John Petrucci and Dream Theater have recently announced that their new release "Systematic Chaos" will be released on June 5th, 2007. Dream Theater has also recently signed with RoadRunner Records and announced a tour supporting the new release. … [Read more...]
The Guitar Blog Milestone and a Thanks!
I'm excited to say that this post marks my 100th post since I started this blog in early 2005! Since then, I've stopped and re-started The Guitar Blog several times, and I'm still trying to clarify the direction I want to take this blog in. However, I have some exciting plans for the future! I want to thank all the readers who have read and visited this blog over the past few … [Read more...]
Legal Online Guitar Tabs
I remember back in '94 spending many hours in my college library (this was before ubiquitous campus Internet) going through many of the guitar tabs located on the Online Guitar Archive's website, OLGA.net. Unfortunately, the OLGA was forced offline last year due to legal issues from the music publishers. Well, there's good news and bad news on the legal online guitar tab … [Read more...]
Is Beauty Contextual?
A fascinating and very well-written article by the Washington Post called Pearls Before Breakfast follows world-class violinist Joshua Bell as he plays some of the world's most beautiful music to an audience of people in a hurry to get to work. I won't reveal the details of the article, but it's interesting to think about whether I would have recognized the talent if I were in … [Read more...]
Fender Custom Shop
The Fender Custom Shop is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. The Fender Custom Shop is responsible for Fender's Custom Artist, Custom Classic, Custom Shop Limited Edition and Time Machine guitars and basses, which are some of Fender's highest quality instruments. Additionally, the Custom Shop is responsible for the Tribute series guitars, such as the Eric Clapton … [Read more...]