Music Gear
Simple guides to guitars, pedals, recording gear and other useful music products.
Music Made Simple
Simple music guides & gear help without overcomplication.
Music Thought House is for musicians, music lovers, beginners & producers who want clear, simple explanations without needing to be a music veteran to understand.
New here? This site is built to make all music topics easy to understand without trying to make you feel you should already know everything.
What You’ll Find Here
If you love music but do not want every explanation to feel technical or intimidating, this site is built for you.
Production Basics
Easy-to-follow explanations of recording, mixing and how music gets made.
Music History
Stories about artists, albums, venues and music moments that shaped things.
Buying Guides
Helpful comparisons and product roundups for regular people, not just experts.
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New to Music Thought House? Welcome! Here's some good articles to start with for first time visitors
Music Production Gear
Recording and production basics
Plain English articles about recording gear, production tools and how music gets made.
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Gear Comparisons
Compare music gear
Simple posts to help you compare products and instruments side by side.
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Buying Guides
Buying guides
Products and buying guides for musicians who want to grow or upgrade their gear.
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Live Performance Gear
Live performance gear
Articles all about gear that helps with playing, performing and setting up for live music.
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A Simple Site For People Who Love Music
Hi, I’m Matt, and this is my blog - Music Thought House. I started this site because other sites made music feel more complicated than it needs to. My aim is to write articles and offer suggestions for gear, production ideas, artist overviews and music history in a way that is clear, honest and easy to understand.
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Take a look at the latest posts or at all my articles and explore music in a simple way.