Al Di Meola has in the past few months released two CDs: "Consequence of Chaos" and "Diabolic Inventions and Seduction for Solo Guitar, Volume I, Music of Astor Piazzolla." The "Consequence of Chaos" features 15 new pieces composed by Di Meola, and "Diabolic Inventions" contains music composed by Astor Piazzolla. He's currently on a tour of Europe supporting the albums. … [Read more...]
String Theory Podcast Series
String Theory is a podcast series consisting of several different shows: My First Guitar, Three Chords and the Truth, Alternate Tunings and Gearbox. Each show interviews guitarists about their experiences with the guitar. The most recent episode features Warren Haynes, and some recent past guests are Michael Manring, Keller Williams, Tim Reynolds, George Gruhn, and many more. … [Read more...]
National Guitar Workshop
The National Guitar Workshop is gearing up for its annual summer workshop series. Each summer, the National Guitar Workshop hosts week long courses at campuses in several locations, including LA, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, Nashville, San Francisco, Virginia and Connecticut. The Connecticut campus is the main campus and hosts the most events, with LA hosting two weeks of courses … [Read more...]
Guitar World June 2007
The June 2007 issue of Guitar World magazine features an interesting look into the recording of the Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album with secrets revealed by the Engineer of the sessions Geoff Emerick. This issue was particularly timely for me, as I've recently begun reading Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles by Geoff … [Read more...]
lala
I've recently signed up with CD-trading service lala. So far, I've really enjoyed the service. If you're not familiar with lala, it is a CD-trading service where you provide a list of the CDs you have and a list of the CDs you want, and lala connects you with other traders. The service is based on the number of trades you make, so if you agree to send one CD to another user, … [Read more...]