Technical/Computer news site Ars Technica is reporting that EMI will announce on Monday, April 2, plans to remove DRM from their online music catalog. If this news is true, this could be the catalyst that forces other music labels to remove DRM from their music. I'm a big believer in the fact that adding DRM to music does not help reduce piracy. It is speculated that DRM-free … [Read more...]
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival
Eric Clapton has announced that the second Crossroads Guitar Festival will be held this year on July 28, 2007 in Chicago, at Toyota Park. Similar to the first Crossroads Guitar Festival, Clapton is assembling a Who's Who of guitarists to play at the show, including Jeff Beck, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, John Mayer, Derek Trucks, Jimmie Vaughan, Robert Randolph, Sonny … [Read more...]
Derek Trucks Interview in Harp Magazine
Harp Magazine has recently interviewed Derek Trucks about recently touring with Eric Clapton, playing with the Allman Brothers, and touring with his own band. It's no secret to anyone reading this blog that I'm a big fan of Trucks' guitar playing and music, and it's great to see him enjoying so much success and getting the recognition he deserves. I've seen him play live … [Read more...]
Dallas Guitar Show
Favored Nations artists Eric Johnson, Johnny Hiland and Andy Timmons will be performing at this year's Dallas International Guitar Festival. The event will be held on April 20-22. Other guitarists performing at the festival include Phil Keaggy, Joe Bonamassa, George Lynch, Johnny A, Gary Hoey, and many more. There will be concerts and contests throughout the weekend. If you're … [Read more...]
Gibson Wiki
Gibson has recently added a wiki to their Web site. If you don't know, a wiki is a collaborative Web site where users can add and edit content. Wikipedia is perhaps the most famous wiki implementation. Gibson's stated goal for their wiki is to "amass the definitive body of knowledge on the products in the Gibson Family of Brands." This is an interesting approach for a guitar … [Read more...]