Browsing Year 2012

Jazz Improvisation: Licks as a Learning Tool

Jazz Improvisation: Licks as a Learning Tool

Posted December 29, 2012 at 6:54 am | One comment

The use of pre-composed licks as an essential step in learning to play jazz, and especially jazz guitar, seems to be a foregone conclusion.

Posted in: Instruction News

2012 Guitar International Awards

2012 Guitar International Awards

Posted December 28, 2012 at 6:57 am | No comments

For the second year in a row, we find that Blues-Rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa has earned our Guitarist of the Year Award. Not many artists nail down album after album like Bonamassa. In 2011, he released his critically acclaimed solo debut, Dustbowl, along with a collaborative effort with his Supergroup Black Country Communion.

Posted in: GI News, Guitar News, Rock News, Uncategorized

Why All Musicians Should Be Blogging

Why All Musicians Should Be Blogging

Posted December 26, 2012 at 9:26 am | No comments

There’s no denying that the internet has changed the music industry, and indeed the way that musicians initiate communication with their audiences.

Posted in: Guitar News, Instruction News, Uncategorized

Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister to Unveil Motorheadphones at CES

Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister to Unveil Motorheadphones at CES

Posted December 20, 2012 at 12:37 pm | No comments

Motorhead, the Grammy award winning rock band will unveil the overwhelmingly loud and fast style of rock-n-roll with the official U.S. launch of Motorheadphones at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas.

Posted in: Guitar Events, Guitar News, Industry News, Product News, Uncategorized

Blues master Johnny Winter to Release a New App in December

Blues master Johnny Winter to Release a New App in December

Posted December 20, 2012 at 11:43 am | No comments

G-Men productions has announced the pending release of a new guitar app that will be sure to have the music community talking: The Johnny Winter App.

Posted in: Blues, Blues News, Guitar News, Instruction News, Product News, Singer Songwriter News, Uncategorized

Eagle Rock and earMusic to Release Deep Purple CD Live in Paris 1975

Eagle Rock and earMusic to Release Deep Purple CD Live in Paris 1975

Posted December 20, 2012 at 11:27 am | No comments

Live In Paris 1975 has been digitally remixed and re-mastered from the original multi-track recordings, sonically transmitting all the power and electricity of Deep Purple’s live stage prowess.

Posted in: Guitar News, Rock News, Uncategorized

Bex Marshall Rolls out The House of Mercy

Bex Marshall Rolls out The House of Mercy

Posted December 19, 2012 at 12:56 pm | No comments

Bex Marshall is steadily becoming well known throughout the blues rock community as a guitar wielding force to be reckoned with. The moment she straps on her resonator guitar, all you can do is sit back in astonishment.

Posted in: Blues Reviews, Reviews, Rock Reviews, Uncategorized

Andy Biersack Highlights Wretched and Divine by the Black Veil Brides

Andy Biersack Highlights Wretched and Divine by the Black Veil Brides

Posted December 19, 2012 at 12:19 pm | 3 comments

Los Angeles based hard rockers, Black Veil Brides are returning with their third CD, Wretched and Divine-The Story Of The Wild Ones due for release January 8th.

Posted in: Interviews, Rock Interviews, Uncategorized

Rush Deluxe Guitar Tab Collection: 1975-2007 Review

Rush Deluxe Guitar Tab Collection: 1975-2007 Review

Posted December 18, 2012 at 6:10 am | No comments

Alex Lifeson’s momentous hard rock riffs, alongside the masterful percussion work of Neil Peart and instantly recognizable lead vocalist/bassist Geddy Lee, have appealed to millions of Rush fans for over three and a half decades.

Posted in: Book Reviews, Reviews

On HBO – 28th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction May 18th

On HBO – 28th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction May 18th

Posted December 11, 2012 at 4:32 pm | No comments

At a press conference today at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist and 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Flea announced the list of performer inductees and Ahmet Ertegun Award recipients for induction. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees for 2013 are:

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