Hug Your Guitar Week
IG has declared this “Hug Your Guitar Week,” and he has requested that you send your pictures of you and your guitar to him. #
Links
It’s been a long week. I’m glad that Friday’s finally rolled around. I hope you all have a great weekend!
Artist News
Guitar Wiz Sonny Landreth Teams with Fellow Greats for 9th Album - New album with feature Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Vince Gill, Dr. John and Jimmy Buffet. Album will be released on May 20 (via Rich Murray)
Live Resolution DVD - Andy Timmons has released a DVD featuring a live performance of the complete Resolution CD (via Mark McGuigan)
They’re coming, and they are so COOL! - Joe Satriani has teamed up with Workshop Live’s Dave Martone to record some instructional videos to be released on the Workshop Live Web site starting this month
Rob Zombie Guitarist John 5 to Release ‘Requiem’ in June - The next album from country-metal shredster John 5 to be released on June 3
Guitar-Related News
Solidbodies is a Cool Guitar Film - It looks like the Solidbodies film I mentioned a few months ago is out now. JP gives it two thumbs up
Guitar Instruction
Master That Melody! 02: Steve Vai - For The Love of God - Mark McGuigan releases a new instructional video in his Master that Melody! series.
Guitar Community
Guitarists reminisce on early days - Interesting article by the Branson Daily News about guitarists in Branson. Also, read part 2 of the article (via IG)
EGR’s Great ‘Tele Relic’ Experiment: Our Guinea Pig Arrives - Cary receives the Tele he bought so that he could create his own relic. It should be interesting to see how this experiment progresses
Bass Guitar as a melody instrument - Dr. J points us to a video of the incomparable Victor Wooten
Links
It’s been a beautiful weekend here in Nashville, if a little cold. Happy Easter!
Artist News
Joe Satriani Podcast - Joe Satriani is doing a daily podcast featuring a song off his album for each day until the release of the album on April 1
Vox Satchurator - Speaking of Joe Satriani…details of his first pedal collaboration with Vox have been released. You can view a video of Joe discussing the pedal here
Allan Holdsworth - Interesting interview with Allan Holdsworth (via Rich Murray)
Liquid Tension Experiment reunion tour - It looks like prog-rock supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment will be doing a brief tour this summer. I hope this results in a new album
Free Downloadable Paul Gilbert song - Mascot Records, the European label releasing Paul Gilbert’s new album, has provided the song Bultaco Saturno as a free download on their site
Andy Timmons Band Clinic and Tour Dates - Andy Timmons will be touring Europe this Spring and will also be performing at a Mesa Boogie clinic in April
Dweezil erupting on Guitar Rig - Video of Dweezil Zappa showcasing some of the features of the software product Guitar Rig. This summer, Dweezil will be touring again as Zappa Plays Zappa
Guitar Idol - A competition to find the hottest new guitarist
General News
Celemony - Recording software that enables you to modify individual notes from chords. Watch the video to find out why this is so interesting (via David Neal)
Links
It looks like the tour season is ramping up. We have quite a few good shows coming up here in Nashville.
Artist News
Steve Lukather Interview: Ever Changing Times… - Interview with guitarist Steve Lukather (via Rich Murray)
Guitar Lessons
iPerform3D - A video lesson site with a twist: 3D graphics are used for much of the videos. Not sure I like the animation, but it’s an interesting concept (via Guitar Noize)
iVideoSongs - Continuing with the video lessons that start with an “i” theme, iVideoSongs recently launched featuring video guitar lessons
Music Business
Music 2.0 Book - Forward-thinking collection of essays by one of the authors of “The Future of Music” (via Dave Kusek)
Bands’ sales are feeling the ‘Guitar Hero’ effect - Evidence that being featured in Guitar Hero will help record sales
Guitar Community
The 50 greatest guitar tones of all time - Guitarist magazine has identified what they believe are the 50 greatest guitar tones in history, which is featured on the MusicRadar site
Musicians’ guide to rental rehearsal rooms - IG gives good advice about choosing a rehearsal space for your band
Just For Fun
Guitar Rising - A guitar game where you actually use a real guitar
Links
This is a collection of links I’ve found interesting over the past week or so.
Artist News
Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock - New album from Joe Satriani due out on April 1, 2008, with one of the weirdest album names I’ve ever heard
Vox and Joe Satriani Join Forces on Effects Line - Speaking of Satriani, he has joined forces with guitar and amp maker Vox to create new effects pedals (via GuitarToyBox.com)
Guitar Tips
99 Ways to Play Better - 99 tips from guitar players on how to play better. Some great advice (via Mad Stratter)
Master That Riff! 31: Metallica - Master of Puppets - Learn to play one of the riffs that made me want to play guitar
Music Business
Music lessons - Internet marketer Seth Godin details things that you can learn from the music business. Some pretty interesting analysis
Free the Music - Last.fm has announced that you can now play full-length tracks and entire albums from the major labels for free on their Web site (via Daring Fireball)
Music Producer Steve Albini explains his studio and the record business - 37 Signals discusses information about Albini’s studio, as well as essays about the music business
How is the music business like a shopping cart? - IG wonders what music might be like if the music business started paying attention to music instead of the medium it’s delivered in
Don’t miss lessons Radiohead, Trent Reznor offer - CNET states that the attempts by Radiohead and Trent Reznor to innovate and pull the music industry forward indicate that the music business is probably better left to businessman. I disagree…it’s those “businessmen” that have caused many of the problems that the industry is currently facing (via TDS)
General Music
Tom Petty’s Los Angeles - Map and information about how L.A. is represented in Tom Petty’s songs and history (via Taylor)
Quick Links
This is a collection of links I’ve found interesting over the past week or so.
