light, shutter speed, f-stop and ISO. Also, keep all your images crisp and sharp, even if you're shooting in a low-light setting.

A DSLR cage from a professional photographer supply store will cost at least a few hundred dollars, but you can build one yourself for around 50 bucks. This tutorial shows you how to use a few pipes, metal struts and a few pieces of hardware and tools to make your own digital SLR cage for shooting steady videos on your digital camera.

Start drawing anime girls! This tutorial is for artists who are new to drawing, or new to anime drawing, and shows you how to start with just a pencil and blank piece of paper to start drawing a girl's face in the anime or manga style.

This tutorial goes over a few tips and techniques which will help you draw clean and sharp pencil lines. The most important thing is to hold your pencil correctly, and then you're taught a few drills to practice to improve your drawing.

Accessorize with duct tape! This tutorial shows you how to make a bracelet or wristband out of two eight inch strips of yellow duct tape. They end up a little less than half an inch wide and look like charity silicone wristbands.

Replicate King Leonidas from the hit movie '300'. This tutorial shows you an easy to follow along with, step by step guide to drawing a pencil sketch from the film. Once you're done, you can shade it, or ink and add your own color!

Finish the top of your skirt and hold it in place on your waist or hips with a seam binding techinque. Follow this tutorial to sew your own quick, easy but still attractive skirt waistband without elastic or a drawstring.

All you need for this project is just a loose fitting shirt and some trim. Cut away the collar, as much as you want (but keep trying on the shirt so you get just the right amount of drape). Then attach your trim, and you've got a new wardrobe addition!

Make your own mini scrapbook album out of four paper bags! This tutorial shows you how to create your own shabby chic album using the paper bags as your base and then using school supplies to add a unique twist to your album.

This is an easy tutorial as to how to make a Halloween banner using just a few cupcake papers, scrapbook paper, some knitting yarn and paper cutout letters. Then glue it all together and string it on a cord for your own Halloween decoration!

For people who are completely new to crochet, this tutorial series shows you everything you need to know to get started. From going over the basics of yarns and needle sizes, and then showing you how to execute a few basic stitches, this will get you started on your first project in no time.

Granny squares are a basic crochet project, which you can use to make doilies, coasters or even connect together to make an afghan or blanket. This tutorial shows you how to make a basic granny square with two separate colors and a circle in the center.

A half double crochet stitch is not the same as a single stitch, and this tutorial demonstrates exactly not only what the difference is, but how you can execute your own half double crochet stitches for projects which require a great amount of detail.

The key to controlling the tension in your crochet project comes from the yarn ball. This tutorial shows you a couple tips on how to set up your yarn, and then a few techniques on using your hands to add the right amount of tension to your projects.

Interested in learning how to crochet? This video has been made with beginners in mind. All you need to start is a crochet needle and some yarn or thread in the color of your choice. Then follow this tutorial, and you'll be well on your way to completing your first afghan!

Crochet beautiful afghans, doilies, lace, or other accessories and projects using an elegant swirl pattern. Designed specifically for left-handed crochet workers, this tutorial shows you several different patterns which are all variations on the same basic swirl. All you need is a crochet needle and thread in the color of your choice.

Turn a collection of delicate crystal beads into a lovely pair of earrings! All you need are the beads, some jewelry wire and wire cutters. Then, follow the steps in this tutorial to get your own pair of dainty, crafty earrings.

Get a basic skirt pattern like the one in the video, choose a fabric you like, and then follow along with this tutorial to sew your own easy and quick women's skirt. This tutorial demonstrates several techniques like seams, darts and hems.

In this clip, you'll learn how to use the AnimatedTransition class to create transitions between visual states in your Silverlight apps. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular web application framework or a seasoned web developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefit in this free MS Silverlight programming lesson. For more information, including a complete demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.

Resize your images and photograps in Adobe Photoshop Elements without losing content, having to crop the edges or ending up with a distorted image. There are several tools you can use in PSE which will let you resize the images, and this tutorial demonstrates how.

Add a little extra touch of realism to your project or image in Adobe Photoshop CS5. If you're building a digital scrapbook or photo album, you can Photoshop in a few pieces of tape at the edges, and this short tutorial demonstrates a few separate techniques to achieve this effect.

If you're taking a portrait with multiple people, you might end up with different skin tones as the light hits each subject differently. This tutorial shows you how to even out the skin tones for multiple subjects using the retouching tools in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

In the studio world, and the ensemble scene, you're going to be handed ALOT of sheet music, sometimes it has only a few notes for a specific melody, and sometimes it's a whole lot of notes for the entire song. Knowing how to read these notes are important, and it can be very daunting at first, but if you practice every day anybody can read. In this video you will learn the basics of reading the notes on the staff with the note names for the treble clef.

One of the perils of making photos larger or smaller (especially in only one direction) is losing content or ending up with a distorted image. This tutorial shows you how to use the content-aware scaling feature in Adobe Photoshop CS5 to resize your images and retain all your content.

Bring out the colors in your clouds and sky images - or any other picture you want to retouch. This short tutorial shows you how to use the gradient tool in Adobe Photoshop and s-curves to adjust the color and contrast in your image.

The Chroma Key tool is a useful function in Adobe Photoshop which can let you select, group and otherwise work with colors when retourching a Photoshop image. This tutorial also shows you how to work with hair while trying to key out your background.

Showcase your work on a portfolio-style website. This tutorial shows you the simple and easy process for you to create a clean, modern look in Adobe Photoshop CS5, which you can use online to display a portfolio of any kind of creative work.

Photoshop has the capability to handle many different file formats, though many of these files are now obsolete. The five most common formats currently in use are .psd, .tif, .jpg, .png and .exr. This tutorial explains the pros and cons for using each format in Adobe Photoshop projects.