I was recently in the market for a practice amp to play around the house. My main purpose for the amp is to have something to play around with that won't bother my wife or my neighbors too much. Thus, my search involved checking out amps in the 5, 15, and 30 watt ranges. Also, I wanted something that would offer a little extra fun for practicing. Many of the modern practice … [Read more...]
Andrew York
Andrew York is one of my favorite classical guitarists and modern guitar composers. I first learned about York when I was taking classical guitar lessons in college, when he was a member of the famed Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ). While I enjoyed the work that the LAGQ were doing, I especially enjoyed York's compositions. My favorite composition of his is Sunburst, which … [Read more...]
John Petrucci Interview
All Out Guitar has recently published an interview with Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci. The interview covers quite a bit of ground, including Petrucci's earliest influences, the early days of Dream Theater and Dream Theater's new album Systematic Chaos, as well as much more. It's an interesting interview and it's great timing since Systematic Chaos was released on … [Read more...]
JamJunky
Technical news site TechCrunch has recently posted about JamJunky, a social songwriting site. JamJunky enables you to upload your songs so that other people can comment on them and help you improve the songs. Apparently, you can limit who can access the songs, so that you can only let your friends comment on them, or you can let anyone comment on them. CenterNetworks has also … [Read more...]
Persisting Comments Issue
I was notified recently (thanks Matt!) that the comments issue that I mentioned previously had not been fixed as I had thought. I believe that I have now fixed the issue, as I was able to leave a comment on a post. However, if you discover that comments are still not working, you can contact me at josh(at)theguitarblog.com. I apologize if you've tried to leave a comment and … [Read more...]