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2012 Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop & Festival August 26 – September 2

2012 Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop & Festival August 26 – September 2

Posted June 6, 2012 at 7:35 pm | One comment

The Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop & Festival at luxurious Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork MT is a rare opportunity to take intimate guitar workshops in a glorious natural setting with eight world-renowned and Grammy-winning Artists In Residence (AIRs): Sonny Landreth, Lee Ritenour, Patty Larkin, Julian Lage, Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, Dennis Koster and Melvin Davis.

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A Guitar Song Lesson to Learn Scales and Chords in Depth

A Guitar Song Lesson to Learn Scales and Chords in Depth

Posted May 8, 2012 at 11:49 am | No comments

This is a pretty easy song for beginners and a good song/exercise for learning and improving chord strumming on guitar.

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School of Rock: Berkleemusic.com Debuts New Course: “Rock History”

School of Rock: Berkleemusic.com Debuts New Course: “Rock History”

Posted March 28, 2012 at 8:17 pm | No comments

Berkleemusic.com, the online school of Boston’s renowned Berklee College of Music, is launching Rock History, an online course that chronicles the evolution of one of the greatest periods of music.

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Vince Gill: Guitar Slinger Authentic Guitar TAB Songbook Released by Alfred Music Publishing

Vince Gill: Guitar Slinger Authentic Guitar TAB Songbook Released by Alfred Music Publishing

Posted March 28, 2012 at 5:07 pm | 2 comments

Alfred Music Publishing, the official print music publisher of thousands of popular artists, songwriters, and composers, releases. Vince Gill: Guitar Slinger, the album-matching songbook featuring the highly-acclaimed country music guitarist, arranged in guitar TAB and standard notation.

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Guitarist and Entertainer Thom Bresh joins Steve Krenz for Learn & Master Live Lessons Series

Guitarist and Entertainer Thom Bresh joins Steve Krenz for Learn & Master Live Lessons Series

Posted March 27, 2012 at 6:25 pm | No comments

Legacy Learning Systems, one of the world’s premier multimedia instructional course and technology companies, announced the Learn & Master Guitar Live artist in residence for April 10, 2012 (7pm CST) as guitarist and entertainer Thom Bresh, son of the great Merle Travis.

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Eddie Van Halen Donates 75 Guitars To Public School Music Programs

Eddie Van Halen Donates 75 Guitars To Public School Music Programs

Posted January 11, 2012 at 11:15 am | 3 comments

One of the most influential artists in the history of rock made a significant contribution today to help support public school music programs. According to a press release, the Van Halen founder and guitarist Eddie Van Halen donated 75 electric guitars from his own personal collection to the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that provides schools across the country with quality musical instruments.

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Neil Peart Instructional DVD “Taking Center Stage” Review

Neil Peart Instructional DVD “Taking Center Stage” Review

Posted October 31, 2011 at 12:22 pm | No comments

As a lifelong Rush fan and a nascent (“wanna-be”) drummer, it was with no small level of excitement that I popped in the new Neil Peart instructional DVD, Taking Center Stage. With a track listing comprised of Rush’s 2010/2011 “Time Machine” tour set list, which featured the entire Moving Pictures album, this release is a fulfillment of many Rush fans’ long-held wishes, as it offers a chance to see what Peart is actually doing on many classic Rush songs.

Posted in: DVD Reviews, Guitar News, Instruction News, Metal News, Metal Reviews, Reviews, Rock Reviews

Journey: Eclipse Songbook Released, Get The Details!

Journey: Eclipse Songbook Released, Get The Details!

Posted October 6, 2011 at 3:14 pm | No comments

Like Journey? Who are we kidding, of course you do. Well, we have good news. Alfred Music Publishing just put out Journey: Eclipse the songbook to the legendary band’s most recent album, this year’s Eclipse, which came out on May 27th.

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Steve Vai to Teach Online Course at Berklee in 2011

Steve Vai to Teach Online Course at Berklee in 2011

Posted December 10, 2010 at 4:03 pm | One comment

Berkleemusic, the online continuing education division of Berklee College of Music, is unveiling an exclusive new online course with guitar legend, Grammy award-winning artist, and Berklee alum, Steve Vai.

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