Posted January 3, 2012 at 2:24 pm | No comments
Love ’em or hate ’em, scales are important to any guitarist. Everybody knows the box method, with the five different patterns for each scale, and some guitarists subscribe to the 3 notes per string approach, but other than that, there haven’t really been any innovations with scales on the guitar lately. Enter New York jazz guitarist Adam Smale with A New Approach to Scales for Guitarists, which puts forth an interesting and useful 4 note per string method of learning and implementing scales.
Posted in: Book Reviews, Instructional Book Reviews, Reviews
Posted January 3, 2012 at 12:34 pm | No comments
In January 2007, Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel was handed a Golden Guitar award for “Best Instrumental Performance” at the Country Music Awards of Australia for “Gameshow Rag/Cannonball Rag” a track off his latest album, The Mystery, released in 2006.
Posted in: Fingerstyle Interviews, Interviews
Posted January 2, 2012 at 9:21 am | 6 comments
To honor those who have cranked up our guitar community to an “11” with their contributions, Guitar International presents to our readers our GI Annual Awards, 2011 Edition. Through their spirited innovation, hard work and love of guitars and guitar music these artists have deepened our passion for our favorite music, as well as entertained and inspired guitarists around the world.
Posted in: GI News, Guitar News
Posted December 29, 2011 at 8:29 pm | 5 comments
Director and co-producer Steven Spielberg was so moved by War Horse’s timeless anti-war story that he expounded, “From the moment I read [Michael] Morpurgo’s novel, War Horse, I knew this was a film I wanted DreamWorks® to make. Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country.”
Posted in: Classical Reviews, Guitar News, Reviews
Posted December 27, 2011 at 1:31 pm | One comment
South Carolina native Adam Cross makes waves with his debut album Sirens. The singer, guitarist and songwriter brings a high-level of intensity to his music, all while maintaining a strong pop sensibility that digs the hooks in deep right from the opening track. With a penchant for knowing just the right effect for each track, as well as when to use the electric guitar, acoustic guitar or a mixture of both, Cross keeps listener’s guessing as to what’s coming next, while engaging their musical curiosity at the same time. Sirensis a strong debut for Cross, one that is sure to set the stage for a bright career to come.
Posted in: Reviews, Rock Reviews
Posted December 26, 2011 at 11:29 am | 3 comments
Sadly, Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson passed away in 2004 at only fifty years old, before he could witness the publication, acclaim, and monumental success of his Millennium thriller-novel trilogy and its subsequent transformation into the universally, critically and commercially acclaimed 2009 Swedish film adaptations that caused a worldwide sensation. So much so, that now, the greatly anticipated 2011 English language adaptation of the first motion picture in the Millennium film series,The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, directed by David Fincher, has just been released to much fanfare.
Posted in: DVD Reviews, Reviews
Posted December 23, 2011 at 9:44 am | No comments
Guitar International’s new ebook release, Successful Press Release Strategies for the Working Musician, will help you understand the ins and outs of press releases and how media outlets, meaning editors and other journalists, view a barrage of press releases and what drives them to publish some and toss the others?
Posted in: GI News, Guitar News
Posted December 21, 2011 at 3:02 pm | One comment
With his formidable music industry connections and hard won experience, international marketer Peter Wolf launched his company, Brandwolf, while working his magic getting the word out on the new Knaggs Guitar brand and producing his own brand of music.
Posted in: Industry Interviews, Interviews
Posted December 21, 2011 at 2:56 pm | No comments
When the British rock group, Badfinger, hit the airwaves there was a rumor that it was The Beatles, working under a different name. They had the pop sound of Paul McCartney with guitar work that hinted of Harrison, as well as some very melodic harmonies that could easily be mistaken for the Fab Four. Of course, Badfinger was on Apple Records and McCartney did write and produce their hit “Come and Get It”, so the rumors had an edge of truth to them.
Posted in: Book Reviews, Reviews
Posted December 20, 2011 at 8:45 am | One comment
Starting up a guitar business in this economic downturn takes a lot of confidence in one’s abilities to design, build, market and sell, in fact, in nearly any economic climate you’ve just got to have the talent and the guts to live that kind of dream.
Posted in: Industry Interviews, Interviews
