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Entire Song Recorded on iPhone

The 88 have recently recorded an entire song titled “Love is the Thing” using the FourTrack iPhone application by Sonoma Wire Works. They describe a bit of the process and reasoning behind recording a song using the iPhone on their site.

This Spring, we were on tour opening up for the B-52s, with shows all around the East Coast. One day while we were driving, Keith was browsing through the applications on the iPhone and came across FourTrack. We thought this app would be a great way to record song ideas while we are away from home.

So we downloaded it, and I thought it would be a neat experiment to record the full band on a phone. I was very curious to see how it would sound.

You can judge for yourself below, but I think their experiment turned out pretty well. And, it’s not only a great advertisement for the FourTrack app, it’s turning out to be a great marketing tool for the band.

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The Peter Green Story

An interesting 12-part documentary of Peter Green has been posted to YouTube. I’ve embedded part 1 below, but parts 2-12 can be found at the following locations:

part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US-q1oIZ-ZU
part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KJT4DEzX44
part 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCsCWJB8dBo
part 5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txMtLbDy6Uc
part 6 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR4q1sMKKLU
part 7 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo-0drP30kc
part 8 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_0-Y3r569s
part 9 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqhEU3Szklw
part 10 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dm2uMoJc_Y
part 11 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o225-etRktQ
part 12 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWbUACzI-go

Here’s part 1:

(via TGP)

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Jason Vieaux - Tiny Desk Concert

Classical guitarist Jason Vieaux was recently a featured performer on NPR as part of their Tiny Desk concert series. The concert included three performances, the first a prelude by Bach, then a real interesting piece by composer Maximo Diego Pujol titledCandombe en mi,” followed by “Capricho Arabe” by Francisco Tarrega. There’s also a sidebar on NPR’s site about how Vieaux embeds a piece of a ping pong under his thumbnail to aid in playing.

Watch Vieaux’s Tiny Desk concert below:

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B.B. King Live in Africa

Here’s a nice video find from YouTube of B.B. King playing “Sweet Little Angel” live in Africa in 1974:

(via TGP)

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Jeff Beck Contest

There’s been a pretty good response to the Jeff Beck contest I posted last week. However, you can still enter and have a pretty good chance at winning a Jeff Beck Blu-Ray. To whet your appetite, here’s a clip from the video featuring Beck playing “Big Block”:

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Contest: Win a Free Blu-Ray Copy of Jeff Beck Performing This Week…Live at Ronnie Scott’s

I’m excited to announce that I have three (3) copies of the Blu-Ray version of Jeff Beck’s recently released video Performing This Week…Live at Ronnie Scott’s to give away!

To Enter The Contest:

Send me your e-mail address by filling out the contact form using the subject “Jeff Beck”, and indicate in the message that you want to be entered into the contest.* That’s all you have to do! I’ll randomly select the winners and notify them via e-mail. All entries must be received by May 17, 2009. I’ll pick and notify the winners on May 18, 2009. Unfortunately, with apologies to my International friends, the contest is limited to only readers in the United States.

* NOTE: Your e-mail address will be used only to notify you if you are the winner. I will not use your e-mail address for any other purpose.

Information About Performing This Week…Live at Ronnie Scott’s:

Performing This Week…Live at Ronnie Scott’s is a compilation of a series of concerts that Beck performed in 2007 with his band at Ronnie Scott’s club in London. Beck’s band for these shows included Tal Wilkenfeld on bass, Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, and Jason Rebello on piano. Beck invited several guests to perform with his band, including Eric Clapton, Imogene Heap, and Joss Stone. The track list for the Blu-Ray is:

1. Beck’s Bolero
2. Eternity’s Breath
3. Stratus
4. Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers
5. Behind The Veil
6. You Never Know
7. Nadia
8. Blast From The East
9. Led Boots
10. Angel (Footsteps)
11. People Get Ready - with JOSS STONE
12. Scatterbrain
13. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat / Brush With The Blues
14. Space Boogie
15. Blanket - with IMOGEN HEAP
16. Big Block
17. A Day In The Life
18. Little Brown Bird - with ERIC CLAPTON
19. You Need Love - with ERIC CLAPTON
20. Rollin’ And Tumblin’ - with IMOGEN HEAP
21. Where Were You

Bonus Material:
Jeff Beck Interview: rare in depth interview talking about Ronnie Scott’s, his band, the setlist and his guest performers. Interviews with the band members.

Blu-ray Exclusive Material: 7 Track rockabilly set with the Big Town Playboys exclusively available on the Blu-ray version:
1. Race With The Devil
2. Crazy Legs
3. Train Kept A Rollin’
4. My Baby Left Me
5. Matchbox
6. Baby Blue
7. Honky Tonk.

This is a great collection of songs by Beck and his group. Beck’s playing is really inspired, and his band provides a solid foundation for his guitar pyrotechnics. They play pretty much all of Beck’s hits, as well as several covers. Particularly noteworthy is Beck’s cover of the Beatles’ “A Day in the Life,” which is probably my favorite track from the video.

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Joe Bonamassa on Later with Jools Holland

Joe Bonamassa was recently featured on Later with Jools Holland playing his song “Lonesome Road Blues.” After the performance, Jools did a short interview with Bonamassa about Joe’s early British blues influences. This is just another great highlight for Joe as he ramps up to his May 4 performance at Royal Albert Hall.

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Monte Montgomery Playing SRV’s “Tightrope”

Below is a video of acoustic guitarist Monte Montgomery playing Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Tightrope”. The performance is from the 1999 Oyster Bake Festival. This is an interesting cover of one of my favorite SRV tunes:

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John Mayer Jamming with an 8-String Novax

Below is a video of John Mayer playing an 8-string Novax guitar while jamming with Steve Jordan in Mayer’s new studio/house:

(via Jon @ Guitar Noize)

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Joe Bonamassa Guitar Clinic at Guitar Center

Guitar Center recently posted to YouTube some videos from Joe Bonamassa’s recent guitar clinic in Hollywood, CA. In the clinic, Joe discussed a variety of topics, including his influences, his time with Danny Gatton, his signature Gibson Les Paul, his amps, his slide playing, and his chosen style of music.

One of the things that I respect about Joe Bonamassa is the fact that he’s willing to share his knowledge and experience with others. Through his 20 years as a professional musician, Joe has seen a lot and learned a lot, and he’s got a lot of information to share.

One of my favorite clips from the clinic is his discussion of his slide technique and how he really got interested in slide when he heard Ry Cooder’s playing in the movie Crossroads. That was a somewhat cheesy movie, but the guitar playing was top notch. Check out Joe discussing his slide technique:

Also, check out the following videos: (thanks to Patty on Joe’s forums)

Gibson Signature Series
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sgMlH-53WU

Amp, Rig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyubyd68 … re=channel

Influences
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X4dFuqD … re=channel

Learning From Danny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd8sTiTW … re=channel

Practicing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfRvZcos … re=channel

Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6r9SPUv … re=channel

Building A Following
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLtS0YSW … re=channel

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