The Door’s bluesy album, L.A. Woman, was released in April 1971. Three months later the group’s iconic front man, Jim Morrison would be found dead, in what remain mysterious circumstances, in Paris. The dreamy and bluesy track “Riders on the Storm” is a haunting song with the atmospheric sounds of rain and thunder, and the trickling rain effects of from the keyboard of Ray Manzarek’s Fender Rhodes piano.
Jazz guitarist and inventor, Les Paul, brought us more than his electric “Log” guitar fashioned out of two pickups, and the triptych coupling of a slab of 4 x 4 lumber and the two halves from an Epiphone hollow body guitar. He brought us more than a delightful legacy of jazz, but a mountain of amazing guitar techniques to examine and study. His deep curiosity and rich inventiveness roamed the world of electronics and sound, luring him like sirens to seemingly insurmountable production and recording challenges. Good for us that Mr. Paul’s intense curiosity was welded to an equally tenacious spirited drive.
When the Dave Matthews Band hit the radio, there was no confusion that the group’s sound was unique to anything else consumed by music lovers. Eclectic, cacophonous, and drenched in superb musicianship, the Dave Matthews Band steamrolled on to the Billboard’s charts with their 1998 debut album, Remember Two Things, that was released on the Bama Rags label. By 2002, the album went platinum. But, it’s the DMB’s avid fans that pushed tapes of the group’s performances around that got the big buzz going for the group. But, it was there third album, that “Crash into Me” hit the charts reaching #7 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart. And in 1998, the song “Crash into Me” was nominated for a Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Grammy.
Although Immortal Dominion has issued several releases thus far, the latest from this Colorado-based band Primortal (on 427 Records), is undoubtedly their strongest yet. Comprised of band members Ray Smith (vocals), Brian Villers (guitars/vocals), Louis Micciullo (guitars), Bryan “Ed” Schmidt (bass), and Casey Glass (drums), the group has teamed up with renowned producer Sterling Winfield, who is best known for his work with such best-selling metal acts as Pantera and Mercyful Fate.
When we think of super-groups there is one name that rises to the top, Cream. Featuring the powerhouse trio of Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Slowhand himself, Eric Clapton, the band would dominate the hard-rock genre during the late ‘60s. While they have left an everlasting impression on future generations of fans and musicians, the band was to have only one Gold selling single in the U.S., the powerhouse hit, “Sunshine of Your Love.”
Nova Scotia experienced a bitter cold winter’s night on February 3, 2010, when Ann and Nancy Wilson showed up packing heat at the Metro Centre with the rest of their legendary rock band Heart. It was the group’s first landing in Halifax and the crowd was ready to rock.
Released in 2005 on the album of the same name, “Are You Dead Yet” featured several firsts for Finnish Metal band Children of Bodom. The album was the first to feature guitarist Roope Latvala, who took over guitar duties from the departing Alexander Kuoppala. As well, it was the first album to feature Drop C tuning, whereas the band had used the more common Drop D tuning on previous releases.
In this lesson, I’m going to talk about triad arpeggios and show you a few practical uses that will help you incorporate them into your solos in an easy and efficient way. First, let’s define a triad arpeggio.
When recording his 1983 smash-hit record Reckless, Canadian singer and guitarist Bryan Adams and producer Jimmy Iovine almost cut one of the album’s most successful songs, “Heaven.” Adams felt that the song was too light for the record, which was more down home rock n roll, a thought that Iovine seconded before the two reconsidered, much to the delight of millions of fans, to include the song on the record.
Fender’s promotional efforts with respect to the limited-edition Crossroads Stratocaster (also known as the Antigua Strat or Sun Strat) and amp have been both generous and tasteful. In fact, the efforts have been tasteful to the extent that Fender’s said relatively little as to exactly what guitar a buyer is getting for the $30,000 Platinum Package, which includes Strat, amp, case and a variety of interesting collateral items, or the $20,000 Gold Package that includes the guitar and a similar array of value-added materials, preferring to place the emphasis on the underlying cause for which the gear is being offered – the Crossroads Centre.
