It’s always a welcome event, when the very musically gifted and multi-talented sisters, Ann and Nancy Wilson, better known as Heart, release new music, and what a sparkling album this is. So much so, that one feels like rolling out a red velvet carpet, for these First Ladies and Goddesses of Rock.
Some people are of the opinion that instrumental music sounds routine or redundant after a while, especially when the instrumentals are in specific genres, as it can be theoretically enslaved. However, that idea couldn’t be further from the truth in Spread the Love, the 2010 instrumental release from Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters.
One of the newest blogs on the guitar block, Fretterverse, has been in my Google Reader almost since its inception. Maintaining a steady publishing schedule, most weekdays, the site offers guitarists and fans of the instrument opinion articles, artist profiles, free downloads, album and product reviews and lessons covering a variety of different styles and background.
We had high expectations when we picked up the new Paul Reed Smith maple-top Mira guitar from their factory in Stevensville, Maryland.
Copied below is my response to the contributors’ poll H+ Magazine published on New Year’s Eve Eve, 2010: “What were the best and worst _______s of the 00s?”
It’s called the Chapman Stick, and it was one of the most radical developments in music from the second half of the Twentieth Century (the first half goes to the electric guitar).
I have been consumed by thoughts regarding the changing role of the artist in our culture.
For whatever reasons, our culture has decided that we are not all musicians.
Chappell takes readers through every step of the recording process; from selecting the right guitar to amps and speakers, micing techniques, doubling tracks, adding effects, tracking vs. mixing, a glossary of important audio and recording terms, and a detailed synopsis on how to dial in the sounds of 14 classic guitarists from Dimebag Darrell, Eddie Van Halen, and Kirk Hammett to Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Steve Morse, and Sonny Landreth. Beyond that, advice from recording industry pros such as Carl Verheyen, Al Di Meola, Alex Lifeson, and Phil Ramone explain dozens of studio tips and tricks—digital delay cascade effects, capoing, setting up a guitar for slide, using multieffects processors inline and more—for players and engineers alike to keep in their arsenal. Hundreds of diagrams and pictures throughout leave no question unanswered.
You are a guitarist in a successful rock band. You are planning to tour in support of your most recent record, which has sold more than a million copies. The tour will take you throughout most of the world. The following test will help you to spend on tour. Remember, your band is a platinum-selling act, and one of the most popular hard-rock bands around.
