http://www.guitarlifestyle.com Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:45:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2009/07/03/entire-song-recorded-on-iphone/ I was watching the Today Show the other morning and was surprised to see a profile of young 10-year old blues guitarist Quinn Sullivan. If you're not familiar with Sullivan, Buddy Guy took an interest in Sullivan a few years ago and even featured him on his last album Skin ... http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2009/07/03/quinn-sullivan-on-the-today-show/ 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.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2009/06/30/the-peter-green-story/ 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 titled "Candombe en mi," followed by "Capricho Arabe" by Francisco ... http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2009/06/30/jason-vieaux-tiny-desk-concert/ I'm terrible about keeping a log of my practice sessions. Chris Davis gives us five reasons why keeping a practice log helps. Here's one of the reasons: Ever sat down to practice and though, “well, I wonder what I should do today?” We’ve all been there. A practice log takes the ... http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2009/06/29/practice-logs/ The thing that I enjoy so much about Twitter is that you get to connect with people you might not have connected with otherwise. One artist that I've met through Twitter is Stuart Weber, a classical guitarist and composer based out of Montana. Weber has recently released a new CD ... http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2009/06/29/stuart-weber-the-fifth-row/ Tuesday night my wife and I went to the Rutledge to check out upcoming local Nashville band The Rust. The Rust have been on quite an upswing over the past few months, even though the band's fairly new to the scene. They recently won a battle of the bands here ... http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2009/06/18/the-rust/ What's with iconic guitarists suing people lately? First Joe Satriani, now Eddie Van Halen. He has taken some offense to Nike's new Dunk Low line of shoes, which feature a pattern similar to the paint scheme on Van Halen's famous "Frankenstein" guitar. According to Rolling Stone magazine, Nike unsurprisingly disputes ... http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2009/06/17/eddie-van-halen-sues-nike/ CP Thornton Guitars has posted the Tone Quest Report magazine from August 2007 (PDF), which features a dissection of Stevie Ray Vaughan's '64 Vibroverb amp. SRV's amp tech Cesar Diaz had done quite a few modifications to the amp, including changing the caps, adding a larger transformer as well as ... http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2009/06/17/srvs-64-vibroverb-dissected/ Guitarist Chuck D'Aloia has recently released an instructional lesson set titled Blues with Brains. Unlike other blues lessons that try to teach you basic pentatonic blues licks, Blues with Brains teaches you how to add a different element to your blues playing. While you do not need to know music theory ... http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2009/06/17/blues-with-brains/