Tommy Emmanuel cancels Australian Tour - Tommy has fallen ill and has canceled his upcoming tour in Australia in order to return to Nashville for treatment (via Guitar Toy Box)
Trent Reznor on Year Zero, Planting Clues, and What’s Ludicrous About Being a Musician Today - Interesting interview with Trent Reznor (via TDS)
MusicRadar.com - New site for musicians, covering many aspects of making music. Currently in beta (via Mark McGuigan)
Jimmy Herring 1985 GIT video - Squakin’ in the Henhouse - Early video of Jimmy Herring playing guitar. Watch out for the Widespread Panic album in February featuring Herring on guitar
Solidbodies - The 50 Year Guitar War - New movie covering the competing sounds of the Les Paul and the Stratocaster, with commentary by Joe Bonamassa, Derek Trucks, Henry Gaza, George Gruhn, Wes Jeans, and others
Quick Links
This is a collection of links I’ve found interesting over the past week or so.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Interview - Interview with KWS about the blues, guitars and cars
Artist Interview: Brad Paisley on the Jamcast - Audio interview with Brad Paisley
Guitar World Tabs - Guitar World magazine has created a Web site for tabs created by the magazine as well as user contributions. Currently in beta
Robben Ford - The Art of Blues Rhythm - New instructional DVD featuring Robben Ford (via Rich Murray)
Snarling Dogs Spin Slides - Interesting looking slides that you can spin around for regular fretting (via Guitar Noize)
Super Crazy Guitar Maniac 2 - Flash-based online Guitar Hero-like game (via Listening Post)
Master That Riff! 29 - Sweet Child o’ Mine - Learn to play one of the most recognizable riffs of all time. Mark also has many other riffs to learn on his site
Quick Links
This is a collection of links I’ve found interesting over the past week or so.
The New Virtuosos - Acoustic Guitar Magazine highlights three up-and-coming classical guitar virtuosos, including my favorite classical guitarist Ana Vidovic
Fender Reissues Deluxe Roadhouse & Lonestar Stratocasters - A couple of excellent Stratocasters in the $550 price range
Steve Morse’s Guitar Rig - Some interesting photos of Steve Morse’s Deep Purple guitar rig (via Rich Murray)
Petty, Heartbreakers To Rock Super Bowl Halftime - Tom Petty will be playing the halftime show at the Super Bowl on Feb. 3, 2008
The 28 Most Recognizable Guitars - Blender magazine highlights 28 of the most iconic guitars
Mike Keneally Interview - Interesting interview with former Zappa guitarist Mike Keneally
Paul Reed Smith Interview - New to me interview with guitar maker Paul Reed Smith from 2005
New Steve Lukather album to be released 2/22/08 - The album will be titled Ever Changing Times
Shred Academy embraces blogging - Looks like an interesting site if you’re into shred guitar (via Truth in Shredding)
Journey Finds Replacement Singer on YouTube - Journey guitarist Neil Schon found their new singer, Arnel Pineda, on YouTube
Quick Links
This is a collection of links I’ve found interesting over the past week or so.
Costello Jazzmaster Guitar Proto Sold on eBay - An Elvis Costello Signature Series Jazzmaster is forthcoming, and the prototype was recently auctioned off on eBay, with proceeds going to charity (via Electric Guitar Review)
Gibson Robot Guitar - Gibson’s new Robot guitar will be available on 12.7.07. Features include automatic tuning to standard tuning or several alternate tunings. As others have noted, it’s a silly name with an ugly paint job, but the features look pretty cool
Ask Steve - Steve Morse guitar Q&A posted on the Deep Purple Web site (via Rich Murray)
Guitar Phrasing Basics Video Clip - An old video featuring Scott Henderson discussing guitar phrasing
Berklee Music Blogs - A blog by the Berklee College of Music featuring Berklee faculty, music industry professionals and music educators
Sleevage - A blog dedicated to album covers (via Dan Cederholm)
The Rise of the Musical Middle Class Parts I-III - A series on a class of musicians who make a living making music, but aren’t household names (via TDS)
Country’s Declaration of Independents - Newsweek article about how many country artists are signing to independent labels rather than the major labels
KnowTheMusicBiz.com - A new Web community about the music business. Looks pretty interesting (via Taylor)
Quick Links
This is a collection of links I’ve found interesting over the past several weeks.
DeVillain Centerfold - A folding (yes, folding) electric guitar that looks pretty cool (via Dan Cederholm)
Led Zeppelin reunion show postponed - Show now being held on Dec. 10
Kaman Will Sell Music Division to Fender - Included are Ovation, Takamine, Hamer, Genz Benz, and others (via Strat-o-Blogster)
Robben Ford Interview - Excellent interview by Brian D. Holland of Modern Guitars with Robben Ford
Everything starts with listening … some big changes at Pandora - Online radio provider Pandora is adding some new features to their already excellent service
How Much Do You Really Want To Know About That Band? - My friend Taylor wonders how much access is too much access to a band. What happened to a little mystique?
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